Gaza Blockade: Amnesty International Delivers 23,000 Signatures to Clinton
Reageer (0)To: The 23,199 signers of Lift the blockade of Gaza
Thanks again for signing our Gaza
blockade petition! On Friday we delivered the petition to Secretary of
State Hilary Clinton, asking her to urge the Israeli government to lift
the blockade of Gaza immediately. More than 23,000 people signed the
petition, making it Amnesty International’s most successful Facebook
petition to date.
Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip leaves more than 1.4 million
Palestinians cut off from necessary and life-saving supplies,
exacerbating a situation of extreme and desperate poverty. The blockade
restricts the entry of basic goods, such as food and fuel, on which the
population depends on for survival.
Israel argues that the blockade is a natural response to the continued
attacks by Palestinian armed groups, including the rockets fired from
Gaza into southern Israel. But the blockade doesn’t distinguish between
those responsible for the rocket attacks and those who are just trying
to make it through another day. It collectively punishes the entire
population of Gaza, including many women and children, who are just
trying to survive with no resources.
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