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The
streets of Palestine and Israel are
drenched in blood, tears, and
heartbreak. Now hundreds of thousands
of children in Gaza were given 24 hours to flee
their homes... or face death.
It’s an all out war on children.
ENOUGH! Let’s demand an
immediate international shield to protect
innocent children from this horror before more
are attacked, or even
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Dear
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This
is personal for me. I’ve seen friends in Gaza
shellshocked, searching
for loved ones amidst the debris,
recovering lifeless little bodies. The cries of
families in Israel, reeling from the horrors
perpetrated by Hamas, are just as
haunting.
And it's about to get
worse. Israel announced that hundreds
of thousands of children in Gaza have only 24
hours to evacuate their homes ... or face
death.
What’s needed to end this
atrocious child abuse is a deal where
Hamas releases the children and families
it's holding hostage, in parallel with
Israel freeing the Palestinian children it’s
imprisoned, and halting its military assault on
schools and areas populated with
kids.
This is where our
movement can help pull back the war
machine. Let’s ignite an unprecedented
global outcry demanding key leaders from the US,
Qatar, Turkey and Germany use their
influence on Israel and Hamas to save the
children on both sides.
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Key
leaders are trying to negotiate with Israel and
Hamas, and sources tell us massive public
pressure from people around the world
will help them move both sides to save these
kids.
This is the most
important call a global community like ours can
make right now to save innocent lives
caught in the
crossfire.
Our
movement will have to be louder than the drums
of war.
The
truth is it takes courage to take a stand on
this issue. Both the Israeli
government’s brutal apartheid policies and
Hamas’s inhumane attack are responsible for this
round of carnage. The world’s governments'
continued collective silence about
the decades-long war crimes
inflicted on the children of Palestine
makes them complicit.
Families in
Palestine and Israel yearn for their children’s
safety. Avaaz means 'voice'. We've always
believed that silence can be a deadly ally to
oppression. Our voices now matter more than
ever. Help us build that massive wake up
call: add your name now! We’ll
make it deafening in key capitals, and take it
directly to leaders who can act now.
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We’re
already in the room with the key actors
negotiating between both sides - but they won’t
act unless a tsunami of voices from across the
world makes this demand more deafening than the
bombs falling on Gaza. Our movement has the
power to help save the lives of these kids,
let’s make sure we use every bit of that power
before it’s too late.
With hope and
courage,
Fadi, with Christoph, Alice,
John, Mo and the rest of the Avaaz team
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