[antiwar-van] FW: End Thirty Six years of Israeli Occupation

[hanna kawas]

On this day Day of Action to End the Occupation
http://ism-vancouver.org/action.html, I sent the following message to the
Prime Minister of Canada.
Hanna
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Right Honorable Jean Chretien

Prime Minister of Canada



Dear Prime Minister:



Today marks 36 long years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza
Strip and the Golan Heights of Syria.

While the Canadian Government has maintained publicly that this occupation
is illegal and must end, it actions speak otherwise and support this
occupation economically and politically. Economically the Canadian
government maintains a free trade agreement with Israel, and politically it
did not support the significant resolutions that call Israel to task on its
illegal policies of house demolitions, illegal settlement building, war
crimes and human rights violation of Palestinians including the civilian
population of the West Bank and Gaza.



In the case of Iraq occupying Kuwait in 1990, we saw a different resolve and
actions from the Canadian government…

The least that can be regarding the different reaction to these two
occupations is that it is hypocrisy and double standards.

During this year’s “Walk With Israel” in Vancouver the Jewish Western
Bulletin reported on May 30, 2003:

“Stephen Owen, member of Parliament for Vancouver-Quadra, brought greetings
from the federal government, which he said has been one of Israel's greatest
international allies since the state's inception in 1948.”



Mr. Prime Minster:



You CANNOT imagine the mental, physical, moral and economic suffering the
Palestinian people have endured since the establishment of the state of
Israel. The Canadian government of that time was instrumental in Israel’s
creation and accordingly complicit in all the injustices that have been
inflicted on the Palestinian people and nation.

The new so called “Road Map” will only add more broken promises to the
Palestinian people and accordingly will compound Palestinian suffering,
resentment, anger and hate, - yes, hatred toward all those who support
Israeli war crimes and its violations of international law, UN resolutions
and the Fourth Geneva convention.



Mr. Prime Minister:



I urge your government to take a stand on the side of history, humanity,
justice and peace and to demand an unconditional end to the illegal Israeli
occupation of all Palestinian and Arab land.  Furthermore, the Canadian
government must implement this position in concrete steps and reflect this
policy without interference from lobby groups and Israeli or US dictates.



I have been waiting for 36 years to go and live in my hometown Bethlehem and
my homeland Palestine.  No force on earth will stand in the face of my and
my people’s dream.





Yours truly

Hanna Kawas

Chairperson,

Canada Palestine Association

www.cpavancouver.org
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