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Grace Ross statement on Lebanon, Gaza
I and the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts join people across the world in horror at the apparently purposeful attack against civilians by the Israeli government. We join their almost universal call for an immediate cessation of Israeli attacks of all kinds on Lebanon and Gaza, widely recognized as war crimes.
And we call on our own government to withdraw not only the illegal supply of fuel for Israeli jets and other direct military assistance in these attacks but all other forms of assistance. As Americans we demand that our government not make us culpable in the massacring of innocent people.
Credible sources, which neither Israel nor the US government deny, say that Israeli attacks are in response to the capture of soldiers in a military action. The Israeli government has refused to negotiate for release of their soldiers or to seek other peaceful resolutions. Instead, they have used their vastly superior military power against defenseless Palestinians in Gaza, and to bomb the roads leaving Lebanon and then bomb civilian targets after having trapped non-combatants in kill-zones.
This is purposive massacring of civilians, and we call on all people of conscience to join us in demanding immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces, cessation of military action and of all US support.
We especially call on the political leaders in Massachusetts, both elected and aspiring, to check their facts and recall their humanity. Remove your support for war crimes you expressed by signing the July 20 statement “We Stand With Israel.” If you cannot stand against crimes against humanity, how can you lead this Commonwealth? How can you stand for us against huge monied interests when tunnels collapse or global warming impacts the lives of the people of Massachusetts?
We know that most batterers were battered themselves and we know that the young killers in Columbine High School were emotionally abused and socially ostracized. That does not and cannot excuse battering and massacring their schoolmates. Likewise, we recognize the long history of oppression of Jewish people across the world—including U.S. exclusion of refugees from Nazi Germany.
That does not and cannot excuse violent acts of aggression against other innocent people. Massive bombing of civilians is not “defense of Israeli people.”
Our obligation as true friends of the people, everywhere in the world, is to never blindly condone aggression. Like with a batterer, our obligation is to face and honestly speak the reality, put our bodies on line to defend the innocent, and refuse to support the continued violence.