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I’m not signing Australian lawyers’ open letter concerning Gaza

By David Singer - posted Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Were these 1012 Lawyers aware that such horrific atrocities had been carried out before signing this letter?

Would these 1012 signatories have signed this letter if they realised this could be construed as giving their support for a ceasefire that would also spare the lives of these sub-human monsters from Gaza – enabling them to continue attempting to repeat these vile crimes against humanity?

3. The English Letter recorded 299 Israelis being critically or seriously wounded and 279 people hospitalized for traumatic stress.

These statistics were deleted in the Australian Letter.

Why?

4. The English Letter states that "hundreds of thousands of Israelis" fled or were evacuated. The Australian Letter states "thousands of Israelis".

Why?

5. The Australian Letter omits this statement contained in the English Letter:

As stated by the UN Secretary General, "Nothing can justify the deliberate killing, injuring and kidnapping of civilians – or the launching of rockets against civilian targets

Why?

6. Definitions of ambiguous terms used such as "Palestinians", "Palestine" and "State of Palestine" have been omitted.

The Australian Letter additionally calls for:

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About the Author

David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International - an organisation calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at www.jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.