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Stated Clerk Issues
Statement on Gaza crisis 

 

"Love your neighbor as yourself."  Christians, Jews, and Muslims are all commanded by God to love God and our neighbor with our whole lives. Yet in the cradle of all three of these faiths, The death toll continues to rise.  Palestinian and Israeli fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and children weep for those dear to them. This particular chain of events, another tragic evidence of the impact of the illegal Israeli occupation, began with the unjustifiable murder of three Israeli youth by Palestinians, Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel.  The Israeli Military unjustifiably killed five Palestinians in pursuit of their murderers, Mustafa Hosni Aslan, Mahmoud Jihad Muhammad Dudeen, Ahmad Famawi, Ahmad Said Suod Khalid, and Mahmoud Ismail Atallah Tarifi.  Then Mohammad Abu Khedair was abducted and murdered by Jewish citizens of Israel.  In the wake of these terrible events, Hamas rockets have been indiscriminately fired, and Israeli Defense Forces have used overwhelming force.

 

Now another 174 Palestinians* must be named as victims of this violence: Haitham Ashraf Zaboub, Ramzyeh Abed el-Alem, Ezzeddin Bolbol, Laila al-Ewedat, Deir el-Balah. Musap Daher, Abu-Shanab, Moua'yad al-Araj, Hijaziyya al-Hilo, Huwaida abu Harb, Husam Ibrahim Najjar, Samir Hamdan, Hussein Abdul-Qader Mheisin, Maher Thabit Abu Mar, Mohammed Salim Abu Bureis, Ibrahim Nabil Hamadah, Hasan Ahmad Abu Ghush, Ahmad Mazen al-Bal'awy, Nabil Basal, Mohammad al-Halaby, Rifat Siyouti, Ola Wishahi, Suha Abu Saade, Yousef Mohammad Qandil, Mohammad Edrees Abu Sneina, Abdul-Rahman Saleh al-Khatib, Husam Thieb ar-Razayna, Anas Yousef Qandil, Mohammad Sweity, Rateb Subhi al-Saifi, Azmi Mahmoud Obeid, Nidal Muhammad Abu al-Malsh, Suleiman Said Obeid,  Mustafa Muhammad Inaya, Ghassan Ahmad al-Masri, Ghazi Arif, Khawla al-Hawajri, Rif'at Youssef Amer, Nahedh Na'im al-Batsh, Baha' Majed al-Batsh, Qusai Issam al-Batsh, Aziza Yousef al-Batsh, Ahmad No'man al-Batsh, Mohammad Issam al-Batsh, Yahia 'Ala' Al-Batsh, Jalal Majed al-Batsh, Mahmoud Majed al-Batsh, Majed Sobhi al-Batsh, Marwa Majed al-Batsh, Khaled Majed al-Batsh, Ibrahim Majed al-Batsh, Manar Majed al-Batsh, Amal Hussein al-Batsh, Anas Ala' al-Batsh, Qusai Ala' al-Batsh, Zakariyya Ala' al-Batsh, Mohannad Yousef Dheir, Mohammad Zo'rob, Imad Bassam Zo'rob, Mustafa 'Arif, Mohammad Ghazi 'Arif, Amir 'Arif, Ahmad Yousef Dalloul, Fadi Ya'coub Sukkar, Qassem Jaber Odah, Mohammad Abdullah Sharatha, Anas Rizk Abu el-Kas, 33, Nour Marwan al-Najdi, Mohammed Mounir Ashour, Ghalia Deeb Jabr al-Ghanam, Wisam Abd al-Rizk Hassan al-Ghanam, Mahmoud Abd al-Rizk Hassan al-Ghanam, Kifah Shahada Deeb al-Ghanam, Ra'ed Hani Abu Hani, Shahraman Ismail Abu el-Kas, Mazen Mustafa Aslan,  Shahd Helmi al-Qrynawi, Adnan al-Ashhab, Mohammad Rabea Abu-Hmeedan, Saher Abu Namous, Hussein al-Mamlok, Saber Sukkar, Nasser Rabah Sammama, Abdul-Halim Abdul-Mo'ty Ashra, Mohammad Samiri, Rami Abu Mosa'ed, Salem Qandil, Amer al-Fayyoumi, Baha' Abu al-Leil, Asma' Mahmoud al-Hajj, Sa'ad Mahmoud al-Hajj, Najla' Mahmoud al-Hajj, Tareq Sa'ad al-Hajj, Omar al-Hajj, Amna al-Hajj, Amna al-Hajj, Basimah al-Hajj, Ra'ed Shalat, Wife of Ra'ed Shalat, Unidentified child of Ra'ed Shalat, Unidentified child of Ra'ed Shalat, Ibrahim Khalil Qanan, Mohammad Khalil Qanan, Hamdi Kamil Sawali, Suleiman al-Astal, Ahmad al-Astal, Mousa al-Astal, Mohammad al-'Aqqad, Abdullah Ramadan, Ismail Abu-Jaame, Khalid Abu-Jaame, Mahmoud Waloud, Hazen Balousheh, Alaa Abdelnabi, Ahmad Zaher Hamdan,Yasmin Mohammed al-Mutawwaq, Mohammed Kamal al-Kahlout, Abdul Rahman Khattab, Abdullah Abu Majrouq, Hamed Shihab, Salmiyya al-'Arja, Nariman Abdul-Ghafour, Rafiq al-Kafarna, Nayfa Farajallah, Abdul-Nasser Abu Kweik, Khaled Abu Kweik, Ameer Arif, Mohammad Malika, Amna Malika (Mohammad's Mother), Hatem Abu Salem. Mohammad Khaled an-Nimra, Sahar Hamdan (al-Masry), Ibrahim al-Masry, Amjad Hamdan, Hani Saleh Hamad, Ibrahim Hani Saleh Hamad, Mohammad Khalaf Nawasra, Nidal Khalaf Nawasra, Salah Awad Nawasra, Somoud Nawasra, Mahmoud Nahedh Nawasra, Aisha Najm. Amal Yousef. Ranim Jouda, Ibrahim Daoud al-Bal'aawy, Abdul-Rahman Jamal az-Zamely, Ibrahim Ahmad 'Abdin. Mustafa Abu Murr. Khaled Abu Murr. Mazin Al-Jarba. Marwan Eslayyem. Sami al-Arja, Mohammad Sha'ban, Amjad Sha'ban, Khader al-Basheeleqety, Rashad Yassin, Mohammad Ayman 'Ashour, Riyadh Mohammad Kaware', Bakr Mohammad Joudeh, Ammar Mohammad Joudeh, Hussein Yousef Kaware', Bassem Salem Kaware', Mohammad Ibrahim Kaware', Mohammad Habib, Mousa Habib, Saqr 'Aayesh al-'Ajjoury, Ahmad Nael Mahdi, Hafeth Mohammad Hamad, Ibrahim Mohammad Hamad, Mahdi Mohammad Hamad, Fawziyya Khalil Hamad, Donia Mahdi Hamad, Soha Hamad, Suleiman Salam Abu Sawaween, Siraj Eyad Abdul-'Aal, Abdul-Hadi Soufi.

 

Not one more name, Israeli or Palestinian, should be added to this list.  The violence must stop.  While those on all sides may provide justification for the violence, we know from years of conflict in the region that the resort to violence inevitably leaves behind death, injury, fear, and deepened feelings of hostility.

 

Click here to read the rest of the statement.

*As of July 16, 2014. The list of names has been growing daily-perhaps over 200 already.  These names come from multiple sources, but because of the chaos of the situation, the names cannot be verified with certainty.

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