The offices of the Gaza Centre for Human Rights have been targeted and destroyed by a missile from an Israeli fighter jet.
New Zealander Julie Webb-Pullman has been working for the Centre for several years as an international expert on gathering evidence of Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. (Julie – 0224723248 – is currently waiting to return to Gaza after being delayed in New Zealand through Covid 19)
So far the Centre, under Julie’s guidance, has sent over 2000 claims of war crimes relating to Israel’s attack on Gaza in 2014 and its targeting the Great March of Return protests in March 2018.
Earlier this year the International Criminal Court made the formal announcement that they are opening an investigation into allegations of grave Israeli breaches of International Humanitarian Law. Israel is furious and has tried to stop the investigation.
Now Israel has seized the opportunity to hit back with missiles from a Israeli fighter jet.
The Centre is making an appeal for funds to get back up and running and PSNA is co-ordinating fundraising here.
People can donate to:
Account name: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK
Account number: 38-9015-0849542-02 (Please put GCHR in the reference)
This is a message from Julie describing the photo and the damage.
I would really appreciate it if you could also appeal for funds for Gaza Centre for Human Rights – our offices were directly targeted and destroyed a few days ago. We need to replace printers, photocopiers, furniture etc.
Our electronic backup files are safe, but all of the original documents have been destroyed.
Attached is a picture of the destruction – our offices were on the third floor, the translators’ office is the one with the blue wall, my office is at the front. Was.
Like almost every building in Gaza, it is a mixed residential and office tower.
We expect the New Zealand media will report on this and we are asking the government to condemn outright this bombing of a human rights organisation.
Is NZ really any better? Look at how we treat our young, maori, vunerable children. Look at what the government is paying the parasites for one room in a slum. Jacinda you are failing big time. https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/125098964/the-state-paid-1300-a-week-for-a-room-in-emergency-housing-where-a-boy-was-murdered-but-what-did-it-do-to-keep-him-safe
Absolutely failing in most areas.
Ex L
The comparison is not valid. Sure NZ has a bad history of colonialism that needs addressing by tackling the racism that exits in NZ and assisting a better distribution of wealth across society.
But deliberate state sponsored murder, land theft and a policy of planned genocide, as we see in the Israel / Palestinian theatre is something NZ should not tolerate happening.
When Israel drops 500 pound High Explosive Usa made bombs onto homes and neighborhoods ,,,, then no Palastinians can shield their children from Israels indiscriminate weapons of mass murder ,,,
made in the usa ,,, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Mk-82_xxl.jpg ,,,, the same usa which has 3 x blocked un security council ceasefire resolutions.
Consider from a NZ perspective ,,, that every murdered victim in Christchurchs act of terrorism was a child ,,,, because that is what Gaza Palestinians have received ,,, just counting dead children ,,, From Israel in a week ,,,, plus another 3 or 4 Christchurch massacres worth of adults.,,
Israels attack on the worshipers in a Mosque,,, to kick start their civilian air massacre campaign ,,, also has that Muslim hating Christchurch feel to it as well ,,, Although the Christchurch killer never got to destroy the Mosques he attacked ,,,,, Illegal Settler Zionists are trying to Trump him on that score https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSaH7Wf2-wI
Indifferent bombing killing mainly civilians,,, causes Israel to shrug and go “human shields” ,,, Hamas Hamas Hamas*.
BUT the huge amounts of civilians, medics, reporters and children ,,, shot by SNIPERS is not like Israels 1000 pound High Explosive lethal violence ,,
,,,, Snipers are a precise, deliberate and 100% targeted at the specific victim …
The peaceful medic and inspiring young woman Razan al-Najjar was murder with ‘head shot’ ,,, and then they lied like Weinsteins about her https://www.thewonderwomenproject.org/pages/biography-of-razan-al-najjar
Razan al-Najjar and others posing no threat ,,, https://youtu.be/HnZSaKYmP2s?t=3733
Israel went open season in their series of massacres and extreme violence against Palastinian ‘Great March’ protestors / supporters ,,,
Deliberate pin point lethal violence ,,, snipers bragging about shooting 42 knees in one day ,,,, or the 200 meter and 300 meter head shots ,,,,,,,,Is like a Olympic shooting event ,,,, for psychopaths , fascist and Nazis ,,
That such degenerates using pin point marksmanship could even utter “Hamas human shields” ,,,,, or ICC / the UN are anti-Semites ,,, is frankly as evil as any murderers ‘not guilty ‘ fabrications.
