bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update ===
Palestinians Massacred In Gaza And U.S. Remains Silent
Israel Remains Defiant Despite Growing International Demands to Halt Offensive
WASHINGTON, DC - Nov. 8, 2006 (MASNET) While American citizens went to the polls and voted their opposition to death and destruction in Iraq, there is an unsettling silence within our government and many of its citizens, concerning the ongoing death and destruction taking place in Gaza.
Despite increasing criticism of the Israeli military shelling of the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun which yesterday claimed an additional 18 lives and left scores of civilians wounded, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert remained intransigent in his continuation of attacks on Northern Gaza.
As a result of these attacks, Shifa Hospital, the main hospital in Northern Gaza, is "on the verge of collapse", stated the director of the hospital, Dr. Juma'a Squ'a.
Recent reports today reveal up to eight children killed and scores wounded. Dr. Squ'a, in an interview on Tuesday with the Israeli media outlet YNetnews, stated that "the hospital is at its maximum capacity, we have several wounded patients whose condition is critical and the hospital is on the verge of collapsing because of a serious shortage of medical supplies, medicine, and irregular electricity."
"We have the personnel but not the means (to handle the increasing number of casualties)," he said.
Since the beginning of 2006, some 96 children in the Occupied Territories, most of them in Gaza, have been killed. The increasing level of military violence directed against Palestinian civilians has drawn sharp criticism of Israel from many international leaders and communities, including the European Union, the Vatican, and the International Red Cross.
Mahdi Bray, Executive Director of the MAS Freedom Foundation commented that "this continued Israeli offensive is clearly an attempt by Israel to retake Gaza, with no regard for the injuries and deaths to innocent civilians and non-combatants. This extreme and indiscriminate military violence is much more than a response to any Palestinian rockets aimed at Israel. But once again Israel indiscriminately violates international and U.S law and we the American taxpayers foot the bill. Our government's silence in the face of such atrocities is unconscionable. Dr Martin Luther King once said 'there is a time when silence is betrayal'. Our government's silence toward this violent Israeli aggression betrays the humanity of the Palestinian people. This is not in the interest of our nation or justice"
The MAS Freedom Foundation has arranged for a meeting of interfaith leaders with U.S. State Department officials to discuss responses to the grave humanitarian crisis in Gaza caused by severe shortages of electricity, food, medicine, and safe drinking water. Additionally, MAS Freedom is calling upon all Mosques during this Jumah (Friday prayer) to make dua (prayers and supplications) on behalf of the suffering people of Gaza.
Your support of MAS Freedom Foundation initiatives is crucial to its continued efforts on behalf of the Muslim American community. Please donate generously. Please make your contributions payable to "MAS" or "MAS Freedom Foundation" at the address below. Thank you for your support.
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