EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION
PROTEST ISRAELI MASSACRE IN QANA
DEMAND ACTION
When: 5:00 P.M. – July 31, 2006
Where: Dag Hammarsjold Plaza at 46th and 1st, slightly north of the United Nations, followed by a march to Ralph Bunche Park, directly across from the UN. From there, march on 42nd street, past Grand Central, to Times Square.
Why: On July 30, 2006 Israel bombed a building where 100 civilians had taken shelter, massacring at least 54 Lebanese civilians, including 37 children in the city of Qana. Israeli missiles struck just after one in the middle of the night, leveling a three-story building where two extended families had taken refuge in the basement from heavy Israeli bombardment in the area.
France, Britain, Spain, the European Union, the United Nations and countries throughout the world condemned the Israeli attack on Qana. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora denounced the attack as a “war crime,” demanding an immediate ceasefire in a conflict that has now killed more than 750 Lebanese people, more than half of which were children, and has left a trail of destruction across the country.
The attack was eerily reminiscent of the Israeli attack in April 1996 on a United Nations base in Qana that killed more than 100 civilians who were taking refuge in the base during Israel’s “Grapes of Wrath” bombing campaign.
This is not the first massacre Israel has carried out. This is not the first time Israel is condemned by the international community for its attacks against civilians. If we do not act now it will not be the last.
Come out to protest this vicious attack against the people of Lebanon.
Demand that your tax-dollars stop being sent to kill people in Palestine and Lebanon.
Support Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel.
Bring Palestinian and Lebanese flags and signs demanding an unconditional ceasefire, an end to U.S. Aid to Israel, and U.N. Sanctions on Israel.
Ad-Hoc Coalition for Justice in the Middle East – protectpalestine@gmail.com.
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