Dear friend:
10-year-old Abir Aramin died on January 18th, 2 days after her skull was fractured. She was on her way home from school in the walled-off West Bank town of Anata when an Israeli Border Police jeep drove provocatively through the school zone. Eyewitnesses say the jeep was firing stun grenades and rubber bullets at the children when Abir dropped to the ground, bleeding from the head.
Abir was the daughter of Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian human rights activist and founding member of “Combatants for Peace.” Adding insult to trauma, Bassam’s friends from CFP had to advocate for the release of his daughter’s body from the Israeli hospital in order to make it to her funeral.
Incredibly, Bassam’s story is not unusual; disregard for human life is the norm under occupation. Please join us in sending this letter of condolence to Bassem Aramin and his family. We will arrange to have the letter and signatures delivered personally to Bassam and his family.
Groups and Individuals welcome. To sign the letter, click here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/Abir2007/petition.html
Please forward widely.
In solidarity,
Women of a Certain Age – North America