Tangier – A petition entitled “Don’t be Distracted, Boycott the World Cup Final in support of Gaza” has been launched, calling people to voice their support for Gaza and their dismay at world leaders’ and decision makers’ silence about the fate of Gaza by boycotting the World Cup Final game scheduled for Sunday, July 13. The petition states that, on the one hand, according to Aljazeera, “over 3,000 homes have been partially destroyed by the Israeli air strikes,” while on the other hand; “FIFA is expecting World Cup 2014 to be the ‘most watched TV event ever.’” Gaza now is not only under siege from air bombardments but also the subject of continuous, brutal, ground raids by Israeli troops. According to CNN, so far “about 103 people, including children,” have been killed in four days of Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Chris Hayes of MSNBC has explained that the Israeli government purports to not target civilians, calling residents ahead of time to tell them to evacuate before an Israeli bomb is dropped. This is semantics. Whether or not you warn someone ahead of time that their house is going to be bombed, you are targeting a residential home full of civilians. Houses in Gaza are packed so closely together that even with their careful targeting, Israeli bombs are destroying not only their intended targets, but homes around them as well. Israeli bombs are also falling on hospitals.