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Citizens for Fair Legislation
For Immediate Release
September 12, 2004
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CFL ALERT: ASK YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO STOP THE INDISCRIMINATE KILLING OF
PALESTINIAN YOUTH.
TALKING POINTS
*On 9/11/04 Israelis slaughtered 18-year-old Muhammad al-Haq as he was walking
home. An Israeli soldier manning a jeep ran over him repeatedly until he died.
The vehicle then fled from the scene after killing Muhammed. Last year
American citizens were horrified when our government refused to censure Israel
after a soldier killed Rachel Corrie, a U.S. citizen in a manner that was
eerily reminiscent of the way Muhammed al-Haq was killed. In that incident the
soldier ran over and continued to back up over her body repeatedly with a CAT
bulldozer. If our government had properly censured Israel over the death of
Rachel Corrie, perhaps Muhammed would be alive today. In the past few months
the Israelis have killed over 50 children between the ages of 2 months and 18
years without a single reprimand by this country. Contact your
representatives, both Republicans and Democrats and urge them to stop looking
the other way as Israel continues to murder and victimize Palestinian children
daily.
TALKING POINTS
*Over 600 Palestinian children between the ages of two months and 18 years
have been killed by the Israeli Defense Forces in the past three and a half
years. Ask your representatives why they have remained silent while this
slaughter has occurred.
*Hundreds of Palestinian children are languishing in the territories because
the Israeli government refuses to let them out of the country and into Jordan
or Egypt to seek medical care. No other country in the world would be allowed
to deliberately treat children in such an abusive manner, ask your
representatives why they feel this is appropriate.
*Israel will not allow the UN to move freely within the territories, as a
result the UN has issued an emergency report earlier in the year stating that
Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied territories of Gaza and the West
Bank are on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. The report also stated
that 9 percent of Palestinian children under age 5 suffer from brain defects
caused by malnutrition because of the occupation.
*Tell your representatives that you feel Israeli action against Palestinian
children is deplorable and that you feel that this government shares
responsibility for the murder of over 600 Palestinian children, the starvation
of an entire generation of Palestinian children and all other Israeli crimes
that specifically target Palestinian children. None of these crimes against
children could happen were it not for the tacit approval by the president of
the United States and the U.S. Congress and Senate.
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encouraging a fair domestic and foreign policy with an emphasis on the US/Arab
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