Open letter to Political Leaders:
Al-Aqsa Mosque is part of a designated UNESCO
World Heritage Site. It is located in Old Jerusalem, on the Palestinian
side of the internationally recognized borders between Israel and the West Bank. Under the Oslo Accords signed in 1993 Israel
agreed to withdraw from the area.
However, that withdrawal never happened. Israel occupies and controls the area today,
and has been increasingly using violence to deny Palestinian people the right
to worship, pray, and even visit their own Holy Place in their own land.
9.23. 2014: “Israeli
forces fired stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets at worshipers and
protesters, injuring dozens.” http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/22063
10.20.2014-- “Israeli Settlers jeopardize the fate of UNESCO heritage
site:" http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/israeli-settlers-jeapordise-fate
See photos of some of the damage caused here: https://www.facebook.com/IslamicTube/photos/a.260350280675611.62846.139870006056973/799167190127248/?type=1
It is, by the way, against International Law to destroy ‘Cultural
Property:’
https://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v2_rul_rule38
https://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v2_rul_rule38
Cultural Property is not the only thing at risk.
10.23.2014—“Israeli
Army Kidnaps nine Palestinian women as they leave al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied
Jerusalem:” http://www.imemc.org/article/69483
10.29.2014—Israeli Defense Forces attack women on their way
to al-Aqusa Mosque: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1526252397632127
The UN, by the way, “Strongly
condemns the failure of Israel, the occupying Power, to end its prolonged
occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in
accordance with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions . .
.” and they also call “ . . . for an immediate cessation of Israeli
military assaults throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, and an end to attacks against all civilians . . .” http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/SpecialSessions/Session21/Pages/21stSpecialSession.aspx
Why are we standing by and allowing all this to happen? Why do we continue to support and arm Israel? It is time for us to quit looking the other way and do the right thing. We must act to save al-Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinian People.
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Contact US Political Leaders!
Contact the White House using this form: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments
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Contact the White House using this form: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments
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