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Thank you Michael for this post. As Israeli I feel uncomfortable this conflict discussed in this forum. Other wars aren't and there is no reason this one should be. I beg you lets stick to science. Michael Motskin, PhD On 30 July 2014 08:27, Michael Natt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Since seeing this email I have been troubled as to whether I should > respond. I do not think this is the right platform for this discussion. > However, as a scientist and science communicator, I see a statement > (scientific or not), scan it for validity, question the key aspects and > evaluate. The information in the statement needed clarifying before I was > willing to nod in agreement with the conclusions. I went away, did some > research and came to my own mixed conclusions. See the link below to see an > article that I found useful when trying to engage with this incredibly > charged situation. > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-a-rizvi/post_8056_b_5602701.html > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:11:58 +0100 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [PSCI-COM] Fwd: [ISM] Urgents: Trapped Palestinian medical staff > and ISM volunteers need your help > To: [log in to unmask] > > Am sending this to all my MP friends and others in the hope and belief > that they will pull every string they possibly can in order to halt this > appalling massacre for which we, the UK, share responsibility with the > perpetrators. > > Please forward to your contacts. > > In peace > > JOHN BIBBY > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *International Solidarity Movement* <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 25 July 2014 18:52 > Subject: [ISM] Urgents: Trapped Palestinian medical staff and ISM > volunteers need your help > To: International Solidarity Movement <[log in to unmask]> > > > Dear friends, > > At 19:00 Beit Hanoun Hospital was hit by an Israeli tank shell. Inside the > hospital are 61 medical staff, civilians, three patients and two ISM > volunteers, Charlie Andreasson and Fred Ekblad, both from Sweden, who are > all trapped inside. > > Israeli soldiers are close to the hospital. Gunfire can be heard in the > area. A thick smoke is rolling into the hospital. > > We need you to call your own representatives to demand that they fulfill > their obligation to insure that Israel adheres to international law and > immediately cease to target medical staff and facilities. > > Some phone numbers are provided below. > > *Background: Medical teams under fire* > > international volunteers, including some from Sweden, the U.S., and the > UK, went to Beit Hanoun in North Gaza to accompany ambulances fallowing > the targeting of an ambulance in Beit Hanoun this afternoon by Israeli > forces. The Israeli attack on the ambulance killed one paramedic and the > critical injury of another > > The attack on the hospital in Beit Hanoun is the second Israeli attack on > Gazan medical facilities and personnel in the last 24 hours. The first > resulted in the destruction of Al Durrah Children’s Hospital in Gaza City > last night. A two year-old child in the Intensive Care Unit was killed, and > 30 others injured. > > Due to shelling nearby, Beit Hanoun hospital has evacuated most of its > patients to al-Shifa Hospital. Three patients remain in the hospital. > > Since Israel began its attack on Gaza, 13 ambulances have been completely > destroyed and two paramedics have been killed. Throughout the massacre, > medical staff and facilities have been repeatedly targeted. > > "Israel's attacks on Gaza hospitals are ongoing, with those in areas by > the separation barrier forced to evacuate their patients, paramedics and > other rescue workers are doing what they can under conditions of great > risk." Stated Joe Catron, U.S. International Solidarity Movement activist. > > According to the Gazan Ministry of Health, six out of Gaza’s 13 hospitals > have already been severely damaged. One, el-Wafa rehabilitation hospital, > has been completely destroyed. Two medical clinics have been completely > destroyed, seven other clinics have been damaged, 13 medical staff members > have been injured, and five have been killed. > > The Ministry of Health in Gaza has demanded, "the immediate cessation of > Israeli occupation military attacks against medical facilities and > personnel in Gaza, and demands that the international community soundly > condemn this latest Israeli atrocity, and hold Israel accountable for these > war crimes." > > Here are some of the numbers you can call: > > > Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs > Carl Bildt > +46 8 405 10 00 [4] > (Plus a load more phone numbers on this page: www.government.se/sb/d/2085) > @carlbildt > @SweMFA > > The German Foreign Office: > Federal Foreign Office > Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister > > Tel. (24 hours service): +49 30 1817 0 > Telefax: +49 30 1817 3402 > German Embassy Tel Aviv emergency number / for German citizens only: > +972-54-9944724 (mobile) > > Twitter > Auswärtiges Amt @ <https://twitter.com/AuswaertigesAmt>AuswaertigesAmt > <https://twitter.com/AuswaertigesAmt> > > > > > *UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office *MP Philip Hammond > +44 20 7008 1500 > 020 7219 4055 > @foreignoffice > > > *US Department of State*Israel Foreign Service Desk: 202-647-3672 > @StateDept > > *Spain* > José García-Margallo y Marfil > 91 379 97 00 > @MAECgob > > *New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade* > Murray McCully > +64 4 439 8000 > @NZNationalParty > > *French Ministry of Foreign Affairs* > Laurent Fabius > @francediplo > @laurentfabius > > *Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade* > Julie Bishop > +61 2 6261 1111 (office) > 1300 555 135 (24-hour Consular Emergency Centre) > @dfat > @JulieBishopMP > > > *Venezuelan Ministry Foreign Affairs*Elías Jaua > +58 212 806.4400 > +58 212 8061111 > @ Vencancilleria > > > > In solidarity, > > > ISM Palestine > > -- > -- > PLEASE FORWARD THIS UPDATE WIDELY > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > "International Solidarity Movement" group. 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