PLEASE NOTE: THIS LETTER IS ONLY FOR ORGANIZATIONS, MOVEMENTS, UNIONS, POLITICAL PARTIES AND OTHER GROUPS, NOT FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SIGN.
A note for organizations:
The below letter is an initiative of the
International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine (ICSGP), spearheaded by ICSGP member organization the
Union of Agricultural Work Committees (in Palestine).
We invite your organization to sign this open letter demanding an immediate end to the use by Israel and its allies of starvation as a tool of genocide against Palestinians; urging all states and international institutions to undertake any and all action possible to bring an immediate end to the obstruction of humanitarian, life sustaining, and life-saving supplies to Palestinians in Gaza; calling for the investigation of all state and non-state actors who have directly and indirectly participated in the obstruction and/or destruction of supplies to Gaza, and we asking that the campaign to de-fund UNRWA be investigated as a possible act toward furtherance and facilitation of starvation and/or genocide.
At present, we are gathering organizational (not individual) endorsements. We urge you to share this internally with organizations that may be supportive of this effort. Once we have gathered a significant number of endorsements, the letter will be published.
We appreciate your endorsement and any support you can provide to gather as many signing organizations as possible.
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SIGN-ON LETTER TEXT:
Joint Statement on the Israeli Occupation’s Use of Starvation as a Tool of Genocide in Gaza
We, the undersigned organizations and movements, vehemently denounce the Israeli occupation’s use of starvation as a tool of genocide in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupation's systematic destruction of Palestinian food systems, deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure, and obstruction of humanitarian aid constitute egregious violations of international law and fundamental human rights principles.
We
call on all states and international institutions to undertake any and
all action possible including sanctions and arms embargoes to bring an immediate end to the obstruction of
humanitarian, life sustaining, and life-saving supplies to Palestinians
in Gaza, to investigate all state and non-state actors who have directly
and indirectly participated in the obstruction and/or destruction of
supplies to Gaza, and we ask that the campaign to de-fund UNRWA be
investigated as a possible act toward furtherance and facilitation of
starvation and/or genocide.
The deliberate withholding of essential resources, including food, with the intent of starving the Palestinian population of Gaza constitutes a gross violation of international law, human rights, and the principles of justice and humanity. Article II (c) of the Genocide Convention defines as genocide "Deliberately inflicting on [a national, ethnical, racial or religious] group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part." The Israeli occupation’s deliberate destruction of Palestinian food systems and obstruction of humanitarian aid by Israel clearly fall within the ambit of this definition. These actions also flagrantly violate the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, which safeguards the rights of civilians during times of armed conflict, and constitute crimes against humanity, as recognized under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The disruption and destruction of Palestinian food systems by the Israeli occupation exacerbate the dire situation in Gaza and are not merely intended to starve the population in the short term. The current deliberate targeting by Israel of agricultural lands, livestock, and fishing boats (a genocidal intensification of 75 years of brutal settler colonial occupation that has denied Palestinians their right to self-rule) further undermines the ability of Palestinians to access and produce food, and is intended to ensure their ongoing poverty and malnutrition, and deny them the fundamental right to food sovereignty. Just as the bombing of civilian populations in Gaza constitute "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group," these too are genocidal acts to which not only Israel but all the countries, individuals and corporations supplying weapons to and otherwise supporting the Israeli Occupation Forces are complicit. Similarly, the ongoing attacks on and defunding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) by Israel's allies makes them complicit in the use of starvation as genocide.
We demand that all possible actions, including those mentioned above, be taken to end the use of starvation as genocide in Gaza, and that the perpetrators of and accomplices to this heinous crime be brought to justice.
