1. I have lost faith in our civilisation. We cannot be civilised if we can allow mass murder to be committed in full view of the world.

2. That is what is happening to the people of Gaza.

3. Men, women, boys and girls, babies, patients in the hospital, the disabled; all of them are being killed.

4. The excuse is the retaliation against Hamas for attacking Israel.

5. Today more than 16,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed. The city of Gaza has been razed to the ground. The people have no roof over their heads. They live in the open as they cannot live even in hospitals and schools. These too are being destroyed by Israel.

6. The whole world is watching this on TV. And the whole world is doing nothing to stop this mass murder.

7. How can we claim to be civilised when mass murder can be perpetrated in full view of the world and the world does nothing to uphold the belief that among the rights that humanity must have is the right to live.