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      Stop the Gaza Massacre--Enforce the Law


The siege and blockade of Gaza by Israel--with tacit and explicit U.S. 
government support and aid--is immoral, inhumane, and illegal. People are 
starving. Hospitals have suspended operations due to fuel shortages. 
Hundreds of critically ill patients are prevented from receiving medical 
attention. Thousands of patients suffer from a shortage of medicines. Tons 
of untreated human waste is being dumped into the sea because there is not 
enough fuel to operate sewerage treatment plants. Water for drinking and 
irrigation is rationed or unavailable. The UN and Red Cross have termed the 
siege a profound breach of international law. Former President Carter has 
called Israel's blockade of Gaza "an atrocity amounting to a war crime."

Now, Israel has attacked Gaza with F-16 war planes killing over 200 
Palestinians and wounding hundreds more, mostly civilian--including women 
and children. Israel blames Hamas for these attacks, a retaliation to 
mortars fired by Hamas militants. Collective punishment of an entire 
population under occupation is in violation of the Geneva Accords.

In light of these horrifying facts, PDA supports the immediate end of the 
illegal Israeli siege of Gaza, that the U.S. Arms Control Export and Foreign 
Assistance Act, which prohibits aid to countries that abuse human rights or 
use weapons purchased from the U.S. for offensive purposes, be enforced, and 
that resumption of aid be conditioned on an end to the blockade of Gaza and 
implementation of a comprehensive Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement.

America's unconditional support of Israeli government policy is profoundly 
harmful to the cause of peace in the Middle East. Now is the time to act. A 
peaceful and prosperous future for Palestinian and Israeli peoples rests in 
our hands.

Take action, now. We encourage you to use your own words to alter the text 
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