MASS PROTESTS TO CONDEMN...........

A W A M I BH A R A T


MASS PROTESTS TO CONDEMN THE ONGOING ISRAELI HOLOCAUST OF THE GAZAN POPULATION.

DEMONSTARTIONS WILL BE HELD AT:
AZAD MAIDAN, OPP CST ON THE 30TH OF DECEMBER FROM 2PM ONWARDS

GAZA HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP SIMILAR TO AUSCHWITZ OR THE WARSAW GHETTO, BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AND ITS MILITARY MACHINE.

THE 1 MILLION GAZANS CONTINUE TO BE BRUTALISED ON A DAILY BASIS WHILST THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD WATCH.

THE ONGOING AERIAL ASSAULT THAT HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 300 PALESTINIANS AND INJURED MORE THAN 700 ODD MORE IS TESTIMONY TO THE FACT OF THE NATURE OF THE NAZI ELITE THAT RULES ISRAEL

WE CALL FOR THE TOTAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL WHICH IS A COLONIZER, APARTHEID AND NAZI STATE SUPPORTED BY THE US IMPERIAL POWER, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE COMPLICITY OF THE ARAB ELITE ESPECIALLY IN SAUDI ARABIA, EGYPT AND JORDAN.

ORGANIZED BY:

QUAMI MAJLIS-I-SHURA, VIDYARTHI BHARTI, PHULE-AMBEDKARI VICHAR MANCH, DALIT-OBC INTELLECTUAL FORUM, INDIAN SOCIAL MOVEMENT AND OTHER SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE LENT THEIR SUPPORT

Feroze Mithiborwala, Kishore Jagtap, Farid Khan, Amol Madame, Sayeed Khan, Varsha V V, Arif Kapadia, Chetna Birje, Munawar Khan, Reshma Jagtap, Ghazala Azad, Jyoti Badekar, Gaurav Kariya, Thomas Winnie, Tito Eapen, Jagdish Nagarkar, Sudhir Dhawale, Bhagwan Kesbhat, Mulniwasi Mala and Harshawardhan Vartak.




editorial - The Frontpage

Break the Silence


The brutal attack by Israel on the helpless civilians of Gaza has to be strongly condemned and deplored. Israeli leaders have been giving interviews justifying an attack that has violated all international laws and conventions. Over 270 persons have been killed, many more hundreds injured, and the numbers are still going up in what can only be described as the combined assault on freedom and sovereignty by the US and Israel. This has taken place just days after Israel's aggressive foreign minister was seen smiling and laughing with her Egyptian hosts, in what is yet another example of Arab subservience to the emerging military power in the region.

The United Nations has to step in for whatever it is worth and stricture Israel for this violence. Peace cannot return to West Asia until the Palestinian issue is resolved, and countries like Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Libya and others with half a conscience still left must immediately speak out and move for the isolation of Israel in the region. Saudi Arabia that has always exported its religion but refrained from actively supporting the Palestinians must realize that its own house will come under threat if it does not take a stand to protect those who have faced the brunt of US and Israeli injustice for decades.

The Indian government has condemned the attack, but the rhetoric has to be followed by immediate sanctions, military and economic. The defence relations between India and Israel are increasing by the day, to a point where Tel Aviv has entered the league of big military players because of support from New Delhi. India is being equated as the third wheel in the US-Israel axis and it is imperative that the government actively supports the Palestinians with a concrete plan of action seeking to isolate Israel and push it towards a just and equitable solution giving Palestinians their homeland. India is a powerful voice in the region that has fallen silent on important issues, and it has to raise this in keeping with the traditional foreign policy objectives that had placed it on the side of the oppressed peoples of the world soon after it became independent of colonial rule.

This brutal attack will only lead to further instability in the region. Hamas has avowed to revenge the killings, and large scale protests have broken out all over the West Bank as indeed on the Arab streets. This will make it doubly difficult for the Arab governments to contain their people, and for the US to control Iraq and Afghanistan. The anger against both Washington and Tel Aviv is palpable, and the death of hundreds in Gaza can now be expected to fuel further reactions. It is almost as if Israel wants the cauldron to keep boiling over, as this then is used by the Zionists to justify military action and the US presence in the region. The Arab governments have to find the courage to drop the US mantle and act in the interests of their people, the Palestinians and the region.