English
Appeal from Mizrahi/Arab-Jews in Palestine/Israel
for ending the occupation, the cessation of the blockade on Gaza and an end to apartheid and institutionalized racism in Israel
StopApartheid! StopRacism! Stop Colonialism!
To our ArabJewish Mizrahi sisters and brothers who suffer from racism within the Zionistspace of Palestine/Israel:
We callon you to sign with us this appeal to the leaders of the world and inparticular to the governments of the Arab countries for the purpose of ending theblockade of Gaza and the oppression in the West Bank, and to President Mubarakto imediately desist from building a steel wall on the Southern border of Gazaand open the border between Gaza and Egypt.
We area group of social and political leaders committed to equality and justice andan end of opression in the area, born in Arab and Islamic countries as well as secondand third generation Mizrahim.
We seeourselves as natural allies in the struggle against oppression anddiscrimination in Israel/Palestine by the Zionist establishment, and we raiseour voice against the oppression of the Palestinian people during 120 years ofZionism and colonialism and 42 years of occupation in the West Bank and Gaza.
Thesiege of 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gazastrip is a crime against humanity and a shame on history. The WestBank is cut through with concrete walls, electrified fences,roadblocks and humiliating checkpoints. The incursions of the Israeli army, thearrests of grassroots leaders and activists and the killing of civilians andchildren continue uninterrupted.
On the31st of December, 2009, we Mizrahim will march with our Palestiniansisters and brothers and our allies from the rest of the world in order toraise the consciousness of the world and in the hope of ending the cruel andinhuman siege of Gaza.
We,Mizrahi Jews, living under oppressive conditions within the Zionist space, haveacted, act and will continue to act towards ending apartheid, racism, andoccupation. We call for accountability for the obscene crimes of the Zionistregime in Israel/Palestine.