Israel Gaza Hamas Children Cyber Facebook Memorial



By Monique Lester
Israel News Agency

Jerusalem --- January 17, 2009...... An online, Internet Web 2.0 memorial for all Jewish and Arab children who have been killed in the Israel Hamas Gaza conflict is now being organized on Facebook.

The Israel Gaza Children's Cyber Memorial, in memory of the Israel and Palestinian children killed in the Gaza conflict will be held online next Saturday, January 24, with an Internet ceasefire taking place for one day.

"Jews and Arabs have succeeded in using new Web 2.0 cyber technology and social working to get messages out from both sides of the Gaza conflict," said Joel Leyden, an Internet marketing pioneer who is based in Israel, London and New York.

"Israel has used a variety of social networking tools to explain her defensive actions for going into Gaza. These include Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Both supporters of Israel and Hamas have gone to great lengths to inform their communities of their actions on the Internet. They have reached millions of people on the Internet. But what has been overlooked are the hundreds of children in both Israel and Gaza who have been killed and injured by Hamas Qassam rockets and IDF defensive action."

Leyden states that regardless if one is a Zionist who wishes to live in peace in Israel or a member of Hamas who declares the total destruction of the State of Israel, both Israel and Hamas have children.

"Hamas has stated that they would sacrifice their women and children in a war with Israel,"says Leyden, a native of New York who has three young children of his own. "But we know, even as some members of Hamas use their children and other women, children, the UN and the press as human shields in Gaza, the majority of Palestinians value life, not death. That most Arabs who seek a state called Palestine, seek peace and have been intimated by Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah. You can see the tears in their eyes when their children have been hurt. They are not callous. Most civilians in Gaza do not want their children becoming shahids or martyrs. They don't want this war. They want peace, democracy and security for their children."

 
The use of children as soldiers is a war crime.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child clearly states that all parties recognize that every child has the inherent right to life. Even those Hamas is not one of the parties obligated to the United Nations, many Arab nations are and as such have every responsibility to make certain that children in Gaza are not being used as human shields.

The UN clearly states: "One of the most alarming trends relating to children and armed conflicts is their participation as active soldiers. Children as young as 8 years of age are being forcibly recruited, coerced and induced to become combatants. Manipulated by adults, children have been drawn into violence that they are too young to resist and with consequences they cannot imagine."

"It is a war crime to use children in a war," says Leyden.

"Whether Hamas is illegally using the lives of their children to wage an Islamic Jihad, attacking Israel children with cross-border attacks using Kassams, Grads and Katusha rockets and Israel is defending herself - the world community must protest the use of children in war and remember those who have died in it. We ask every room on Facebook to close to their discussion walls for one day. Replace your Facebook picture with a lit memorial candle. And rather than taking the role of a keyboard warrior, take the role of a cyber peace maker. To light one candle and reflect on why Israel has been forced to defend herself in Gaza, a place she left three years ago and why Hamas cherishes death over life. We need to step back. Take a deep breath and stop the cyclical accusations. We need to place children first. If Hamas in Gaza cannot do it, then it is the responsibility of the world community to protect the lives of innocent children - both in Gaza and Israel."

Facebook has over 160 millions users worldwide and is ranked as the fifth largest Website on the Internet. Through Facebook, one can chat with people thousands of miles away, post pictures and videos, and stay connected to issues from health, entertainment, business to human rights, sports and family.

Leyden, who has been noted for his Internet marketing and PR efforts by TIME Magazine, CNN and FOX News, recently created a Facebook room entitled: I Support the Israel Defense Forces In Preventing Terror Attacks From Gaza.

"If we can gather close to 100,000 people to stop terror attacks on Israel, then how many people can we secure to stop the use of children as human shields, how many people can we secure to protest the deaths of children in both Israel and Gaza?"

 

 

The above news content was edited and SEO optimized in Israel for the Internet by the Leyden Communications Internet Marketing SEO Group - Israel, London, New York.




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