A bit like Dr Cumins smiling like a hyena encouraging and spreading the “fake news” response to the real and documented murder of Palestinians on video, on the internet…. by Snipers.
See who is fake and who is sick yourself ,,, https://youtu.be/HnZSaKYmP2s?t=2846
And Support Julie & PALESTINE SOLIDARITY
P.s,,,,,, It is to NZ’s credit that we do not designate Hama’s / Gaza as Terrorists ,,, unlike the Usa, ,,,5 eyes,,, and all the other western white races ,,, known as the EU.
Instead NZ differentiates between the militant wing ,,, and the elected organization.
Which means NZ alone is positioned for real “Talks” ,,, which is the road to peace ,,, ie IRA terrorism was stopped by talks / negotiations ,,,,
Bad faith from the Usa and others ??? ,,, Don’t talk to or negotiate with terrorists .,,, Trump–“Kill their families”
“The United States, Canada, and the European Union have designated Hamas a terrorist group. New Zealand has instead designated the military arm of Hamas, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades as a terrorist entity.”
The Psychopathic element is real and instilled right through preschool and the education system. When you are surrounded by psychopathic mantra then most people conform just like they did in Nazi Germany.
The targeted attacks by the IDF on the civilian population, health facilities and public utilities in Gaza will be judged as war crimes but as before Israel will never be held to account because of US control.
The mainstream media around the world (including NZ) is complicit and seem unwilling to speak truth to power because propaganda pays the bills.
Thankfully their are are outlets like this where good people write with integrity and honesty to inform the people with truth and facts.
Terrible.
International Media Centre one day..then Human Rights Centre another day….
whole families slaughtered..
Gazan hospitals were unable to cope with Covid19 BEFORE the latest wave of bombing.
Israel is a rogue State, a cruel criminal regime,the Israeli embassy SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN !!!!!!
The One State that is Israel must be pressured internationally to transform itself into a one democratic State with equal rights for all.
It is possible but won’t happen without global grassroots/flaxroots pressure.
John we had state sponsored land theft, murder, hired vigilantes like Von Tempsky, gaols without a trial, Taranaki men shipped like cattle wrapped in a blanket while being transported to the South Island many dying on board the ship, the Manukau. So we need to be mindful of what we say and do as we ain’t exactly saints ourselves and have a lot of our own shit to clean up.
After 15 years of siege on Gaza and a pandemic to deal with, the attacks by the IDF have literally crushed the Gazan health system.
Now there are reports that the Gazan Ministry of Health building has been destroyed.
If our government does not expel the Israeli ambassador they will lose widespread support and respect.
Those of us who stand for the rights of all Palestinians to live with equality and freedom in a secular state that recognises all religions and cultures have watched with despair at the relentless march of Israeli systemic racism and an extreme form of Zionist colonialism.
But let’s not forget the enablers of this ongoing catastrophe, from the beginning to now, the US and the UK governments.
ps Agree 100% John W
The Martyrdom of Gaza and the Future of Palestine | Norman Finkelstein (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmjoCBBHec8
“Gaza Must Go Free”.
Writing from Aotearoa:
“I lived in Gaza from 2011, through the attack of 2014, and for one year after. I am not Palestinian, but some of the things I remember will be relevant in the coming months.”
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A statement by scholars of genocide, mass violence and human rights last week described the danger: “[T]he violence now has intensified systemic racism and exclusionary and violent nationalism in Israel—a well-known pattern in many cases of state violence—posing a serious risk for continued persecution and violence against Palestinians, exacerbated by the political instability in Israel in the last few months.
“The risk to Gaza now is the risk of our disengagement before we have brought down the walls. That is the task; nothing less. This time, Gaza must go free.”
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