Army Against Human Shielders, Joint Anti-Wall Demo
Army Against Human Shielders + Joint Anti-Wall
Demo
GUSH SHALOM - pob 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033 - http://www.gush-shalom.org/
[a] Army decided to remove
internationals
1) General Moshe Ya’alon's pronouncement
on the radio
2) Implementation started
3) Who
can help bail them out?
4) Where to protest
[b] 26/4
- Demo Against the Separation Wall - Tul Karm
1)
Together Against the Walls of Annexation and
Expropriation
2) A map of the separation wall at gush
site + info about the protest tent at
Mash'a
[a] Army decided to remove internationals
1) General Moshe Ya’alon's pronouncement on the radio
[Lt.-General Moshe Ya’alon, in the program “Open Line with the Chief of Staff” during which he spoke with soldiers and commanders about current events. The program’s presenter, Dalik Vilenitz, had asked him about the activists from human rights organization in the territories. The program was broadcast on the Ga’al ey Tzahal , April 16, 2003 at 08:00]
”First of all [nternational human rights activists] create the negative image we have, because it c ertainly strengthens the Palestinian story, which according to my understanding is fabricated in this conte xt. And as a result of this, they also impede the operations of our forces. (...) “I have just given an order to remove the organization’s activists from the area, firstly for thei r own benefit - they are endangering their own lives in a superfluous way - but are also creating provocations that inj ure our freedom of action on the ground. And so it’s advisable that they get out of the area.”
2) Implementation started
------- Forwarded message follows
------- Journalist
Arrested ISM ACTION ALERT Arrest of another ISM
coordinator and an Italian Journalist Nur Shams Refugee
Camp Tulkarem ISM coordinator Osama Qashoo and an Italian
journalist, Thomaso Besavi, were snatched yesterday,
Tuesday April 22 at approximately 7:00pm, by Israeli
soldiers while in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nur
Shams, where the Israeli Army had surrounded the camp and
were reportedly detaining a group of Palestinian women and
beating a 15-year-old boy. Osama and Thomaso both had
cameras and were attempting to document Israeli military
abuse of Palestinian civilians when they were threatened
with arrest and then thrown into a military jeep. C ameras
are a danger to the Israeli military image and various
efforts have been made to restrict journalis t access to
Palestinian areas and to keep out international peace and
human rights workers. Recently, physic al and psychological
harassment of internationals and journalists by the Israeli
military has been dramatically increased. In the last
month, American ISM volunteer Rachel Corrie was killed when
she was run over by an Israeli military bulldozer,
American ISM volunteer Brian Avery was shot in the face and
will need to undergo a series of facial reconstructive
surgeries, British ISM volunteer Tom Hurndall was shot in
the head and is currently on life support, and Palestinian
journalist Nazih Darawzeh was shot in th e head and killed,
all while clearly identified as non-threatening, nonviolent,
unarmed civilians. Both Thomaso and Osama are currently
being held at the police station of the illegal settlement
of Ariel. Thomaso is threatened with deportation, while
Osama, a Palestinian is in danger of abuse, long-term
arrest and maybe even torture. Please help us put pressure
on the Israeli authorities to release both Thomaso and Osama
. Call the Ariel police station to protest this abuse of
human rights observers and journalists and to demand
their unconditional release. (Osama Qashoo - ID#
906848627) +972-3-906-5530 (Prisoner
information) +972-3-903-5444 (General
information) +972-50-374-237 (Ariel police
spokesman) Please let us know that you called, by dropping
as an email at info@palsolidarity.org and inform us of any
information that you receive. For any additional
information, please call Huwaida at +972-67-473-30 8. 3)
Who can help bail them out? Dorothy Naor just spoke to
George Rishmawi regarding the arrest of the two men
described by Huwaida below. The release of the two men
will probably require a bond. Anyone willing to sign one,
pleas e inform (immediately, if possible) Huwaida (phone
number below) or George: 052 299 310; 054 351 399
george@rapprochement.org 4) Where to protest Please
convey your protest per phone, fax and/or email: The IDF's
turning against the non-violent internationals shows its
intentions: to be able to act un impeded and push
