{"id":16023,"date":"2023-11-07T19:49:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/palestine.icomos.org\/?post_type=newss&#038;p=16023"},"modified":"2024-07-27T18:19:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T18:19:34","slug":"statement-issued-by-icomos-palestine","status":"publish","type":"newss","link":"https:\/\/palestine.icomos.org\/ar\/newss\/statement-issued-by-icomos-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement Issued by ICOMOS Palestine (7 November 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>7 November 2023<\/strong><br \/>\nStatement Issued by ICOMOS Palestine.<br \/>\nIn the light of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Palestine, and as members of ICOMOS, we strongly condemn the recent statements made by the Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, in which a nuclear bombing of Gaza was called for.<br \/>\nThese statements not only pose a grave threat to the lives of the people of Gaza, but also risk causing irreparable harm to the cultural heritage of the region. It is imperative that Israel is held accountable for such statements and any actions that may result from them.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s worth noting that it\u2019s speculated that the weight of the bombs already dropped on the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023 are nearly twice that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.<br \/>\nFor 32 days, the Israeli occupation\u2019s war on Palestinians continues, involving several types of weaponry, (some of which is potentially illegal like phosphorus bombs and cluster bombs). In Gaza alone, over 10,000 Palestinian were killed, of which around 4000 are children, 25,000 civilians were wounded, while many are still under the debris. Additionally, 1.5 million personwere displaced seeking shelter in hospitals, schools, or relatives\u2019 homes, and streets. Furthermore, Israeli Occupation\u2019s collective punishment left 2.1 million Gazan grappling with severe shortages of drinking water, electricity and fuel resources, sufficient food, and proper healthcare.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s challenging to assess the full extent of destruction due to the ongoing humanitarian crisis and the absence of a ceasefire. So far, the brutal aggression and continuous bombing destroyed at least 200,000 housing units, 221 schools, and nine hospitals were out of service. Moreover, there is a risk of significant damage to historical structures, monuments, and archaeological sites in the Gaza Strip, particularly in Gaza City.<br \/>\nWe call upon the ICOMOS community, and other international cultural heritage, architectural, and archeological communities in general, to condemn these actions against humanity and its cultural heritage.<br \/>\nWe urge you to further condemn Israel\u2019s continued violations of international humanitarian law, and to take immediate measures to stop the indiscriminate war against civilians, and the intentional destruction of the cultural and natural heritage of Gaza.<br \/>\nICOMOS Palestine urges the ICOMOS community, and other international cultural heritage, architectural, and archeological communities to act in condemning these instigating statements, and to call appropriate sanctions against Israel, in addition to boycotting Israeli cultural heritage officials, for such declarations and any potential war crimes that may arise from them.<br \/>\nThe preservation of cultural heritage and the protection of human lives should always be our top priority. We must unite to ensure that such statements do not lead to further violence or loss of more lives of Palestinians.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":16024,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-16023","newss","type-newss","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/palestine.icomos.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newss\/16023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/palestine.icomos.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newss"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/palestine.icomos.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/newss"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palestine.icomos.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/palestine.icomos.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}