PWWSD denounces Continuing Israeli Offensive on Gaza and demands Urgent International Intervention

The Palestinian Working Women’s Society for Development denounces the increasing Israeli attack on Gaza, and the continuous atrocious violations of international human rights and the IHL.  The attack has resulted in the loss of many innocent lives, many of which were children and women.

PWWSD condemns the last offensive, which serves the Israeli attempts of marginalization and effacement, and the continuing jewisation of Jerusalem, in addition to building new settlement units on Palestinian land and the ongoing siege on Gaza.

PWWSD states that the escalating Israeli aggression is an evident breach of the international conventions and the International Declaration of Human Rights, which protect civilians’ rights in times of war and peace. PWWSD adds that what the Israeli occupation is doing is considered a dangerous breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

PWWSD demands the international community to interfere to put an end to Israeli violations, and to force Israel to abide by the IHL, and the international law in the occupied Palestinian Territory, and in Gaza in particular.

PWWSD condemns the international silence towards these violations and demands Israel to be held responsible for its atrocities, based on the International Humanitarian Law. PWWSD calls the human rights organizations and solidarity committees to take action to pressure their governments, in order to end the Israeli attack on Palestinian people.