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OFW group asked PH govt., ‘What’s the Rapid Response team assessment on Gaza?’
Thursday, November 22, 2012 1:32
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Press Release
22 November 2012
OFW group asked PH govt., ‘What’s the Rapid Response team assessment on Gaza?’
Migrants’ rights group Migrante-Middle East (M-ME) is asking the PH government on what’s the Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) assessment on Gaza.
“We asked this question amid the looming ground invasion on Gaza and continuous attack by the Israeli forces against the Palestinian people,” said John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator.
Agency France Press (AFP) reported Tuesday that Israel’s air force have dropped leaflets across Gaza City urging people to evacuate their home ‘immediately’ as Israel ground forces are preparing to launch a ground operation.
The said leaflet with writings in Arabic stated, ‘For your own safety, you are required to immediately evacuate your homes and move toward Gaza City centre’.
On November 19, the PH department of Foreign Affairs issued a statement confirming the deployment of Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) in Cairo, Egypt and Tel Aviv in Israel.
Monterona asked the DFA to inform the public especially the kin of Filipinos in Gaza on the assessment of the RRTs so that the latter could convince their loved ones to leave Gaza if necessary.
“We are concerned on how the RRTs could communicate to our fellow Filipinos in Gaza to convince them to evacuate or leave Gaza for their safety,” Monterona averred.
Monterona noted that at this time it would be very difficult and risky to get inside Gaza. He added that the RRTs should not be on a ‘stand-by mode’.
“The RRTs must be vigilant and must be able to read the situation on the ground as it will be crucial when to start the rescue and evacuation of 100 Filipinos in Gaza to get them out of harm’s way,”Monterona averred.
The group scores the Aquino administration on being silent on the US-led Israel’s ‘overkilled’ attack on the Palestinian people with over a hundred already killed including women and children.
“The Aquino administration didn’t even bother to make an appeal to the Israeli govt. to stop its aggression against the Palestinian people. The Aquino administration should join the international community in condemning Israel,” Monterona concluded. # # #
Reference:
John Leonard Monterona
Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator
Mobile No. 00966 543547736
2012-11-22 01:20:59
Source: http://migranteme.blogspot.com/2012/11/ofw-group-asked-ph-govt-whats-rapid.html
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