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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Say No to Israel’s Occupation, Blockade - Mari Oka Lectures
In the afternoon of Jan. 18, more than 260 people gathered at Tokyo’s Rapasu Hall for the rally to protest attack on the Gaza Strip. The movie “Rainbow” was shown and Mari Oka (photo) lectured on what we can do to help. Oka talked about persecution of Palestinians after the establishment of Israel as a nation 60 years ago and how Palestinians became refugees, as well as Israel’s occupation of the west bank of River Jordan and the Gaza Strip. She then talked about the history of blockade of the Gaza Strip three years ago, and she also said that we have allowed the genocide by overlooking tragedy of Palestinians as other peoples’matter. “The root of the problem is Israel’soccupation and blockade,” she said. “Silence means you approve. While we are at cease-fire, we should raise our voices to stop occupation and blockage.” (By Yumi Sasaki)
今こそイスラエルの占領と封鎖にノーを~岡真理さんが講演
1月18日午後東京・ラパスホールで、「ガザ攻撃に抗議する集会」が開かれ、定員を大幅に超える260名以上が集まり熱気に包まれた。集会ではパレスチナ映画「レインボー」の上映と岡真理さん(写真)の講演「私たちに何ができるか」が行われた。岡さんは、60年前のイスラエル国家創設によるパレスチナ人の追放と難民化、40年前のイスラエルによるヨルダン川西岸とガザ地区の占領、そして3年前のガザ封鎖の歴史を述べ、この間ずっとパレスチナ人の悲劇を他人事として黙認してきた私たちが、今回の大量殺戮を許してしまったと語った。そして「問題の根源はイスラエルの占領と封鎖にある。沈黙は容認だ。停戦の今こそ占領と封鎖をやめろと声を上げよう」と訴えた。(佐々木有美)
thanks for mary Oka
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