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Qana Massacre
| Qana, Ten Years Later
On April 18, 1996, Israeli forces shelled the UN compound in Qana, Lebanon during its military operation, "Grapes of Wrath." The compound provided refuge for nearly 600 Lebanese civilians during the attack. The shelling left 106 civilians and more than 300 injured, marking one of Lebanon's bloodiest massacres. |
| Fact Sheet
Use this fact sheet in your advocacy efforts. Include it in a folder of helpful documents you give to your Congressional representative, make it available at a Qana teach-in you organize, or hand it out to passers-by at a vigil or demonstration you coordinate. |
| Chapter 18: The Massacre
Robert Fisk is an internationally recognized journalist for the Independent of London. In his book, Pity the Nation, Fisk recounts the countless wars that tore Lebabnon apart. Chapter 18 of the book is dedicated to the Qana Massacre, where Fisk saw "more blood than [he] had ever seen before." |
| Congressional Record Statement
Representative John Conyers, Jr.(D-14th, MI) introduced a statement into the Congressional Record on behalf of his constituents who had relatives murdered in the 1996 Qana massacre. |
| Press Release
10 years later, survivors of Qana massacre still seeking justice: Press briefing on Capitol Hill features family members of Qana victims and attorney litigating class action law suit on victims’ behalf. scheduled for April 25th 2006.
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Israeli Accountability Campaign
The Israeli Accountability Campaign seek to use the pending law suit agaist Moshe Ya'alon as a tool to educate and mobilize legal and social justice communities nationally and to demand that the Bush Administration hold Israel accountable for its war crimes.
| What is the Israeli Accountability Campaign?
The Israeli Accountability Campaign (IAC) seeks to build upon the existing law suit against former Israeli military official Moshe Ya'alon alleging that he committed war crimes for his role in the 1996 Qana massacre. The IAC draws a connection between Israel's attack in 1996 and July 2006 and provides advocates with an organzing packet to both educate and mobilize their communities to demand Israeli Accountability for both attacks against Lebanese civilians in Qana. |
| Letter to your Congressperson
Write to your Congressional representative and urge them to conduct an Arms Export Control Act Investigation into whether US-supplied arms were used in Israel's attacks agaist Qana in 1996 and 2006. Also encourage your Senators to support Senator Fenstein's forthcoming legislation to prohibit federal funding for cluster bombs. |
| Advocacy Postcard
Get 10, 20...100 of these postcards signed to tell Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice that you demand Israeli accountability for the massacres in Qana. |
Israeli Accountability in the News
The movement to hold Israel legally accounatble in third party jurisdictions is global. Read about these efforts in the US, the UK, New Zealand, and elsewhere here.
| Qana in the News
Recent articles on the struggle to attain justice for the survivors of the Qana Massacre. |
| Legal Efforts Worldwide
The lawsuit on behalf of the survivors of the 1996 Qana massacre is not unique in its attempt to hold Israel accountable for its war crimes. Read about attempts to hold Israel legally accountable worldwide here. |
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