Isabelle's Speech Of 2007

My speech by Isabelle
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Close your eyes and imagine this.
Villages are being destroyed, 1 ½ - 2,000,000 people are being driven out of their homes and at least 180,000 innocent people have been killed. Many of them have been women and children.
Thousands are fleeing to refugee camps only to find themselves hungry and more ill.
Now OPEN your eyes and ask yourself this question.

Does this sound familiar? Does this remind you of what the Jews went through during the 2nd World War. It sure sounds familiar to me.

Good evening. My name is Isabelle. I have just mentioned in part what is happening in Darfur right now.

Right now as we sit here in this wonderful country of Canada.

The people of Darfur are suffering a terrible fate and we are doing NOTHING about it. Sound familiar – This is what Canada and the rest of the world did during the Holocaust – Absolutely Nothing – While over 6 million Jews were being killed.

Just like the Nazis did during the holocaust –
The Junjaweed (who is rebel group in Darfur) are trying to wipe out all the Sudanese people in Darfur. And for what reason? Just because they are not of the same religion and have different beliefs.

We as Jews can’t close our eyes to such a tragedy. It is especially important that we immediately come to the assistance and help the people of Darfur. We must show the world that we not only believe in looking after our own people but also those around the world who require our assistance no matter what religion or race. We know how it feels to be ignored by the world and surely we can’t ignore those people in need.

The Sudanese have no sanitation, no food, no water and are living in terrible conditions.

The Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto were forced to live in similar conditions.

They also have nobody at their side because the Junjaweed is supported by the Sudanese government and they are also killing native Africans.

Sure sounds familiar! The Jews of Germany had no one to turn to, as Hitler was the Government.

From what you can see – It appears like history IS repeating itself and the rest of the world is doing nothing about it. Lets NOT let this happen and set an example for the world.

I thank you for listening to my speech and hope you enjoyed it!