Israel's statehood was contingent upon upholding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in which the world community recognized the "inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family as the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world" and envisioned "the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom from fear and want." Read more...
In December 2010, a group of young Palestinian cyber-activists crafted the Gaza Youth's Manifesto for Change, which has garnered nearly 8,000 Facebook supporters thus far:
The Gaza Youth Manifesto:Â
f*ck Hamas. f*ck Israel. f*ck Fatah. f*ck UN. f*ck UNWRA.
F*ck USA! We, the youth in Gaza, are so fed up with Israel, Hamas, the
occupation, the violations of human rights and the indifference of the
international community!
We want to scream and break this wall of
silence, injustice and indifference like the Israeli F16s breaking the wall of
sound; scream with all the power in our souls in order to release this immense
frustration that consumes us because of this f*cking situation we live in.
We are sick of being caught in this political
struggle; sick of coal-dark nights with airplanes circling above our homes;
sick of innocent farmers getting shot in the buffer zone because they are
taking care of their lands; sick of bearded guys walking around with their guns
abusing their power, beating up or incarcerating young people demonstrating for
what they believe in; sick of the wall of shame that separates us from the rest
of our country and keeps us imprisoned in a stamp-sized piece of land; sick of
being portrayed as terrorists, home-made fanatics with explosives in our
pockets and evil in our eyes; sick of the indifference we meet from the
international community, the so-called experts in expressing concerns and
drafting resolutions but cowards in enforcing anything they agree on; we are
sick and tired of living a sh*tty life, being kept in jail by Israel, beaten up
by Hamas and completely ignored by the rest of the world.
There is a revolution growing inside of us,
an immense dissatisfaction and frustration that will destroy us unless we find
a way of channaling this energy into something that can challenge the status
quo and give us some kind of hope.
We barely survived the Operation Cast Lead,
where Israel very effectively bombed the sh*t out of us, destroying thousands
of homes and even more lives and dreams. During the war we got the unmistakable
feeling that Israel wanted to erase us from the face of the Earth. During the
last years, Hamas has been doing all they can to control our thoughts,
behavior and aspirations. Here in Gaza we are scared of being incarcerated,
interrogated, hit, tortured, bombed, killed. We cannot move as we want, say
what we want, do what we want.
ENOUGH! Enough pain, enough tears, enough
suffering, enough control, limitations, unjust justifications, terror, torture,
excuses, bombings, sleepless nights, dead civilians, black memories, bleak
future, heart-aching present, disturbed politics, fanatic politicians,
religious bullshit, enough incarceration! WE SAY STOP! This is not the future
we want! We want to be free. We want to be able to live a normal life. We want
peace. Is that too much to ask?
We are a peace movement
consistent of young people in Gaza and supporters elsewhere that will not rest
until the truth about Gaza is known by everybody in this whole world and in
such a degree that no more silent consent or loud indifference will be
accepted.
This is the Gazan youth's manifesto for change!
We will start by destroying the occupation that surrounds ourselves, we will
break free from this mental incarceration and regain our dignity and self
respect. We will carry our heads high even though we will face resistance. We
will work day and night in order to change these miserable conditions we are
living under. We will build dreams where we meet walls.
We only hope that you, yes, you reading this statement right now can
support us.Â
We want to be free, we want to live, we want peace.
FREE GAZA YOUTH!
GYBO
December, 2010 [1]
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