UN Committee on the Rights of
the Child said that recent fighting
will result in “deep trauma” for
Gaza’s youth [Reuters]

When I wrote in this Diary of the Worm on Nov. 6th Why I did not vote I mentioned by words and pictures it was in solidarity with of the children of Palestine, Pakistan and Haiti. Today a friend sent me an article about the The voices of Gaza’s children. In the article the children in Gaza, part of Palestine, describe living under Israeli siege and attacks as worse than being in prison.

The seven children of the Awajaa family, who live only a few hundred meters from the border with Israel, have as their only protection against the Israeli rockets a thin tarpaulin, stretched out over a small plot of land. This has been their home since Israel destroyed their home in the attacks on Gaza four years ago after that November election in the USA. Gaza is a prison for a million and half people and now with this war and destruction by Israel it is a horrific place for children.

Where are the voices of our President, our US Congressional representatives, our US Senators when these children suffer so much from the 8 million dollars a day we give Israel for their military? Are these the same persons we voted for on Nov. 6th to be our voice in D.C? I did not vote for any of them and they do not represent my voice.

When will the violence against the children of Palestine, Pakistan and Haiti stop? I believe it will stop when we stop supporting the persons in our government who support out rightly, if not by silence this killing and suffering of children. We must start with ourselves and our support if the USA will stop. The children of Gaza need our voices now.

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