The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem documents on its Web site multiple instances of human rights abuses, violations of international law and war crimes committed by Israeli Defense Forces in their three-week siege of Gaza.
The crimes include the shooting of unarmed civilians, children bombed while standing in the street, and a widely reported story of Gaza residents shot while waving white flags and abiding by IDF orders. While the world shies away from the pictures of war, Palestinians have turned to Google with albums full of casualties.
Listen also this PRI radio report with testimony from Human Rights Watch that documents white phosphurous used by IDF troops to kill civilians in homes and schools.
Meanwhile, the tunnels from Gaza into Egypt are working again as evidenced by the NBC story embedded below.
There should be no doubt that US support in the form of weapons should end immediately. Israel has committed far too many war crimes to cast them aside as isolated incidents. They have abused our support just like the Bush Administration abused the support of the rest of the world after 9/11. It's one thing for President Obama to close Guantanamo and bring an end to the Iraq war, but quite another to prevent US weapons companies from doing business with Israel. This is clearly, without question, the right thing to do.
Now is the time to make your voice heard and email Obama today through the new Whitehouse.gov.
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