Beyond Statements

The Indonesian government must take immediate concrete steps to halt the killing of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The government's commitment to support Palestine's goal to gain independence, requires real evidence as the world sits back and watches the unbalanced battle between the Hamas militias-the faction that has controlled Gaza since 2007-and the Israeli army.

As of Friday last week, some 85 people are believed to have been killed, many of them civilians, children and old people. Houses and buildings have been destroyed by rockets, something that the Israelis have never done since the Intifada uprising in 2005. If this situation is allowed to go on, Israel's army offensive can lead to genocide.

July 15, 2014