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Help to protest the apartheidswall
DE PAUS - 24.06.2004 11:19

Demonstrations throughout the West Bank are increasing as Palestinians -- with Israeli and international help -- are trying to prevent construction of the so-called 'security wall'.

Friends,



Demonstrations throughout the West Bank are increasing as Palestinians -- with Israeli and international help -- are trying to prevent construction of the so-called 'security wall'. Erection of the wall is not only illegal by international law, and not only destroys access to farmland, schools, hospitals and jobs, but it also ultimately damages Israeli security by intensifying the bitterness and hatred against Israel. The wall is not only bad for Palestine, it is bad for Israel, too.



Yesterday saw several major demonstrations against the wall. I attended the women's event at 'Aram, organized by Palestinian Women Against the Wall, Bat Shalom, and international women. We marched the 3 km (almost 2 miles) from the 'Aram to the Qalandia checkpoints, as we banged pots, pans, drums, blew whistles, and chanted slogans against the wall and for peace.

The army intelligently (and unusually) decided not to clash with the demonstrators, though four of us had an unpleasant run-in with soldiers who tried to prevent us from reaching 'Aram, and the busloads of participants had to use alternative routes and transport to get in.



To see 16 more photos, most by Dalit Baum, click into  http://share.shutterfly.com/os.jsp?i=EeANWjlw2csWzqg&open=1

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Real violence was directed at demonstrators who tried to prevent the wall from going up near Ariel, and the Israeli media covered this.



If you could come here and see the wall transform villages and towns into ghettoes – civilian populations entirely surrounded by 30-foot high gray concrete slabs, watchtowers set into it every few yards in which soldiers train automatic rifles through narrow slits, you would be horrified. How can we Jews create ghettoes for another people? Our security is not served by ghettoes, just as forcing Jews into ghettoes never served any security needs. The people inside are not violent animals that must be penned.



Last night, I watched an old Palestinian woman surveying with horror her family’s olive trees that the army had cut down, shaving a swath on which the wall will rise. “Those stupid people,” she said, careful not to name them, “If not for their stupidity, we could have lived in peace with each other.”



Who is not a partner for peace?



Gila Svirsky

Jerusalem

________________________

Coalition of Women for Peace

www.coalitionofwomen4peace.org

_________________________



To increase the pressure on Sharon to stop building the wall, please call or fax the names below. A simple message is sufficient, such as: "Please tell Prime Minister Sharon to stop building the so-called 'Security Wall', as it harms everyone's interests -- Palestinian, Israeli, and American."

Contact people (First try the US, European and UN officials.):

(1) George W. Bush -- Tel (202) 456-1414 (and ask for the Comment Line) or (202) 456-111; Fax (202) 456-2461.

(2) Secretary of State Colin Powell -- Tel (202) 647-4000 (and ask for the Comment Line); Fax (202) 261-8577.

(3) US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer -- Tel in Israel: (+972-3) 519-7575  webmaster@usembassy-israel.org.il

(4) Your member of Congress:

Call the Capital switchboard toll-free: 1-800-839-5276 and ask to be connected to your member of Congress.

For your information, you can send a free fax by internet (to certain places only, but definitely area code 202 in the US) at  http://www.tpc.int/sendfax.html. Note that this is a service provided for free, but is not to be used for bulk fax mailings because they can only handle a relatively limited number of faxes at once.

(5) UN Secretary General Kofi Annan,  coi@un.org

(6) Council of the European Union,  public.info@consilium.eu.int

(7) European Union,  civis@europarl.eu.int

(8) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Fax (+972 2) 670-5361  pm_eng@pmo.gov.il

(9) Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz, Fax (+972 3) 691-6940  sar@mod.gov.il

(10) Minister of Justice Yosef Lapid, Fax: (+972 2) 628-5438  sar@justice.gov.il

(Please don't send me copies, but thank you for thinking of it...)

________________

Please do forward.


 

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Bad neighbours require good fences 
Flashheart - 27.06.2004 11:02

Gezien het succes van het hek is het niet te verwachten dat Israel de bouw zal staken, ook niet als het strafhof in het nadeel van Israel beslist. Het hek werkt momenteel erg goed, het aantal zelfmoordaanslagen is waaaay down.

Luchtfoto's, de enige betrouwbare info over hoe dat hek werkelijk loopt
 http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/fence-imagery.htm

Israel: fence in north has cut terror penetrations to zero
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/443954.html

Israel to ignore Hague decision
 http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=9067

Israel is winning
 http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/254
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peacenic - 28.06.2004 20:32

Een tijdje geleden heb ik op de BBC een intervieuw gezien met een woordvoerder van een palestijnse verzetbeweging (weet niet meer zeker welke) voor het programma Hardtalk. Enfin, hij werd hard ondervraagd over het standpunt van onschuldige burgers die omkomen bij zelfmoordaanslagen. En interessant, de woordvoeder was zeker niet van plan om valse beloftes te doen maar aan het einde van het gesprek erkende hij wel de ellende van de onschuldige Israelische slachtoffers. Ingeval het palestijnse verzet zich daadwerkelijk meer op militaire doeleienden richt, winst voor algemene menselijkheid. Wat doet Israel o.a met soldaten die menselijkheid vertonen... maar daar is hier genoeg over bericht, hoi
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