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October 30,
2001
A Letter to Colin Powell
Regarding
the Israeli Raids on Bethlehem
By Ali Abunimah
Dear Secretary Powell,
Even as the people of Bethlehem
and Beit Jala mourn their freshly buried mothers, fathers and
children killed by the Israeli occupation forces in vengeance
for the targeted killing two weeks ago of Israeli cabinet minister
and ethnic cleansing booster Rehva'am Zeevi, and even as they
take stock of the massive damage done to their towns by the just
departed Israeli occupation troops, dawn broke in Palestine today
only to cast light on fresh horrors.
This morning the occupation
troops not content to be idle for a moment without actively terrorizing
someone, demolished at least four Palestinian houses in the neighborhoods
Shu'afat and Beit Hanina in occupied Jerusalem.
At least twenty more people
were rendered homeless in this latest Israeli attack on Jerusalem
and its residents. Among the houses demolished was that of Hussein
Kiswani a 320-square-metre building, which he said had cost him
two years and 90,000 dollars to build.
According to human rights organizations,
the occupation forces have deliberately destroyed more than 8,000
houses in the occupied territories since 1967 rendering tens
of thousands homeless. Over the past year they have destroyed
hundreds more and damaged thousands.
Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva
Convention, which Israel is bound by international law to obey,
states that "Any destruction by the Occupying Power of real
or personal property belonging individually or collectively to
private persons, or to the State, or to other public authorities,
or to social or cooperative organizations is prohibited, except
where such destruction is rendered absolutely necessary by military
operations."
As you no doubt recall, the
UN Security Council voted on October 7, 2000 (Resolution 1322)
to reaffirm that Israel, "the Occupying Power" is bound
by this Convention.
Mr. Secretary, since it is
evident that Israel could not continue to maintain its occupation
and to carry out this aggression without massive material and
moral support from the United States, you bear some direct responsibility
for forcing Israel to stop these aggressions. The United States
should also stop blocking all efforts at the United Nations to
provide international protection in the occupied territories
which the Palestinian people so clearly need from their belligerent
and unrelenting occupier.
What we do not need is merely
another statement from your spokesman about how awful, unhelpful,
provocative, unacceptable, not conducive to creating an atmosphere
for the parties to....etc., the latest Israeli actions are. What
we do need is for you to attach a real price to Israel's continued
malfeasance. Since Israel clearly does not care what you say,
you should be prepared to find out if it cares what you do.
Sincerely,
Ali Abunimah
http://www.abunimah.org
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