Alternatives International has sent this message to activists worldwide urging them to mobilize on January 10 to put a stop to the violence in Gaza:

“Dear Friends and Comrades,

This is an urgent call to all of you. In front of our eyes, the people of the Gaza Strip are being slaughtered. After bloody bombardments that resulted in the death of at least 250 civilians, the Israeli army invaded the Gaza Strip and is destroying and killing everything it meets in its way.

The State of Israel is able to behave so brutally only because of the complicity of the “international community,” which is providing total impunity to the aggressor.

By tens of thousands, Israeli citizens, Arabs and Jews, have taken to the streets to express shame and anger. This has not proven enough, however, to stop the Israeli war machine. Additionally, in the Arab countries mass demonstrations have expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people. This has also not proven enough to put an end to the Israeli aggression. Powerful demonstrations have been initiated all over the world, but Israel’s criminal attacks are going on.

We call upon you, the global social movement, to intensify the mobilization and create a wall of solidarity with the Palestinian people of Gaza. When the US coalition invaded Iraq, we were called “the second global super power”! Let’s justify this proud definition, and stand together in order to force Israel to stop its attacks and to open immediate and unconditional negotiations with the Palestinian leadership in Gaza!

Let’s make January 10th a huge global day of mobilization against the Israeli war in Gaza!”

The Alternative Information Center (AIC), an joint Palestinian-Israeli organization and an Advocacy Project partner, is sponsoring the day of mobilization along with seven other organizations. Other members of the Alternatives International Network include Alternative Citizens’ Space (Niger), Alternatives (Canada),Alternatives Asia (India), Alternatives Forum in Morocco (Morocco), Institut Terrazul (Brazil), Network of Initiatives for Another World (France), and Teacher Creativity Centre (Palestine).

The AIC is also providing ongoing news coverage of the Gaza crisis.