Signatories
- Union of Agricultural Work Committees, Palestine
- Palestinian Assembly for Liberation, International
- PAL Commission on War Crimes, International
- Global Legal Alliance for Palestine, International
- La Vía Campesina, International
- World March of Women, International
- FIAN International, International
- Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra / MST, Brazil
- Popular Resistance, USA
- Black Alliance for Peace, USA
- CODEPINK, USA
- Palestine Solidarity Alliance Youth League (PSA YL), South Africa
- International Association of Democratic Lawyers, International
- Palestinian Youth Movement - حركة الشباب الفلسطيني, North America and Europe
Comité Internacional Paz, Justicia y Dignidad a los Pueblos, International
- Consejo de Educación Popular de América Latina y el Caribe - CEAAL International
- Asamblea Social de Luchas y Resistencias del Foro Social Mundial International
- Universidad Popular de Movimientos Sociales (UPMS), International
- National Lawyers Guild, USA
- PAL-Awda NY/NJ, USA
- PAL-Awda Ohio, USA
- La Araña Feminista/ MMM Venezuela
- Asociación Egeria desarrollo social, Spain
- Uno y Múltiple (Antropologías de Venezuela) Venezuela
- Mujeres por la Paz, Spain
- Movimiento Evita, Argentina
- Keshab Khadka, Nepal
- Tax and Fiscal Justice Alliance, Nepal
- Fórum de Política Feminista de Granada, Spain
- Food Sovereignty and Climate Justice Forum, Nepal
- Canadian Voices for Palestinian Rights, Canada
- ContrahegemoniaWeb, Argentina
- Liga de Unidad Socialista (LUS), Mexico
- Colectivo de Reflexión Universitario (CRU) de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
- Opal Group, International
- Comite de Solidadid con Palestina en Guadalajara, Mexico
- Mexiro AC, Mexico
- Movimiento Comunista Mexicano - MCM Núcleo Jalisco, Mexico
- Transcontingenta, Mexico
- CIOAC ROJA - Jalisco. CENTRAL INDEPENDIENTE DE OBREROS AGRÍCOLAS Y CAMPESINOS, Mexico
- Movimiento Garibaldi, Mexico
- Memoria y resistencia, Mexico
- Asociación de la comunidad hispanopalestina Jerusalén, Spain
- Intersindical Soludària, Spain
- Mujeres Por La Igualdad Calo, Spain
- Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España (PCPE), Spain
- Forum de Política Feminista Córdoba Spain
- Bizilur, Basque Country
- Comité de solidaridad con los pueblos - Interpueblos Cantabria, Spain
- Foro Feminista de Castilla y León, Spain
- ADAVAS - León, Spain
- Fórum Feminista de Madrid, Spain
- Sindicato Independiente de Trabajadores de la Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Peace Action Montgomery, USA
- Migrant Roots Media, USA
- Quad Cities Coalition for Palestine, USA
- International Jurists Union IJU - Geneva office, Switzerland
- Geneva Centre for Democracy & Human Rights, Switzerland
- Centro di ricerca ed elaborazione per la democrazia (CRED), Italy
- Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Illinois - Chicago, USA
- Chicago United Solidarity Project (CUSP), USA
- American Civic and Humanitarian Coalition, USA
- Environmentalists Against War, USA
- Foro Internacional de Víctimas (Cap. Bélgica), Belgium
- Vida Brasil, Brazil
- National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), USA
- Law Students for a Free Palestine (LSFP National), USA
- Law Students for Justice in Palestine, Chicago (LSJP Chicago), USA
- Nadeem Center against Violence and Torture, Egypt
- Refugees Platform In Egypt (RPE), Egypt
- Oasis Legal Services, USA
- Colectivo de Mujeres Atalanta, Spain
- Transnational Institute, Netherlands
- Asociación Nacional de ayuda solidaria ANDAS, Colombia
- Confederacion Intersindical, Spain
- Frente Antiimperialista Internacionalista, Spain
- Quad Cities DSA, USA
- Labor for Palestine, USA
- International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN), International
- Jews for Palestinian Right of Return, USA
- Centro de Intercambio y Referencia Iniciativa Comunitaria, Cuba
- Palestinian Feminist Collective, International
- MA'AN Development Center, Palestine
- MUSAWA- The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession, Palestine
- Vegans for Palestine, International
- Asociación Jorge Adolfo Freytter Romero. Estudios sobre Violencia Política en América Latina y en su especialidad: Universidades Públicas Colombianas, Bizkaia, Basque Country
- Colectivo Indignado Valladolid, Spain
- CODEPINK, Miami Valley, USA
- National Lawyers Guild-San Francisco Bay Area chapter, USA
