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PrintLibby Davies pens open letter to Stephen Harper on Gaza
Libby Davies, the NDP MP for Vancouver East, has written the following open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper:
January 6, 2009
Right Honourable Stephen Harper
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6Dear Prime Minister,
The top UN official in Gaza has reported that "nowhere is safe in Gaza." With a mounting death toll of over 600 Palestinians; over 2,700 wounded; and an unfolding humanitarian crisis of no running water, no electricity, no adequate medical help, and 13,000 refugees who have fled the front lines, the assault on Gaza by Israel will not in any way improve conditions for peace and security. Indeed it will only create greater instability and violence in the area.
An immediate ceasefire is imperative, to prevent an even greater disaster of human suffering and destruction. Such a ceasefire must include an end to the firing of rockets from Hamas into Israel.
The lack of leadership from the Canadian government is shameful in the face of such events.
Canada should be using all its efforts to work at the UN and in the international community, to bring about a ceasefire, to end the blockade, and to focus efforts on humanitarian aid and reconstruction in Gaza, plus a just peace process, as per previous UN resolutions.
I have received many messages from constituents who are outraged that Canada has done nothing.
We expect our government to uphold international law and work to stop this aggression by one state upon another. We must condemn all acts of violence, and use every available means for political, diplomatic, and peaceful resolutions.
I urge the Canadian government to speak out and no longer be apologetic for what is taking place.
Yours sincerely,
Libby Davies, MP (Vancouver East)
Cc:
Jack Layton, Leader, NDP
Paul Dewar, MP (Ottawa Centre), NDP Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs
Comments
Why does she not implore terrorists to stop firing rockets into Isreal?
Would Isreal be taking this action if the rockets had stopped? Of course not.
palestinians have Hamas to blame for their troubles.
Israel has been terrorizing the Palestinians for decades. They have always occupied the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza and this is the reason for Hamas' DEFENCE OF ITS PEOPLE. Hamas is a democratically-elected government and just because you don't like them doesn't make them a terrorist.
Israel has been occupying and bombing Gaza and the West bank BEFORE Hamas came into power. Why is Israel now choosing to "defend itself" when apparently these rockets have been fired for 10 years (all while the occupation by the Israelis still continued).
It's funny how Israel finally "achieved their military objectives" and decided to call a unilateral ceasefire just two days before Obama is to come into power in the US. Odd timing, isn't it?
And what a disproportionate "defence" of Israel, isn't it? Murdering over 1100 Palestinians, many of them women and children, and wounding thousands upon thousands. Not to mention cutting off all humanitarian assistance, closing all borders, denying people of food, water, shelter and electricity.
Do you really support these Israeli terrorists? If this happened the other way around, ie. Palestinians against Israelis, I'm sure you would change your opinion. Don't be so quick to judge Hamas and other Muslims as terrorists. Because Israel's actions have been described as war crimes, hate crimes and a holocaust. And this isn't just my opinion - listen to all the other world countries such as Britain, France and Russia.
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