There is Blood on our Hands!
There is Blood on our Hands!
The Painting below is based on the demonstration at US Secretary of State, Tony Blinken’s Senate testimony last month where protesters painted their hands red and called for a ceasefire in Gaza. One of those protesters at the Congressional hearing with red hands was Hawaii resident and peacemaker, retired Army Colonel, and former diplomat, Ann Wright. The US has been providing Israel $3.8 Billion annually in military aid. Biden has requested an additional $14.3 Billion this year. The State Dept. also wants to provide 24,000 assault weapons to Israeli settlers in the West Bank. This is pouring fuel on a fire of violence toward Palestinians in the West Bank. Stand up and say NO!
As of Monday, Nov. 21, 2023 –World Children’s Day
— Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza Topped 13,000 in the Israeli U.S.-backed war against people of Gaza
— at least 5,500 children killed in Gaza by Israel. At least one child is dying every 10 minutes.
— an additional 1800 children missing under the rubble, most of them presumed dead
— a further 9,000 children were injured, many with life-changing consequences. Nearly 50% of the 2.3 million Palestinians living in Gaza are children. https://www.commondreams.org/news/children-in-gaza?
Fifteen Things You Should Never Have To Say To A Country (Summary below) /https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2023/11/18/fifteen-things-you-should-never-have-to-say-to-a-country
1. Stop bombing children. 2. Don’t kill journalists. 3. Don’t bomb hospitals. 4. Don’t shoot patients through their hospital window. 5. Don’t drive bulldozers over dead bodies. 6. Don’t bomb ambulances. 7. Don’t do ethnic cleansing. 8. Don’t call humans animals.. 9. Don’t starve people. 10. Don’t cut off people’s water. 11. Don’t cut off the electricity at hospitals, killing their ICU and NICU patients. 12. Don’t bomb doctors. 13. Don’t bomb UN staff. 14. Don’t do apartheid. 15. Stop lying constantly.
Enough! Cease Fire and De-escalation Now!
1 . Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject violence & war as solutions. 3. Defend civil liberties.
4. Oppose all discrimination: anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, anti-Black, anti-Asian, anti-Russian, anti-LGBTQ, etc. 5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world. 
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Nov. 24, 2023, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1156– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office