- Local Communities Organization - Palestine, Palestine - West Bank
- Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, International
- Asociación Americana de Juristas, International
- Arab Human Rights Foundation, Yemen
- BDZ Nafarroa, Basque Country
- Palestina Toma la Calle, Spain
- Students for Justice in Palestine - DePaul University, USA
- ANSWER Coalition - Chicago, USA
- Colectivo El Salvador Elkartasuna, Euskal Herria
- En Modo Violeta, Venezuela
- Ciranda Net Brasil, Brasil
- Marcha Mundial de las Mujeres Macronorte Perú, Perú
- Christian Jewish Allies For a Just Peace in Israel-Palestine, USA
- LSJP Chicago, United States
- Coalition Against Trafficking in Women - Asia Pacific (CATW-AP), Philippines
- IUF Asia/Pacific, Asia-Pacific
- (YSAGE) Youth and Students Advancing Gender Equality, South East Asia
- Federación Nacional de cooperativas agropecuarias Fenacoa, Colombia
- Asociacion Comunitaria Manantial Guacaica, Colombia
- Asociación de mujeres por la paz y la defensa de los derechos de la mujer colombiana -ASODEMUC, Colombia
- Plataforma Solidaria con Palestina de Valladolid, Spain
- Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), India
- Babgladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation [BAFLF], Bangladesh
- National Fisheries Solidarity Movement- Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
- Association Djazairouna des familles victimes du terrorisme, Algeria
- Plataforma de feminismo popular de Venezuela, Venezuela
- Plant Based Diets Rock!, USA
- Ermuko komite internazionalistak, Basque Country
- The Right to Agrarian Reform for Food Sovereignty, South Africa
- Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development- PWWSD, Palestine
- SJP Chicago, United States
- Plant-based Health Justice, United Kingdom
- Action for Palestine Switzerland, Switzerland
- Comité de Vigilance pour la Démocratie en Tunisie, Belgium
- The Socialist Workers Movement of Kenya, Kenya
- Mujeres Supervivientes de Sevilla, Spain, Spain
- Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Group Munich, Germany
- Bergen County Green Party, United States
- Montreal for a World BEYOND War, Canada
- Linear Lines - MENA, Middle East, North Africa - Based in Beirut, Lebanon
- Youth for peace and Dialogue, Morocco
- Egypt Democratic Association EDA, Egypt
- Middle East Justice and Peace Group of South Central PA, USA
- Women and Society ASSOCIATION, EGYPT
- Palestinian Christians in Australia, Australia
- ATIM (Asociación de Trabajadores e Inmigrantes Marroquíes), Spain
- Socialist Labour Party, UK
- Damascus Center for Theoretical and Civil Rights, Syria
- France Palestine Mental Health Network, FRANCE
- Liga Comunista de México/Fracción Revolucionaria José Revueltas, México
- XR Peace (UK), UK
- Peace Action WI, USA
- Asociación Cultural Las afueras, Spain
- Smith SJP, USA
- Confederación de Movimientos de Renovación Pedagogica, Spain
- Xarxa D'Ajuda Mutua Alimentaria ONG (XAMA), Spain
- HUMANITAS: The Africana Ethical Society, USA
- Cumindad Palestina arab unida, Spain
- Red Wiphalas/Wiphalas Network, Bolivia/International
- Icelandic Women's Association for Culture and Peace (MFÍK)r, Iceland
- Public Intellectuals for Social and Spare Change, USA
- Party of Communists USA, USA
- Inminds Human Rights Group, UK
- Resistance Kitchen, UK
- St. Groningen-Jabalya, the Netherlands
- Dandelion Marketplace LLC, United States
- Jornada Se Acabaron Las Promesas, Puerto Rico
- Un Ponte Per, Italy
- frantz fanon foundation, International
- Ibrahim Jame Mosque, Canada
- Jewish Voice for Peace Detroit Chapter, USA
- World Beyond War Australia, Australia
- Pax Christi Australia, Australia
- Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Justice and Peace Centre, Australia
- Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Australia
- Local Alliance for Mideast Peace (LAMP), USA
- MAWO, Canada
- Utahns for a Just Peace in the Holy Land, USA
- City of Asylum/Detroit, USA
- Peace Movement Aotearoa, New Zealand
- Chicago Area Peace Action, USA
- El Enjambre Colectivo, Puerto Rico
- Just Peace Qld Inc. Australia , Australia
- Fundación Chile Sin Ecocidio, Chile
- Assembly of the Poor , Thailand
- Rural Initiatives for Community and Ecology Association, Thailand
- Thai Poor Act, Thailand
- Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay Area, USA
- Oil and Gas Action Network, USA
- KRuHA - people's coalition for the right to water , Indonesia