Palestinians to ever more violence which will "justify" the
aggression against the whole Palestinian population. by
phone: IDF spokesperson Ruti Yaron
03-6080202/3/4 by fax: From Israel anaf tikshoret
03-6080312 Secretary of State Colin Powell
Fax: +1-202-261-8577 UN Special Coordinator, Gaza, Fax:
+972-(0)8- 282-0966 per email: Defense Minister Shaul
Mofaz sar@mod.gov.il Spokesperson Defense Ministry
info@mail.idf.il cc to: "Secretary of State, Colin
Powell" secretary@state.gov, French Prime Minister
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
premier-ministre@premier-ministre.gouv.fr "Mr. Terje Rod
Larsen Personal Representative of the Secretary General to
the United Nations in Palestine" unsco@palnet.com,
lemore@un.org European Union, Jerusalem, Email
mailto@delwbg.cec.eu.int UN Special Coordinator, Gaza, Email
unsco@palnet.com Sérgio Vieira de Mello UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights webadmin.hchr@unog.ch European Parliament
Belgian Office epbrussels@europarl.eu.int Huwaida Arraf
huwaidaa@yahoo.com info@gush-shalom.org For other e-mail
addresses see internet sites: Israeli embassies
http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/israel1.htm Contact
information for European Governments
http://europa.eu.int/abc/governments/index_en.htm [b]
26/4 - Demo Against the Separation Wall - Tulkarem 1)
Together Against the Walls of Annexation and
Expropriation -----Original Message----- From: Ta'ayush
Arab-Jewish [mailto:arab_jewish@hotmail.com] Quickly and
invisibly, a system of fences is being erected: "The Wall
of Separation", which has risen far and deep east of the
Green Line. The outline of this wall/fence was decided
according to the demands of the settlers. It constitutes an
organized land robbery on a grand scale, effectively
annexing thousands of dunams of land from the West Bank
into Israel. Around and inside Jerusalem a system of
walls and fences are rising, turning thousands of
Palestinians to prisoners in their own homeland. The region
of Kalkilya is already walled in from all sides, and has
turned into an enclosed enclave. Around Tul-Karm an
additional fence is rising, caging thousands of
Palestinians into inhabitants of a giant enclosures,
subject to the mercy of the occupation authirities. These
days work has started to mark the outline of a new fence,
which will annex to Israel the settlements of Ariel and
Immanuel, and which will turn thousands of Palestinians in
the region of Salfit into inhabitants of fenced
enclaves. While exploiting the anxieties and promissing
false promises of security, the program of annexation and
expropriation is moving ahead. Should we accept it now, it
will bring an end to the possibility of the foundation of
an independant Palestinian State alongside the State of
Israel. If we do not oppose it now, the West Bank will
become a series of isolated Palestinian enclaves, ruled by
settlers and under military control. This is the future
that Sharon is preparing for us: Apartheid. True security
should not be based upon expropriation and annexation, upon
starvation and imprisonment; rather, it should be based on
peace between equals. For there is no peace without
justice. The barbed wires are a death trap to us all, to
the Palestinians and the Israelis. Let's do something about
it: Join us to a joint Palestinian-Israeli demonstration
in Tul Karm area. Against the walls of annexation and
expropriation For a life of peace and justice in this
country! The demonstration will take place on Saturday,
April 26. Further details (place, hour, trasportation) will
follow. You can also check at www.taayush.org or our
voice-mail 03-6914437. It is crucial that we bring this
message to the public. We need volunteers for distribution
of leaflets. Those willing to join, contact Tali
053-367102. Happy holidays to all those who celebrate
2) A map of the separation wall at gush site + info about
the protest tent at Mash'a
http://www.gush-shalom.org/thewall/hebrew.html -- Did you know (y)our protest was succesful?
BBC was brought back to the Israeli screens. -- To get
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From: Huwaida Arraf
Date sent: Wed, 23 Apr 2003
03:33:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [palsolidarity] ISM
Action Alert - ISM Coordinator and
From abroad +972-2-5694558/9,
+972-2-6245789/5268
From abroad: anaf tikshoret
benleumit +972-2-5694256
Prime Minister Tony Blair, Fax
+44-207-925-0918
European Union, Jerusalem, Fax: + 972-
(0)2-532 6249
http://www.gush-shalom.org/thewall/index.html
(English)