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<DIV ALIGN=center><B>Health Work Committees Calls to Stop the Israeli Aggression on Gaza Strip</B></DIV><BR>
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Gaza Strip is witnessing, for several days, an intensive Israeli shelling that victimized hundreds of unarmed Palestinians between dead and wounded while the world is watching passively. The attitudes of some countries ranged between denunciation, condemnation and reprehension which was not noticed by the occupier and continued threats to burn Gaza taking advantage of the unlimited official U.S. support.<BR>
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In front of this scene, it is imperative and a duty upon everyone to abandon the idea that Israel is a state above the law, and must be bridled from continuing its rabid war against unarmed civilians, children, women and elderly and considered an international outlaw.<BR>
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And on the foregoing, we, Health Work Committees emphasize the following:<BR>
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<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=1>Our full condemnation of the aggression on Gaza and our full solidarity with our people in Gaza Strip against the war of annihilation that is done under a U.S. cover and weapons.<BR>
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<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=2>We call on the international community, that always adopt civilized values, not to leave the occupation state continues its aggression and its threats to invade Gaza and killing its people so that everyone does not become partners in crime.<BR>
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<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=3>We call on all national and international human rights organizations to activate their role and expose the war crimes that the occupation forces practicing against unarmed civilians in the Gaza Strip and to put pressure on their governments to stop the Israeli aggression and to ensure respect for human rights standards and principles of international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories.<BR>
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<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=4>We call upon the United Nations and all its various bodies to intervene effectively, seriously and fast to protect more than a million and a half Palestinians who are subjected to systematic killing by the Israeli military machine, and to stop equalizing the victim with the executioner.<BR>
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<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=5>We call upon our people to continue expressing their solidarity with their brothers in the Gaza Strip and helping them in the face of the war that is being waged on them, and conducting all necessary aid that strengthen and enhance their steadfastness and their survival.<BR>
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<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=6>We call on the Ministry of Health in the West Bank, and all the health institutions, to provide everything needed for Gaza’s hospitals and clinics to relieve the pain and wounds of our people who are subjected to a tight siege for years.<BR>
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<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=7>What is happening in Gaza emphasizes the need for national unity between all the parties in the political and popular arenas, which would enhance the steadfastness and block the occupation and its partners from singling out in Gaza, and close a painful page of our people’s history. <BR>
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<DIV ALIGN=right>Health Work Committees</DIV><BR>
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<DIV ALIGN=right>Nov 17, 2012</DIV><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2">Wim De Ceukelaire</FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2">Geneeskunde voor de Derde Wereld - Médecine pour le Tiers Monde</FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2">Directeur - Executive director</FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2">tel: +32 (0) 2 209 23 53</FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><A HREF="http://www.g3w.be/">www.g3w.be</A> | Gezondheid, een kwestie van onrecht bestrijden</FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><A HREF="http://www.m3m.be">www.m3m.be</A> | La santé, une question de lutte contre l'injustice</FONT>
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