Sunday, March 2, 2008

Urgent - Call for International Palestine Tribunals

Please print and forward widely!

Below is a concise and direct declaration that calls for holding international tribunals for those guilty of the successive campaigns of terror against the Palestinian people.

It is unique in that it is the first international public effort to hold guilty Arab regimes, Palestinians, zionists, and US officials fully responsible for the ongoing Zionist crimes.

By signing this declaration and by passing it through as much as possible worldwide, where all signatories are sought and welcomed, we will be initiating the first real steps to holding war tribunals internationally.

This is also a tangible step to returning Palestine to its international position as a flagship for justice and self-determination. We urge you to actively support this declaration wherever you are, on every continent.

Take it to your protests, ask your organization to sign on, engage everyone about who is responsible, and help build a momentum that will go well beyond protests and temporary reactions into sustained efforts and full accountability.

We look forward to forming international tribunal committees soon after. Please sign and pass it on. Time is critical!

To sign on to this declaration, please send a message to: PalTribunal@ gmail.com.

"We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, regard what is taking place against the Palestinian people, particularly those of the Gaza Strip, not only as a war crime but also as a crime against humanity.
While we hold the Zionist Israeli government directly responsible for these murderous campaigns, we also hold guilty Arab regimes, including the Palestinian Authority and the office of Mahmud Abbas, as accessory to these crimes in collaboration with the US administration.

Through this declaration, we are taking the first steps to begin the process of holding international tribunals for all those guilty, either directly or as an accessory through their deadly silence, irrespective of who they are.

The unbelievable and seemingly unending suffering of the Palestinian people requires that those responsible are forthwith brought to justice under international criminal law."


To sign on to this declaration, please send a message to: PalTribunal@ gmail.com. Signatories and updates will be sent out periodically.

1 comment:

ladybroadoak said...

I posted to as many people on digg as I possibly can on this.

I would appreciate some follow up from international lawyers on this initiative if you can access them.

They might make us a compelling case we can use to post on publications .. real rock solid law about this would be most helpful.

I have begged people to write individually to the ICC about this many many times on many different forums.