Simone Susskind

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S COMMISSION (IWC) FOR A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI PEACE

28 December 2008

The International Women’s Commission (IWC) for a Just and Sustainable Palestinian-Israeli Peace demands an immediate cessation of the aggression by the Israeli military forces in Gaza, which has already cost hundreds of lives.

This slaughter can only further fuel the conflict and quash any remaining hope for peace between the Israeli and Palestinian people.

The IWC calls on the international community, and specifically to the Quartet, to immediately deploy an international force to bring an end to this madness, to protect innocent civilians and to alleviate the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The IWC further appeals to the Quartet, and in particular to the incoming US Administration, to press for immediate resumption of peace negotiations based on the Arab Peace Initiative as the only way of bringing an end to the occupation and achieving sustainable peace between Israel and Palestine, and in the region.

On behalf of IWC Members:

Palestinian Steering Committee

Wafa’ Abdel-Rahman

Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas

Samia Bamieh

Lama Hourani

Israeli Steering Committee

Naomi Chazan

Galia Golan

Anat Saragusti

Aida Touma-Sliman

International Steering Committee

Sylvia Borren

Luisa Morgantini

Jessica Neuwirth

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