Israeli citizens against the Gaza assault
A former captain in the Israeli Air Force says Israel’s attack on Gaza will do nothing to stop the regions
cycle of violence.
He says the mainstream media is not telling the full story
and is urging people to seek out independent and alternative news sources.
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Yonatan Shapira is a former captain in the Israeli Air Force
Reserves. In 2003 Shapira initiated the group of Israeli Air Force pilots who
refused to participate in attack missions on Palestinian territories. He is a
co-founder of Combatants for Peace.
He said today: "The big media is completely biased in
not giving a true picture of the situation. People need to listen, watch and
read alternative media sources. If you look at the number of people that were
killed in the last few days the numbers for the Palestinians are enormous --
over 375 people in Gaza!
This is an open air prison controlled from all sides. People
in Gaza cannot go out, can't get the food, medicine, clean water, electricity
they need and the Israeli Air Force is bombing them and killing innocent
children in this crazy operation. The media are simply not telling this story.
"Hamas fires rockets on Israeli towns and yes, four
Israelis have been killed and these rockets can kill me and my family. But Israel's
retaliation and collective punishment will not bring us more security, just the
opposite. The root cause of the conflict is the ongoing occupation and the
refusal of the Israeli government to negotiate with Hamas and to agree to a
complete withdrawal to 1967 borders. There's no real intention to solve the
problem by my government unfortunately.
"I want to shout as loud as I can and ask everyone to
join us in this struggle, Palestinians and Israelis who want to stop the
bloodshed.
The massacre will not stop unless people from all over the world will wake up,
join us and call for boycott, divestment and sanctions on the Israeli
government. I am saying these things as a Jew and as an Israeli who wants to
continue to live in this beautiful and sad piece of land."
Re: Israeli citizens against the Gaza assault
Can you provide us a link to comments from a Palestinian who condemns the Hamas rocket attacks against Jewish civilians? I've looked everywhere and simply can't find one.
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