Action call and more – Mazin Qumsiyeh
Action call to demand Israel deliver medical supply and free
humanitarian boats; Loss of our friend Saad Chedid of Argentina; Video
of schoolchildren before being massacred by U.S.-backed Saudi bombing;
British Labour’s crisis is over Israel, not anti-semitism; Why Arab
citizens waved Palestinian flags in central Tel Aviv [tens of
thousands demonstrated for equality]
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SECOND MEDIA RELEASE ON MEDICAL SUPPLIES NOT REACHING GAZA Monday,
August 13, 2018
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition continues to strongly demand the
immediate release of the 114* boxes of medical supplies for the health
services of Gaza that were carried on the Al Awda and Freedom boats of
the 2018 Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, recently hijacked by Israeli
forces. As Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Margot Wallström has
stated, the cargo must be released, according to international law. As
we reminded the Israeli Government in our August 9, 2018 statement,
international law requires the delivery of medical supplies. Article
23 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian
Persons in Time of War (Geneva Convention IV, 1949) says that “Each
High Contracting Party shall allow the free passage of all
consignments of medical and hospital stores … intended only for
civilians of another High Contracting Party, even if the latter is its
adversary.”
Additionally, the San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to
Armed Conflicts at Sea (12 June 1994) says in paragraph 104: “The
blockading belligerent shall allow the passage of medical supplies for
the civilian population or for the wounded and sick members of armed
forces, subject to the right to prescribe technical arrangements,
including search, under which such passage is permitted. Further, The
Manual on the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict (2006), says in
point 2 in the commentary to Rule 2.3.10: “By extension, all objects
indispensable to the survival of civilians should be protected,
especially medications. The protection means that the enemy is not
permitted to attack, destroy, remove, or render useless the
aforementioned items.”
Our Israeli attorney, Gaby Lasky has been in contact with Israeli
Occupation authorities to arrange delivery of the humanitarian medical
supplies, but to date none have arrived in Gaza. Full inventories of
the medical supplies in each box have been provided previously and can
be produced on request.We urge concerned citizens around the world to
call your Foreign Ministry** and the Israeli Embassy (if there is one)
in your respective country to demand that the Israeli Government
immediately releases the 114 boxes of medical supplies to Gaza, as
required by international law.
* Two boxes of medical supplies were also on the Falestine, which was
unable to complete the final leg of the mission.
** Some Foreign Ministries detailed here.
https://jfp.freedomflotilla.
Professor Saad Chedid (Argentina), a friend and colleague died in
Argentina. Saad was a professor of philosophy and the author of
several books; he also served as president of the Argentinean Arab
Foundation. Saad was also director of the Canaan publishing house in
Buenos Aires. Canaan translated into Spanish and published many books
(including mine on “Sharing the Lam of Canaan” and an academic journal
“Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies” (edited by Nur Masalha).
Argentina: Falleció Saad Chedid, un imprescindible para la defensa de
la causa palestina
Here’s the Video of Schoolchildren Before Being Massacred by
U.S.-Backed Saudi Bombing
British Labour’s crisis is over Israel, not anti-semitism
https://www.jonathan-cook.net/
Why Arab citizens waved Palestinian flags in central Tel Aviv Because
two peoples live here, side by side, and the Israeli government is
doing its best to erase the rights and history of only one of them.
https://972mag.com/why-arabs-
Mazin Qumsiyeh
A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home
Professor, Founder, and (volunteer) Director
Palestine Museum of Natural History
Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability
Bethlehem University
Occupied Palestine
