{"id":34434,"date":"2024-03-28T19:17:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T18:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=34434"},"modified":"2024-03-28T19:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T18:19:47","slug":"a-joint-statement-for-peace-by-31-israeli-human-rights-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=34434","title":{"rendered":"A joint statement for peace by 31 Israeli human rights organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY .<\/p>\n

An article from Breaking the Silence<\/a><\/p>\n

We, members of the undersigned human rights organizations in Israel, are shocked and horrified in these dreadful days.<\/p>\n

Hamas\u2019 horrific crimes against innocent civilians \u2013 including children, women, and the elderly \u2013 have shaken us all, and we are struggling to recover from the unbearable sights and sounds. Some of us were in the Israeli communities on the Gaza border during the assault; many of us have family, friends, and colleagues who endured and are still in the midst of the harrowing events; and we all know people who were murdered, injured, or abducted. It will take time to fully understand the implications and consequences of Hamas\u2019 heinous attack, for which there can be no justification.<\/p>\n

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Most of our teams include Israelis and Palestinians; therefore, some of us have relatives and colleagues in Gaza currently living under the ongoing assault of the Israeli military. Children, women, and the elderly are being indiscriminately attacked with nowhere to hide.<\/p>\n

Even now \u2013 especially now \u2013 we must maintain our moral and humane position and refuse to give in to despair or the urge for vengeance. Keeping our faith in the human spirit and its inherent goodness is more vital than ever. One thing is clear: We will never surrender our belief in humanity \u2013 even now, when doing so is more challenging than ever.<\/p>\n

Having always opposed the harming of innocent civilians, it remains our duty in these terrible times \u2013 as we count our dead on the Israeli side and worry about wounded, missing, and abducted loved ones, and as bombs are being dropped on residential neighborhoods in Gaza, wiping out entire families with no possibility of burying the dead \u2013 to raise our voices loud and clear against the harming of all innocent civilians, both in Israel and Gaza.<\/p>\n

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How can a culture of peace be established in the Middle East?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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We call for the immediate release of all hostages and an end to the bombardment of civilians in Israel and in Gaza. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach civilian populations, medical facilities and places of refuge must not be harmed, and vital resources such as water and electricity must not be cut off. The killing of additional civilians will not bring back those who were lost. Indiscriminate destruction and a siege harming innocents will not bring relief, justice, or calm.<\/p>\n

As individuals working to promote human rights and who believe in the sanctity of life, we urgently call for an end to all indiscriminate harming of civilian lives and infrastructure. We call for negotiations and all possible action to be taken to bring about the release of the hostages \u2013 while prioritizing the civilians held by Hamas. It is the only humane and rational thing to do, and it must be done now.<\/p>\n

Mothers Against Violence | Itach Ma\u2019aki \u2013 Women Lawyers for Social Justice | Amnesty International Israel | BIMKOM \u2013 Planners for Planning Rights | B\u2019Tselem | Gisha | The Association for Civil Rights in Israel | Public Committee Against Torture in Israel | Parents Against Child Detention | Hamoked \u2013 Center for the Defence of the Individual | Zazim \u2013 Community Action | Haqel \u2013 In Defense of Human Rights | Yesh Din | Combatants for Peace | Mehazkim | Machsom Watch | Women Wage Peace | Akevot Institute for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Research | Standing Together | Ir Amim | Emek Shaveh | The Parents Circle-Families Forum | Rabbis for Human Rights | Physicians for Human Rights\u2013Israel | Breaking the Silence | Torat Tzedek | A Land for All \u2013 Two States One Homeland | Academia for Equality | Your Neighbor As Yourself | Kerem Navot | Other Voice<\/p>\n

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TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY . An article from Breaking the Silence We, members of the undersigned human rights organizations in Israel, are shocked and horrified in these dreadful days. Hamas\u2019 horrific crimes against innocent civilians \u2013 including children, women, and the elderly \u2013 have shaken us all, and we are struggling to recover from the unbearable … Continue reading A joint statement for peace by 31 Israeli human rights organizations<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,14],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-34434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mideast","category-tolerance","tag-mideast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}