Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:16
AM
Subject: Blinkred
comment.
Canada Palestine Association,
POBox, 1085,
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
July 15,2004
The Editor,
The Globe & Mail.
Dear Editor:
Marcus Gee , in his comment :{" No talking is no barrier to
settlement" July 14}, describes the ruling of the International Court of
Justice[ICJ] as a "blinkered ruling." If anything is blinkered here, it is Mr.
Gee's comment. As ruled by all the judges of the ICJ, excluding the American
judge, the wall Israel is building on Illegally-occupied Palestinian territory
is illegal and in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and hence a war
crime, and must be dismantled.
In speaking of settlement between Israelis and Palestinians, would it
occur to Mr. Gee to call on Israel to comply with international law and repeated
Security Council resolutions that stipulate that Israel is in illegal occupation
of Palestinian land, including its illegal occupation of the West Bank,
including East Jerusalem, and Gaza as a result of its blatant war of aggression
against its neighbours, in June 1967?
Is Mr. Gee not aware that the Jewish settlements erected by Israel in
the West Bank and Gaza are illegal and must be completely dismantled if there is
to be a settlement of this conflict?
Security for Israelis and Palestinians will be obtained when Israel
is in full compliance with international law and UN resolutions, and not by
building this Apartheid wall.
Yours sincerely,
Ismail Zayid, MD.
President, Canada Palestine Association.