2009年07月01日、日本時間：21:05
彼らの拉致から、世界中の何万人もの人びとが、彼らの即時無条件解放を要求するため動いている。 Free Gaza Movementは、電話し、ファックスやメールを送り、手紙を書き、あるいはデモを組織したみなさんに、21人の投獄された友人に代わり、感謝したい。
敬意を込めて、それは十分ではない。わたしたちは物語でない。1948年の建国以来、イスラエルは常態的にパレスチナ人を拉致し、拷問し、彼らを何年も苦しませる、忘れられた監獄に放り込んできた。今日、1万1000人以上のパレスチナ政治犯が、適正手続きという利益もなく、或るものは告発さえないまま、男、女、子どもたちが、イスラエル刑務所、野外の刑務所キャンプ（テント刑務所）、秘密の闇サイトで拷問と孤立に耐えている。彼らはありとあらゆる職業：医師、ジャーナリスト、政治家、労働者、抵抗勢力、主婦、学生他を含む。彼らは、わたしたちの姉妹であり兄弟である。
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
1 July 2009
We are NOT the “Story”
It’s Not Just Our 21 Kidnapped Passengers
On June 30th 2009 Israeli Occupation Forces forcibly boarded the Free Gaza boat, SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, and kidnapped 21 human rights workers and journalists who were on their way to deliver much needed humanitarian and reconstruction supplies to besieged Gaza. Those abducted by Israel include Nobel peace prize laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.
Since their kidnapping, tens-of-thousands of people around the world have mobilized to demand their immediate and unconditional release. The Free Gaza Movement would like to thank everyone who has made a phone call, sent a fax or email, written a letter, or organized a demonstration on behalf of our 21 imprisoned friends.
With respect, it is not enough. We are not the story. Since its founding in 1948 the State of Israel has regularly kidnapped and tortured Palestinians, throwing them into forgotten prisons where they can languish for years. Today, over 11,000 Palestinian political prisoners without benefit of due process, some never even charged - men, women, and children – endure torture and isolation in Israeli jails, outdoor prison camps, and secret black sites. They come from all walks of life: doctors, journalists, parliamentarians, workers, resistance fighters, homemakers, students and others. They are our sisters and brothers.
The 21 passengers aboard the Spirit of Humanity have been illegally incarcerated for their solidarity work with Palestine. 11,000 other members of our common human family are already imprisoned simply for being Palestinian.
The Siege of Palestine is not simply the physical blockade against Gaza. The Siege includes the hundreds of checkpoints throughout the West Bank that separate families and communities and shatter any prospect for a viable Palestinian state. The Siege includes the millions of Palestinians in Diaspora, many of them dumped in squalid refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon and elsewhere. The Siege is ever-present throughout all aspects of Palestinian life.
This Siege is only strengthened when we pay more attention to the injustice done to 21 international solidarity workers than we do to the much greater injustices already being committed against millions of Palestinians.
We in the Free Gaza Movement implore all the good people around the world who have working so hard to secure the release of our friends to "adopt" a Palestinian prisoner. We ask you to learn about the crisis and take on the cause of an individual prisoner as your own.
Break the Siege! Reach out to Palestine!
For more information, please visit
http://www.FreeGaza.org, as well as the following prisoner information websites:
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http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=7209&CategoryId=4•
http://sumoud.tao.ca/?q=node/view/76•
http://palestinianprisoners.blogspot.com/2009/04/palestinian-prisoners-families-protest_27.html•
http://www.btselem.org/english/statistics/Detainees_and_Prisoners.asp###
For More Information, Please Contact:
Greta Berlin (English)
tel: +357 99 28 41 02 / friends@freegaza.org
Ramzi Kysia (English)
Tel: + 357 99 08 17 67 / rrkysia@yahoo.com
Caoimhe Butterly (Arabic/English/Spanish):
tel: +357 99 80 96 37 / sahara78@hotmail.co.uk
