We, the undersigned, in accordance with our belief in the shared fate of the Syrian and Palestinian people, and our wish for the unity of Syrian territory and safety for all Syrians, draw the attention of the international community, on the occasion of Geneva II, to the fact that the Palestinians who have lived in Syria since 1948 share the same fate as their Syrian brothers and sisters.
Since the beginning of the Syrian uprising, Palestinians and Syrians have both suffered the abuses of the Syrian security services, supported by some of the Palestinian militias (the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command).
Moreover, Yarmouk Camp, the biggest Palestinian community in Syria, has been subject to the most repressive measures at the hands of the Syrian regime. The camp has been under partial siege for one year, and total siege for the past six months, leading to 58 deaths from systematic starvation, according to the Palestinian Association for Human Rights/ Syria.
In light of the escalation of this repression, we demand the international community to press for the following:
1. The urgent and immediate lifting of the siege on Yarmouk Camp and all parts of Syria, and the entry of food supplies and medical aid.
2. That the Syrian regime be compelled to stop prosecuting peaceful Palestinian activists, to release those who are in detention and to hand over the bodies of those who have been killed while detained by the regime.
3. That discriminating Syrian regime decrees imposed on Palestinian refugees in Syria after 2011 end.
4. That Palestinian property is protected and that Palestinians are compensated for any damage to property.
5. That Palestinians are allowed to undertake banking transactions and to receive financial aid through Syrian banks.
6. The expansion of UNHCR’s protection mandate to cover Palestinians outside Syria in neighbouring countries and in North Africa.
7. Enabling UNRWA to reach the afflicted camps in Syria, first and foremost Yarmouk camp.
8. That the neighbouring countries of Lebanon, Turkey and specifically Jordan, are pressured to accept Palestinian refugees holding Syrian travel documents who are fleeing from the violence in Syria
9. That the Palestinian militias who have carried out crimes against humanity are referred to the international judicial system
Finally, we demand that the suffering of Palestinian refugees from Syria not be exploited and used to justify “solutions” that we do not agree to and which prejudice our right to return to the homes that we were expelled from in 1948.
Syria, 22ndJanuary 2014
Signatures
Groups:
Palestinian Association for Human Right Syria, Yarmouk
Intifada Youth Coalition, Gaza
Soora Youth Group, Gaza
Talk Youth Group, Gaza
15th March Movement, Gaza
Oxygen Youth Group, Gaza
Levantine Rights, Italy
The George Washington University Students for Justice in Palestine, Washington D.C.
Individuals:
Abdallah Al Khatib, Palestinian activist, Yarmouk
Youssef Salama, Palestinian-Syrian philosopher, Yarmouk
Ruham Hawash, Palestinian-Syrian activist,Yarmouk
Nidal Bitari, Palestinian-Syrian academic, Yarmouk
Thaer Al-Sahli, Palestinian-Syrian filmmaker,Yarmouk
Salim Salamah, Palestinian-Syrian blogger, Yarmouk
Musaab Balchi, Palestinian journalist, Yarmouk
Alaa Aboud, Palestinian-Syrian human rights lawyer
Doha Hassan, Palestinian-Syrian journalist
Budour Hassan, Palestinian, Occupied Jerusalem
Talal Alyan, Palestinian-American writer
Hanin Shakrah, Palestinian-Swedish writer
Majed Abusalama, Palestinian journalist, Gaza
Farah Saeed, Palestinian Activist, Toronto
Omar Chaaban, Palestinian-Canadian writer
Soraya Misleh, Palestinian-Brazilian member of MOPAT-Movement Palestine for All
Adam Akkad, Palestinian-American, Cambridge, MA
Neda Kit, Palestinian-American
Amira Dasouqi, Palestinian-American Activist, Memphis
Nader Elkhuzundar, Palestinian activist, London
Sara Yasin, Palestinian-American journalist, New York
Yasir Mazen Tineh, Palestinian writer, Kuwait
Noha Momtaz Arafa, Esq. Palestinian-Egyptian
Dana Tawil, Palestinian-Canadian journalist
Sanaa Badawi, Palestinian graphic designer
Mohammed S.M. Antar, Palestinian musician
Mariam Barghouti, Palestinian blogger, Palestine
Najla’ Kayed, Palestinian student, Birzeit University
Rim Al Banna, Palestinian artist and composer
Raid Khartabil, Palestinian activist
Rami Abbas, Palestinian artist
Dina Omar, Student
Dania Awad, Palestinian activist
AlQassem Naim, Palestinian-American researcher, Portland
Hasan Tanji, Palestinian cinema director
Nadia Hasan, Palestinian-Chilean human rights worker
Aiman AbdelMajid, Palestinian-American, Chicago
Amal-Ahmad , Palestinian American economic journalist
Mohammad Ghannam, Palestinian journalist
Najla’ Kayed, student at Birzeit university, Palestine
Sa’ed Atshan, Palestinian-American academic, Providence, Rhode Island
Hana Khalil, Palestinian-American student, Boston
Bassem Breish, Palestinian Film Director ,Leeds, England
Mohammed Salem (Abo Salma), coordinator of تجمع الشباب الفلسطيني الحر “قيد التأسيس” في اسطنبول
Ryan Mahmoud, Palestinian Optometrist ,New Zealand
Mohammed Taha, Palestinian—Syrian, Activist ,Yarmouk Camp
Rana Amin Shoman , Occupied Palestine , Amman
Fares Helou, Syrian actor
Karim Al Afnan, Syrian journalist
Sara Ajlyakin, Syrian activist
Amer Matar, Syrian journalist
Samar Yazbek, Syrian writer
Mohannad Rachid, Syrian-American, Loyola University of Chicago SJP board member, Chicago
Aghyan Alzuabi, Syrian-American software professional
Mizer Matar, Syrian photojournalist
Noor Shakfeh, Syrian-American
Mohammad Ghannam, Syrian journalist
Anas Attal, Syrian activist
Robin Yassin-Kassab, Syrian-Scottish writer, Scotland
Sarab Al-Jijakli, Syrian-American activist
Rula Asad, Syrian journalist
Yara Tlass, Syrian graduate student, London
Yasmeen Mobayed, Syrian-American student, San Diego
Nisreen Mobayed, Syrian-American student, San Diego
Manhal Barish, Syrian journalist
Ibraheem Shakfeh, Syrian-American, Litigator
Shiyam Galyon, Syrian-American organizer
Razan Ghazzawi, Syrian blogger and activist
Asma Alabed, Syrian-American activist/blogger
Saroujah Sakran, Syrian-British writer, London/Dubai.
Marwan al-Asali, Syrian-Canadian Student.
Lilah Khoja, Syrian American researcher
Itab Awad Stratti Syrian/Australian ,Art therapist Sydney
Manar Shabouk .Syrian teacher
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There are two areas in Syria in which people are actually dying from starving. People are dying because there is nothing on the shelves of their kitchen. The kids keep telling their parents: I am hungry, mom!
This is the “resistance” Arabs Left are fighting for: starving Palestinians to death!
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