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From: Ismail
Zayid
To: Martin,
Keith - Assistant 1
Sent:
Subject: Re:
Dear Dr.
Martin.
Thank you
for your message and your sustained humanitarian concern for the well-being of
the besieged 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza, who are subjected to a brutal
siege and denial of all basic needs of living, by the Israeli government.
However, I
nust note that I totally disagree with the statement in the report on June
26, 2007, calling on the international community to stop any funding for Hamas,
and describing that as "funding terrorism". Let me remind you that
Hamas is the democratically- elected government by the Palestinian people,
which is providing with all its means all the possible
care, within its means, for the people in
The
fundamental problem and the issue that must be tackled by all who care for human rights and the
principles of justice and international law is the need to terminate
completely the illegal Israeli
occupation of all the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which
has been allowed to stand for over 40 years, in defiance of international
law and repeated Security Council resolutions. The brutal practices used by
this oppressive occupation include extra-judicial assassination, detention of
thousands without charge or trial, torture, daily humiliation, denial of health
care, the demolition of thousands of homes and the expropriation of
Palestinian land for the creation of illegal colonies [settlements]. These
practices are in violation of virtually every article of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and are
identified by international law as war
crimes. and have been condemned by all
international human rights organisations, including Amnesty Intrnational, Human Rights Watch and Israeli human
rights organisations, including B'Tselem.
Finally, we
applaud your stand in the concern tou express for the humanitarian crisis to
which the people in
Kind
regards.
Yours
sincerely,
Ismail
Zayid.
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Original Message -----
From:
"Martin, Keith - Assistant 1" <MartiK0@parl.gc.ca>
To:
"Ismail Zayid" <izayid@eastlink.ca>
Sent:
Subject:
Dear Dr.
Zayid,
Thank you for your kind words. Attached is a small sample of the articles
I have been submitting to media to draw attention to the crisis in
Best Regards,
Keith
Office of Dr. Keith Martin, M.D., P.C., M.P.
Official Opposition Critic for International Development
Member of Parliament for Esquimalt - Juan de Fuca
Rm. 300, Justice Building
Phone 996-8092, Fax 996-9779
www.keithmartin.parl.gc.ca
From: Ismail Zayid
[mailto:izayid@eastlink.ca]
Sent: March 23, 2008 2:59 PM
To: Martin, Keith - M.P.
Subject: =1= Thank you.
POBox. 1085,
The Hon. Mr. Keith Martin, MP.
The House of Commons.
Dear Mr. Martin:
Thank you for principled statement, addressed to the Canadian Islamic Congress,
on the humanitarian crisis in
Sadly, our government continues to ignore the suffering of the Palestinian
people and displays complete failure to uphold the principles and values that
Yours sincerely,
President,