To the UN Secretary-General and Members States of the Security Council.

In 2006 Israel pulled out of the Gaza Strip, hoping that the Palestinians living there would seize the opportunity and use their new found independence to build new schools and hospitals. Instead they have chosen to dig tunnels to smuggle weapons and build Kassam rockets to launch attacks on Israeli cities.

No country in the world would tolerate the unceasing firing of rockets into its sovereign territory. Under Article 51 of the UN Charter Israel has the right to defend istelf.

The Palestinian Authority must be called to task for these rocket attacks on Israeli civilians.