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Collective punishment is a horrific crime. Imagine if a foreign government held you and your people responsible for the actions of a few thousand. Then began a so far nearly 3 year campaign of physical and psychological torture on you and the other 2 million of your family and neighbours. <br><br>There you are, starved and bombed, for years, you are driven from one side of your country to another, over and over, they tell you x or y place will be safe as they bomb you on the journey and then bomb you when you get there. Imagine having your home, your life’s work and that of every one you know destroyed for the actions of others. Imagine living in terror of any illness because what is left of your shattered health system is completely overwhelmed by the relentless violence unleashed on the innocent. <br><br>Imagine never knowing if you will be able to find food or even water for your family, not knowing if you will find them shelter. Imagine knowing there are vast warehouses of food just outside your tiny land while you scrounge, desperate to feed your loved ones and knowing tomorrow will be worse. Imagine the shame of failing to find that food and water as you see the suffering in your children’s eyes, even as they try to comfort you from your failure. <br><br>Imagine never knowing if today will be the day you or your child will be added to the ever growing list of those maimed or killed. Imagine the helplessness of knowing you are 100% dependant on people who refuse to see your suffering to end the nightmare. Imagine holding on to your beloved wife, as she screams her anguish over the remains of another beloved child. <br><br>Collective punishment. Obscene cruelty. horrific ongoing crimes against humanity its self. The distinction between combatant and civilian must be honoured or we are lost. No one has won in this catastrophe. End the nightmare. Please