Way Forward Peace through Ceasefire, Dialogue--Mairead Corrigan Maguire

Peace People Call for Fair Response to Palestinians
Maired Corrigan Maguire's words

Excerpt, editing for TIN by 

Carolyn Bennett

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he Palestinian people have issued a call (we must answer)  for the support of the world’s people, asking us to stand with them.

Palestinians point out that the United Nations Security Council (permanent members U.S. UK, China, Russia, France) paralyzed by the United States will not send an observer mission so they have appealed for peace observers to go to Palestine to tell the world what is really happening to their people under Israeli military occupation. 

·     Western Leaders and mainstream media have come up with disingenuous statements repeating Israeli disinformation and blaming the Palestinian victims. 

·     Biased against Palestinians, these leaders and media outlets continue to tell the Israeli narrative. 

·     If Palestinians and Israelis, indeed the Middle East region are to be saved and to move toward peace, it is time that Israeli propaganda be shown for what it is – war propaganda. 

·    This is not an Israeli fight to stop Hamas-- who are not the aggressors. 

·      Israel has answered every occasion for dialogue with military attacks on Palestinian civilians. 

·     Israel has chosen land [grabs] and continues to annex Palestinian land, demolishing Palestinian homes. 

·      The war Israel is waging on Gaza is not about self-defense. 

·      The war Israel is waging is not about destroying Hamas; it is a war about complete control over a territory and a people and it is being conducted with complete disregard for human life. 

·      It is a war aimed at destroying the resilience of the Palestinian people whilst, all the time, illegally confiscating their land. 

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Maired Corrigan Maguire

eace is possible.

An immediate ceasefire together with dialogue is the only way forward.

We owe it to our

Palestinian and Israeli brothers and Sisters who are working for peace and a nonviolent solution to answer their call …. Let us together as civil community around the world continue and increase our efforts to demand mainstream media talk about the real issues and reach out to all people of conscience in Europe and in the United States and elsewhere to support the Palestinians in their struggle for human rights and International law.

  

Sources and notes

“MAIREAD CORRIGAN MAGUIRE CALLS UPON BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION AND mainstream western media to end bias against Palestinians and [end] their [media’s] lack of impartiality against Palestinians and in their reporting of Middle East conflicts.

“She called on the BBC, and world media to give factual, fair and balanced reporting in order that people can be informed and not continue to be subjected to Israeli propaganda. Maguire also called for an immediate ceasefire and dialogue ‘as the only way forward.’” Mairead Corrigan Maguire is in Peace People press release July 14, 2014, http://www.peacepeople.com/?p=456

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pdate on Israel's massacre in Gaza

RT: “Israeli tank strikes on Gaza hospital kill 4, scores injured – medics,” July 21, 2014, RT, http://rt.com/news/174408-israel-hospital-strike-gaza/

The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) death toll from the hostilities in Gaza has risen to 25, with seven Israeli soldiers killed in the last 24 hours (Haaretz). Since the operation began 14 days ago, the death toll in Gaza has reached 508 with 3,130 wounded.

Press TV: “Israeli forces killing Gazans with lethal shells: Rights group,” July 21, 2014, http://www.presstv.com/section/3510202.html

Medics say some Palestinians in the besieged enclave have been wounded by a new type of weapon that even doctors with previous experience in war zones do not recognize. Israel had also used depleted-uranium and white phosphorus shells in the besieged region during their previous assaults. This is while Israeli tanks and warplanes keep pounding the besieged enclave. At least 78 Palestinians were killed on Monday alone. 

This brings to 549 the total death toll from 14 days of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Over 3,000 Palestinians have also been injured in the onslaught. The majority of victims have been civilians--including women, children, and the elderly. 

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Mairead Corrigan Maguire shows, gives us rare courage in cause of peace

“Nobel Peace Laureate says no!”

Today excerpted with commentary by Carolyn Bennett

From Pressenza International Press Agency

“Dear Friends, I write to let you know that I have decided not to attend the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates on 23rd-25th April, 2012, in Chicago [Illinois] USA,” writes Mairead Maguire of Peace People (Northern Ireland) — thus rejecting the United States Department of State, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Chicago Agenda.

“I do not agree with many of the policies of the U.S. State Department…

… I have now decided, with some sadness, not to be associated in this Partnership as I do not agree with many of the Policies of the U.S. State Department.

… I have, as a Nobel Peace Laureate, (and in the spirit of Alfred Nobel) often called for disbandment of NATO, end of militarism and war, and for Disarmament and demilitarization.

I cannot therefore, in good conscience, be part of a Partnership with the U.S. State Government (NATO).

I also believe that my participation in such a partnership would compromise my position and put in jeopardy my work in the Middle East and other countries.

I am very disappointed that what is a great opportunity for young people, for the Nobel Laureates and organizations to listen, learn, and exchange friendships and experiences, has been, I believe, seriously compromised in such a Partnership.

However, I hope it will be an enjoyable and educational summit particularly for all the young people, and I am deeply saddened not to be with you all.”

UNCOMMON COURAGE

I have tremendous admiration and respect for this woman. I am honored and grateful to live in this historical period in which she lives and works. To be given this gift of her courage, to be inspired by it.

Uncommon courage is required to do what she does: to act on her courage, to speak out in the face of superpower and its coalition in brute force, its abusive might, its violent aggression, its incessant violation of human rights all wrapped in a constant stream of widely broadcasted lies. It takes uncommon courage to speak boldly on your own convictions, from a “cherished position” (of man) against these forces — in the cause of peace and nonviolence, in the cause of the young, their education, and the future of the entire world.

Mairead Corrigan Maguire is a rare and true person of peace and I am indeed grateful to her.  

Sources and notes

MAIREAD CORRIGAN MAGUIRE (1944- ): Northern Irish peace activist and co-founder of the Peace People, a grassroots movement of Roman Catholic and Protestant citizens dedicated to ending the sectarian strife in Northern Ireland. Nobel Peace laureate (1976 with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown), joint founder  (2006 with fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureates Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams, Wangari Maathai, and Rigoberta Menchú) of the Nobel Women’s Initiative.

http://www.pressenza.com/npermalink/nobel-peace-laureate-says-nox

 “Pressenza Belfast, Northern Ireland, 4/16/12— On 10th April, Sec. of State H. Clinton appeared on video in U.S. State Department Web announcing plans for the forthcoming Nobel Peace Laureates Summit and said, .The U.S. Department of State is proud to be an active partner in this event.’

“Sec. Clinton gave details of how the US. State Dept. is working with U.S. embassies around the world to bring twenty students and 4 teachers from 4 countries to Chicago and explained that video conferences and portals for live streaming of events will be managed by U.S. State department.” Mairead Maguire, Co-founder Community of Peace People, was jointly awarded 1976 Nobel Peace Prize and several other awards. Peace, Peace People, Northern Ireland http://www.peacepeople.com 13.4.2012

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Mairead Corrigan Maguire Image by: Peace People

 ... Maguire entitled The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland ...

peacemuseum.org.uk

Warrior for peace: Mairead Corrigan Maguire. Saturday, 5 June 2010

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

peacepeople.com

2362 × 559 - Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire speaks to MEMO (Middle East ...

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