No Israeli Policy Change on Palestinian Genocide
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BPNIC Briefing, August 2008
Israel has yet to change its
policy on the deliberate and
systematic destruction of 5,000 years of Palestinian heritage and culture,
and continues to build a wall surrounding Palestinian
villages and towns and saying that it is up to historians,
not politicians, to discuss issues related to genocide.
The wall, which is being built on 80%
Palestinian land, is
designed to isolate Palestinian villages in the West Bank
and specifically in East Jerusalem, in turn forcing
thousands to leave their homes as they would then be
considered a security threat.
Due to Israeli Genocide policies, poverty is approaching 60%
in occupied Palestine, with as high as 80% in Gaza. 450,000
illegal Israeli settlers now live in more than 150
illegal
settlements in occupied Palestine. Checkpoints and road
blocks are now totaling more than 561, which is a primary
tool for Israel to inflect poverty on the Palestinians and
deliberately corrupting the Palestinian economy.
The expulsion of Palestinians and denial for the basic of
religious freedom continues
Illegal Israeli settlers living on Palestinian land have
been known to open fire at Palestinian homes, chasing them
out of their land and letting their dogs loose throughout
the villages. Palestinians in the West bank live under
constant threat of expulsion, and are routinely prohibited
from traveling short distances to worship. For
Christians of
Bethlehem, travelling a 10-kilometer distance to Jerusalem’s
Old City is impossible without special permission from
Israel. Recent studies have indicated that Bethlehem has 9%
less Christian population than it did 8 years ago, due to
Israeli Genocide policies aimed at forcing Palestinians out
of their homeland.
Daily occurrences of humiliation at checkpoints, land
confiscation, illegal occupation and colonization, lack of
movement and access to fundamental services, joblessness,
poverty, is contributing to a growing Palestinian Diaspora.
Israel’s attempt to ease world anger over the discriminatory
policies towards Palestinians is experiencing a crisis, and
this is not due to the escalation of the Palestinian
genocide inside the occupied Palestinian territories, which
is very evident. Rather, it is because the genocide has
reached its limits on the Palestinian Diaspora, according to
Husam Bajis, BPNIC Executive Director. "Many nations
in South America
specifically are not allowing Israel to impose their
injustices, oppressive and discriminatory policies on
Palestinians within their boundaries".
CBINP continues to reach out to the Palestinian Diaspora,
in anticipation of stimulating the will of the Palestinian
people.
With the support of its members, the Brazilian Palestinian
National Interest Committee continues to promote Brazil as
key for Palestinian-Israeli peace, and promote Brazil's
interests in the Middle East by urging its members to
maintain contact with Members of Congress, to support
important initiatives that would lead to the creation of a
Palestinian State.
The Brazilian Palestinian National Interest Committee is
a non-profit organization whose principal mission is to work
with the legislative body of Brazil on legislation that
strengthens the relationship between Brazil and
Palestinians.
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