Appeal of “Alraid” towards bloodshed in besieged Gaza

 

The All-Ukrainian Association of Social Organisations (AUASO) “Alraid”, the All-Ukrainian Social Organisation (AUSO) “Ukrainian Center for Islamic Studies”, the Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine (RAMU) “Ummah” and Muslim communities in Ukraine strongly condemn Israel’s military aggression in Gaza Strip.

 

By November, 20, the day when the UN adopted Declaration of the Rights of the Child and called the nations to celebrate the World Children’s Day, nearly three dozens of little Palestinians had been killed by Israeli militaries and nearly half hundred had injuries of various degrees. The total number of victims of bombardments and shelling exceeded 700, which are mostly women, children and elderly ones.

 

The most terrible thing is that children do not always become incidental targets, as incidence cannot explain killing of 13 years old Hamid Yunus Abu Dakkah during a football game or killing of the whole family Ad-Dalu, including four children aged from 2 to 7.

 

Israel continues to shell Gaza from ground, sea and air, not caring about deaths of civil population and turning the whole residence quarters into ruins. This violence is accompanied by the massive disinformation campaign pursued by the Israeli administration in order to excuse heavy bloodshed by “self-defense” purposes.

 

Israel makes it clear that instead of searching for a constructive and peaceful settlement for the Palestinian issue it gives preference to military action and total devastation of Gaza.

 

We are calling the world community, governments and influential international organisations to express the resolute denouncement of Israeli actions in the besieged Gaza Strip and its policies towards Palestinian people, which already showed up in terrifying ways, such as operation “Cast lead” in 2008. This operation caused death of nearly 1500 Palestinians, including 340 children. As current events develop by an elaborated scenario, numbers of victims are continually growing. We are obliged to do our best to stop the violence as soon as possible so that it could not reach the scales it had four years ago.

 

We are asking everyone who is capable to make pressure on Israel or whose opinion cannot be overlooked by Israeli administration to call Israel to the observance of human rights fixed in the recognized international documents adopted by the UN, the organisation that laid the beginning of the Israeli history in the far away year of 1946.