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[SIZE=+1]To: President Elect Obama[/SIZE]
A Fervent Humanitarian Appeal
Mr. President Elect Barak Obama
Dear Mr. President Elect,
The current events taking place in the Gaza Strip are causing considerable loss of human life and incredible suffering to the impoverished population, men, women, children and the elderly, on a scale that seems unprecedented.
Already suffering from a long siege, the one- and-a half million civilian population of Gaza, mostly Palestinian refugees, are deprived, in these very cold winter days, from the essential basic necessities of fuel, electricity and food.
With the current mass bombardments of the Gaza Strip, an area that has the highest per capita population density in the world, many innocent civilians have been injured and killed. The existing medical services are very poorly equipped to cope with the rising number of injured, mostly due to lack of space, facilities, medication and a lull in the fighting sufficient to reach, transport and care for the injured.
The ongoing war in Gaza is a human tragedy that we, American citizens, watch with awe and a deep sense of guilt, knowing well that our influential government can effect an IMMEDIATE halt to the ravaging fights by voting for a UN Security Council Resolution that calls for an immediate cease fire. Besides, and given the moral and political influence the US Government enjoys with the government of Israel, we urgently appeal to you to convince the Israelis to open the closed gates to Gaza to allow for the passage of urgently needed supplies of food, fuel, electricity and medicine.
It is inexcusable that we in the US, in this age of satellite TV and instant communication, watch live the sufferings of innocent people caught in cross fire and remain idle, doing nothing to alleviate the suffering and destruction of livelihoods of these innocent people. It even makes it more incumbent, for the sake of the peace in our Western World that your administration acts promptly to stem the bloodshed and hostilities in Gaza, as millions of Arab & Muslim American citizens, and peace-loving people from the US and all around the world are deeply concerned, and emotionally distraught, by the suffering being inflicted on their kin, co-religionists and fellow human beings.
The US stand and image in the Middle East and in the Muslim world as a caring humanitarian nation now of all times needs to be demonstrated, in a bold initiative thats commensurate with the size of the Gaza tragedy that more than 300 million Arabs and 1.3 billion Muslims and the rest of the world, are closely following with very deep emotions.
MR. President, we most respectfully urge you to act to immediately put a stop to the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
Sign the A Humanitarian Appeal to President Elect Petition
A Fervent Humanitarian Appeal
Mr. President Elect Barak Obama
Dear Mr. President Elect,
The current events taking place in the Gaza Strip are causing considerable loss of human life and incredible suffering to the impoverished population, men, women, children and the elderly, on a scale that seems unprecedented.
Already suffering from a long siege, the one- and-a half million civilian population of Gaza, mostly Palestinian refugees, are deprived, in these very cold winter days, from the essential basic necessities of fuel, electricity and food.
With the current mass bombardments of the Gaza Strip, an area that has the highest per capita population density in the world, many innocent civilians have been injured and killed. The existing medical services are very poorly equipped to cope with the rising number of injured, mostly due to lack of space, facilities, medication and a lull in the fighting sufficient to reach, transport and care for the injured.
The ongoing war in Gaza is a human tragedy that we, American citizens, watch with awe and a deep sense of guilt, knowing well that our influential government can effect an IMMEDIATE halt to the ravaging fights by voting for a UN Security Council Resolution that calls for an immediate cease fire. Besides, and given the moral and political influence the US Government enjoys with the government of Israel, we urgently appeal to you to convince the Israelis to open the closed gates to Gaza to allow for the passage of urgently needed supplies of food, fuel, electricity and medicine.
It is inexcusable that we in the US, in this age of satellite TV and instant communication, watch live the sufferings of innocent people caught in cross fire and remain idle, doing nothing to alleviate the suffering and destruction of livelihoods of these innocent people. It even makes it more incumbent, for the sake of the peace in our Western World that your administration acts promptly to stem the bloodshed and hostilities in Gaza, as millions of Arab & Muslim American citizens, and peace-loving people from the US and all around the world are deeply concerned, and emotionally distraught, by the suffering being inflicted on their kin, co-religionists and fellow human beings.
The US stand and image in the Middle East and in the Muslim world as a caring humanitarian nation now of all times needs to be demonstrated, in a bold initiative thats commensurate with the size of the Gaza tragedy that more than 300 million Arabs and 1.3 billion Muslims and the rest of the world, are closely following with very deep emotions.
MR. President, we most respectfully urge you to act to immediately put a stop to the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
Sign the A Humanitarian Appeal to President Elect Petition