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<br />Araiza, Fatima <br />From:Abeer AbdelFattah <noreply@adv.actionnetwork.org> <br />Sent:Tuesday, December 19, 2023 11:27 AM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:An appeal to support a Ceasefire Resolution <br />E-comment , <br />I hope my email finds you well. <br />Never in my life have I witnessed such cruelty. I never thought it possible, to be honest. I <br />cannot shake the scenes of 30 pre-mature babies left to die and decay, children burnt with <br />white phosphorus, countless buried under the rubble of their own homes, maiming and <br />orphaning of children at a record pace. Defenseless civilians are being sniped by Israeli <br />soldiers on the street. Refugees bulldozed, crushed, and buried alive! Mass starvation, lack of <br />water, and any basics of medical care were used as weapons against a helpless, <br />defenseless, besieged population (illegally for 17 years!). They have nowhere to go. Even <br />women seeking refuge in churches were attacked yesterday. That is not normal, this is not an <br />acceptable collateral damage, and this is not how wars are. I refuse to believe that we live in <br />a world where this is acceptable. <br />In the past 70 days, Israel's occupation forces have killed more than 20,000 innocent <br />Palestinian civilians, nearly 70% of whom are women and children. The city is razed, and 1.9 <br />million displaced, which has perpetuated a humanitarian crisis of catastrophic proportions (as <br />reported by the UN, WHO, and Amnesty). Journalists (50+), doctors (200+), UN workers <br />(100+) even a poet are targeted and killed. Blatant declarations of collective punishment, <br />dehumanization, and genocidal intent are repeatedly stated by the Israeli government. <br />Human rights groups all over the world have described these bombing campaigns as <br />collective punishment and war crimes, and yet they are continuously endorsed and funded by <br />our government. Not to mention the unwarranted violence in the occupied West Bank. <br />The IDF couldn’t be further from achieving their goal. Such violence against civilians was <br />never successful, it will only infuse the cycle of war and distraction. Israeli hostages are <br />abandoned, and their life is threatened by the assault. <br />1 <br /> <br />