- American Student Union, USA
- League of Young Communists USA, USA
- Rebellmammorna Stockholm, Sweden
- Intern. No to war - no to NATO network , International
- Comité Cerezo México, México
- STOP the War Coalition Philippines, Philippines
- Federació de Moviments de Renovació Pedagògica del PV , Spain
- Focus on the Global South, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, India
- Vrede vzw, Belgium
- Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace , Canada
- International Volunteers for Peace, inc, Australia
- Scandinavian Institute for Human Rights /FHM, Geneva
- Sociedad Española de Química y Medio Ambiente, Spain
- Centro de Estudios e Investigación sobre Mujeres CEIM, Spain
- ATTAC SPAIN, Spain
- ORGANIZATION FOR FREEDOM OF MEDIA AND EXPRESSION / OFME - HATIM, Morocco
- Almere for Palestine , Holland
- International Peace Bureau (IPB), International
- Initiative marocaine pour la solidarité , Morocco
- Iraq Welfare Organisation, United Kingdom
- AWMR Italia - Donne della Regione Mediterranea, Italy
- Amigues de la Terra València, Spain
- Comité Palestine 47 AFPS, France
- BLACK LIVES MATTER UK, United Kingdom
- Mothers Rebellion France , France
- Slingshot Media, Palestine
- World BEYOND War, International
- GRAIN, International
- EqualHealth´s Campaign Against Racism, International
- Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions - Germany, Germany
- Peace Pentagon / Oracle Institute, USA
- Colectivo Las Amazonas, Venezuela
- The Peace Movement of Orust, Sweden
- Pax Christi Canada, Canada
- Associação Intervenção Democrática - ID, Portugal
- Colombia Solidarity - Denmark
- RootsAction.org, USA
- Mothers* Rebellion for Climate Justice UK, UK
- Jewish Voice for Peace - Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Womens International League for Peace and Freedom Canada, Canada
- Bottna för Fred (BFF) Hamburgsund, Sverige, Sweden
- Top End Peace Alliance, Australia
- Independent Peaceful Australia Network , Australia
- Australians for a Free West Papua - Darwin, Australia
- National Lawyers Guild–Los Angeles, USA
- Doctors Against Genocide, USA
- Unite Union, New Zealand
- Canadian Dimension (online magazine), Canada
- Consumers' Association of Penang, Malaysia
- Sahabat Alam Malaysia - Friends of the Earth Malaysia, Malaysia
- Empower Oceanside , USA
- Mothers Rebellion Norge, Norway
- Movimento Democratico de Mulheres Portugal, Portugal
- Women in Black Leuven, International
- The Union Collective, Denmark, Denmark
- Medact, UK
- Red Antirracista, Spain
- Instituto Multiverso Brazil, Brazil
- Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, International
- Movimiento Estudiantil Cristiano de Cuba, Cuba
- Global Women United For Peace Against NATO (GWUAN), International
- PAH Barcelona, Spain
- Tri-People's Organization against Disasters (TRIPOD), Philippines
- Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, USA
- Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - Madison WI Branch, USA
- CodePink Osaka Japan, Japan
- Vzw Palestina Solidariteit, Belgium
- BIPOC USHR, Canada
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section, USA
- Women's Centre for Social Justice, o/a WomenatthecentrE, Canada
- Canadian Council of Muslim Women, Canada
- Rochester Students for Justice in Palestine, USA
- Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa, Aotearoa New Zealand
- Extinction Rebellion US, USA
- Boycott from Within (Israeli citizens for BDS), Israel
- Queer Mikveh Project, USA
- Jisoor, USA
- Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA), Canada
- Driftless Palestinian Solidarity, USA
- Multi-stakeholders Initiatives Humanitarian Action against Disasters (MIHANDS), Philippines
- Building Unity Wisconsin, USA
- 718 Coalition, USA
- Sindicato andaluz de trabajadores (SOC/SAT), Spain
- Memphis 4 Revolutionary Socialism, USA
- Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition, USA
- Solidarity for Palestine -La Crosse, USA
- Echo Valley Hope, USA
- Rebeldia - Juventude da Revolução Socialista, Brazil
- DSA International Committee, USA
- Frente em Defesa do Povo Palestino SP, Brazil
- Progressive Democrats of America - Central New Mexico, USA
- Comitato fiorentino FERMIAMO LA GUERRA, Italy
- Peace Women Partners, International
- Korea Policy Institute, USA
- Perserikatan Sosialis (Socialist Union), Indonesia
- Extinction Rebellion France, France
- Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia), Australia
- Friends of the Earth Australia, Australia
- Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific: Australia, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Palestine, Malaysia,
- Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Partido Manggagawa, Philippines
- INHURED International, Nepal
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Norway, Norway
- Tunisian Human Rights League, Tunisia
- Kilusan para sa Pambansang Demokrasya, Philippines
- Stikado, Norway
- International Institute for Research and Education -Manila, Philippines
- FIAN Switzerland for the Right to Food, Switzerland
- Coulee Region Coalition for Palestinian Rights (CRCPR), USA
- California Scholars for Academic Freedom, USA
- Bruxelles Panthères, Belgium
- Mouvement Citoyen Palestine, Belgium
- European Coordination Via Campesina, Belgique
- Earth Care, USA
- Alliance for Global Justice, USA
- The Future is US, USA
- Veterans For Peace Santa Fe Chapter, USA
- Winona Community Not Cages, USA, USA
- Los Ronderos de las Redes, USA
- Backbone Campaign, USA
- Bay Area Muslim mental health collaborative, USA
- ESPP - Comitê de Estudantes em Solidariedade ao Povo Palestino USP (Universidade de São Paulo), Brazil
- Free Psychotherapy Network, UK
- Jewish Network for Palestine, UK
- International Organization for the Oneness of the Arab Peoples, Jordan
- International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India (InSAF India), International
- Santa Feans for Justice in Palestine, USA
- Hindus for Human Rights, USA
- Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America (IFCLA), USA
- Maine Green Independent Party, USA
- Open Food Network, International
- Chile Sin Ecocidio, Chile
- Tarjimly, USA
- Sari-Sari Women of Color Arts Coup, USA
- Pan End It!, USA
- Kashif, USA
- India Labour Solidarity (UK), UK
- Bangladeshi-Americans for Political Progress (BAPP), USA
- Comunitat Energètica d'Alcàsser, Spain
- Mississippians for Palestine, USA
- Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan para sa Karapatang Pantao (Alliance of Peoples for Human Rights), Philippines (Mindanao)
- The Black Liberation Alliance, UK
- Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, USA
- Clean Power Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin, USA
- Feria Conuquera Agroecológica, Venezuela
- Food Sovereignty and Climate Justice Forum/ANPFa, Nepal
- All Nepal Peasants Federation, Nepal
- Teachers Empowering Youth Activists (TEYA), USA
- Colossa Foundation, Africa (Regional)
- Marianas for Palestine, Guam and CNMI
- Prutehi Litekyan Save Ritidia, Guam
- Canadian Peoples' Union, Canada
- Calgray Anti-racist Action, Canada
- Korea Policy Institute, USA
- SOS Racismo - Portugal, Portugal
- Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East (Germany), Germany
- NOAH - Friends of the Earth Denmark, Denmark
- Kilusan para sa Repormang Agraryo at Katarungang Panlipunan (KATARUNGAN), Philippines
- Convergence Globale des Luttes terres et eaux CGLTE-OA, East Africa (regional)
- National Lawyers Guild - St. Louis Chapter, USA
- The lebanese women democratic gathering RDFL, Lebanon
- Corporación Programa La Caleta, Chile
- MOVIMIENTO MOVILIZANDONOS por una cultura de DERECHOS DE NIÑOS, NIÑAS Y ADOLESCENTES EN CHILE, Chile
- Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism, USA
- Centro de Documentación en Derechos Humanos "Segundo Montes Mozo S.J." (CSMM), Ecuador
- Alianza Latinoamericana por Palestina contra el Apartheid, Latinoamerica
- Right to Food Campaign, India, India
- Masifundise Development Trust, South Africa
- ETC Group (Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration), Mexico, Canada and Philippines Comhlámh, Ireland
- Centre for Global Education, Ireland
- Labour For Palestine - Canada, Canada
- Initiative for a Free Palestine - Croatia, Croatia
- Doctors in Unite, national branch of Unite the Union , UK
- Nutrition Foundation Nepal, Nepal
- ARABAKO PENTSIONISTAK LANEAN, España
- Amigos de la Tierra, España, Spain
- Buzuruna Juzuruna, Lebanon
- Rural Vermont, USA
- ATALC, Latin America and the Caribbean
- Otros Mundos Chiapas/Amigos de la Tierra México, Mexico
- Tierra Nativa / Amigos de la Tierra Argentina, Argentina
- Censat Agua Viva - Amigos de la Tierra Colombia, Colombia
- COECOCEIBA - Amigos de la Tierra, Costa Rica
- CESTA Friends of the Earth, El Salvador
- NOrdBruk, Sweden
