Ask World Leaders to Act on Gaza

To:  World Leaders named in petition

Let history record that for three weeks, from January 23, 2009, to February 13, 2009, we who believe in justice and dignity for all human beings have petitioned the following (in alphabetical order):

فليسجل التاريخ أننا نحن الذين نؤمن بالعدل والكرامة لكل البشرقد أرسلنا خلال ثلاثة أسابيع، من 23 يناير/ كانون الثاني 2009 إلى 13 فبراير/ شباط 2009، إلتماسا إلى التالي ذكرهم :

L’histoire enregistre que, durant 3 semaines, soit du 23 Janvier 2009 au 13 Février 2009 nous, qui croyons à la justice et à la dignité humaine, avons fait appel à :

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah II of Jordan
King Albert II and Prome Minister Herman Van Rompuy of Belgium
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of Sweden
King Harald V and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway
King Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain
Pope Benedict XVI and President of the Governorate Giovanni Lajolo of Vatican City
President Abdullah Gul of Turkey
President Barak Obama of the United States of America
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria
President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia
President Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy
President Heinz Fischer and Chancellor Werner Faymann of Austria
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
President Horst Kohler and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany
President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao of China
President Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of Greece
President Michel Sleiman of Lebanon
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France
President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel
President Tarja Halonen of Finland
Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia
Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada
Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands
Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom
Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark
Secretary General Amr Moussa of the Arab League
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations
Secretary General Javier Solana of the Council of the European Union

to remove the blockade imposed on the people of Gaza unconditionally and to open all crossings into Gaza to ordinary aid and trade, based on the universal right of all human beings to have access to the necessities of life and to the means of continued survival, and on the absolute illegality of collective punishment.

Even criminals in prison are not denied food, medicine, or shelter; nor are they given these necessities only if they fulfill certain conditions—it would be illegal and inhumane to do so. And the 1.4 million residents of Gaza are certainly neither prisoners nor criminals; they are ordinary human beings who, like everyone else in the world, want to live, work, and send their children to school.

Removing the blockade is the right thing to do. It is the just thing to do. And may history record your individual and collective actions in response to this worldwide appeal.

لرفع الحصار المفروض على سكان غزة دون قيد أو شرط ، وفتح جميع المعابر إلى قطاع غزة للمعونة والتجارة العادية على أساس حق كل البشر في الحصول على ضروريات الحياة ووسائل البقاء، وعدم شرعية العقاب الجماعي.

إن المجرمين في السجون لا يحرمون من الغذاء والدواء والمأوى؛ ولا يمنحون هذه الضروريات على أساس إيفائهم بشروط معينة – فالقيام بمثل ذلك غير قانوني وغير إنساني. إن سكان قطاع غزة الـمليون والأربعمائة ألف قطعا ليسوا بالسجناء ولا بالمجرمين؛ هم بشر عاديون، مثل كل شخص آخر في العالم، يريدون العيش، والعمل، وإرسال أطفالهم الى المدارس.

إن رفع الحصار هو الفعل الصحيح، وهو الفعل العادل. وليسجل التاريخ أفعالكم الفردية والجماعية استجابة لهذا النداء العالمي.

pour lever inconditionellement le blocus imposé à la population de Gaza, et pour ouvrir tous les points de passage d'aide et de commerce naturels, vers Gaza. Nous avons basé cet appel sur le droit universel de tout être humain à avoir accès aux nécessités de la vie et aux moyens de survie, et sur l’illégalité absolue de la punition collective.

Même les criminels en prison ne sont pas privés : de nourriture, de médicaments, ou d’abri.. Ces derniers ne leur sont jamais octroyés sous condition ; car ce serait illégal et inhumain. De plus les 1,4 millions résidents de Gaza ne sont certainement pas des : prisonniers, ni des criminels. Ce sont des êtres humains qui comme tout le monde, veulent, vivre, travailler et envoyer leurs enfants à l'école !!!!!

Lever le blocus est la seule chose à faire. C’est la chose la plus équitable à faire !!!!! et que l'histoire enregistre vos actions : individuelles ou collectives en réponse à cet appel mondial.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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