Gaza (EKO) : RAFAH.

 

Israeli forces bombed a designated safe zone in Rafah, killing 45 people and incinerating children.

More than ever we must keep up pressure to suspend all weapon sales to Israel immediately. 

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Days ago Israeli forces bombed a designated safe zone in Rafah,  killing 45 people and incinerating children. Just when we think  we’ve seen the worst for Gaza, the horror reaches new heights. Experts say bomb parts used in the massacre were manufactured by  US companies like Boeing and Woodward. These companies and  their CEOs are profiting off genocide, making big bucks from  weapons that are bought with our tax dollars and gifted to the Israeli  government. For months our community has been calling for an arms embargo  with Israel — delivering our voices to officials and the media  everywhere from the US to countries across Europe. Now more  than ever, especially in light of recent events, we must keep up the  pressure on our governments to suspend arms sales to Israel  immediately. It’s easy to feel completely hopeless in the face of genocide, but  this is one concrete thing we can do right now to help stop the  attacks.  Tell governments: suspend arms sales to Israel immediately. Israel manufactures a lot of its own defenses, but it also receives  billions of dollars in weapons from many of our governments.  Until Israel stops the genocide in Gaza and puts an end to its  egregious human rights violations against Palestinians,  governments should immediately suspend these weapons deals  with Israel. From the US to the UK, Australia to Germany, and the list goes  on... our leaders are complicit in these massacres and are helping  big weapons manufacturers like Raytheon, Boeing, and General  Dynamics get rich off of war.  The Israeli government isn’t showing signs of stopping the attacks  on Gaza, despite being ordered to do so by the UN’s highest court.  But if its allies stop the flow of the deadly weapons enabling the  genocide, the Israeli government will be forced to rethink its  strategy. Add your name to the petition and share this widely : Suspend arms sales to Israel. The Ekō community has been supporting lawsuits challenging  governments for sending weapons to Israel, and thousands of us  have sent messages and made phone calls to lawmakers urging  them to suspend the transfers. We can’t back off now — let’s  10x our outcry before more innocent civilians are killed.  SIGN THE PETITION  Thanks for all that you do, Rewan, Fatah, Danny and the team at Ekō. More information : ‘Bodies everywhere’: the horrors of Israel’s strike on a  Rafah camp The Guardian. 29th May, 2024. ‘We have nothing.’ As Israel attacks Rafah, Palestinians are  living in tents and searching for food AP News. 28th May, 2024. US-made munitions used in deadly strike on Rafah tent camp,  CNN analysis shows CNN. 29th May, 2024. Who are Israel’s main weapons suppliers and who has halted  exports? Reuters. 10th May, 2024.  Australian public servants call on government to ‘cease  supplying all military parts and weapons to Israel’ The Guardian. 29th May, 2024. Dutch appeals court orders Netherlands to stop exports of  F-35 parts to Israel, citing war in Gaza AP News. 12th February, 2024.

 

 

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