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DESCRIPTION:Emergency Action - Gaza: Silent Vigil at Feinstein's Office, Market and 
 Montgomery SF - 5PM Monday December 29\n\nPLEASE FORWARD 
 WIDELY\n*************************************************************************\nEMERGENCY 
 ACTION! STOP THE ATTACK ON GAZA\n\nSilent Vigil at Feinstein's Office\n5PM 
 Monday Dec. 29th - Montgomery and Market\nBring candles, posters, and 
 banners; wear black.\nRain or Shine\n\nCo-Sponsored by Direct Action to 
 Stop the War; the Middle East Children's Alliance; Queers Undermining 
 Israeli Terrorism; SF Women in Black\n\nWe condemn the missile strikes that 
 have killed hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza strip as a brutal and 
 murderous form of collective punishment. The strikes in heavily populated 
 areas display a reckless disregard for the civilians of Gaza and are part 
 of an ongoing war by Israel not against Hamas or terrorism, but against the 
 Palestinian people. The following text is from a BBC eyewitness report in 
 Gaza City:\n\n"Doctors say the operating rooms are full and the morgues are 
 full and they have no place to put the dead bodies. They are asking for 
 every doctor who is not working today to come and help. We have seen in the 
 streets of Gaza today and this evening many funerals . . . It's a very bad 
 situation... There were Israeli aeroplanes everywhere, hitting everywhere. 
 You could see smoke from north to south, from west to east. The people are 
 really in a panic. The main object for the people now is to find a secure 
 place to secure their family. Gaza has no shelters, it has no safe places. 
 The Hamas security compounds are in the middle of the city - it's not the 
 kind of place where you see compounds outside the cities."\n\nThis recent 
 offensive against people in Gaza is only the latest in the Israeli 
 government's continued occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. 
 With the siege of Gaza Israel has shown a consistent disregard for the 
 human rights of Palestinians leading to an unprecedented humanitarian 
 crisis in Gaza. Malnutrition in the Strip rivals that found in sub-Saharan 
 Africa, as Gazans cannot receive necessary food, fuel and medical supplies. 
 The effects of the siege will greatly impact the hundreds of civilians 
 injured by the missile strike.\n\nWe recognize that the US Government is 
 complicit in these crimes against the people of Palestine. We call on the 
 US government to end its support of the Israeli occupation, to stop the 
 billions of dollars in military aid sent to Israeli, and to end Israel's 
 criminal raids and siege on the people of Gaza. We gather outside Senator 
 Feinstein's office to send this message. We stand in solidarity and 
 sympathy with the innocent civilians being bombed in Gaza.\n\nIf your group 
 wishes to co-sponsor email 
 dasw.media@gmail.com\nhttp://bayareadirectaction.wordpress.com/ \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/12/27/18556606.php
SUMMARY:Emergency Action - Gaza: Silent Vigil at Feinstein's Office
LOCATION:Feinstein's Office \nMarket and Montgomery\nSan Francisco 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/12/27/18556606.php
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