Mass Protest at Abu Dis Wall
On Saturday, February 7 there will be a mass demonstration in Abu Dis protesting the building of the strangulation wall,
which is destroying Jerusalem while imprisoning tens of thousands of Palestinians in a walled- in ghetto.
The building of the concrete eight-meter wall in Abu Dis and in the rest of East Jerusalem is going forward in rapid
pace. 50,000 residents of Abu Dis, El-Azaria and Sawahre are already cut-off from Jerusalem. According to the plans,
within a year the wall will surround A-Ram and the refugee camps of Sho’afat and Anata, and will cut off an additional
100,000 residents from Jerusalem. However, the wall in the Jerusalem area will leave thirteen Jewish settlements on the
western side: approximately 173,000 people.
Most of the Palestinian residents in the area are dependent on East Jerusalem for their livelihood. The wall will
destroy their ability to make a living; it will separate families, prevent students from attending school and the
university, and cut off access to holy sites and cemeteries. The wall currently blocks access to the hospitals in East
Jerusalem, prevents doctors from reaching their places of work, and sick people needing emergency care have lost their
lives due to the wall.
The wall is turning life – ON BOTH SIDES – to a living hell. It separates Palestinians from Palestinians and is creating
Bantustans.
In anticipation of the discussion regarding the wall’s legality in the International Court in the Hague, a joint
Palestinian-Israeli march – thousands-strong – will take place on Saturday, February 7. It will be a mass protest
against the wall in Abu Dis. Together we will say:
“No to the strangulation wall! Yes to a future of partnership and solidarity!”
Among the invited speakers:
The Palestinian Prime Minister, Abu Ala
For more information:
Irit Eshet, Ta’ayush: 053-826631 Abu Jihad, The South East Jerusalem Neighborhood Committee Against the Wall: 052-817569
Uri Avnery, Gush Shalom: 050-306440 Ayelet Baher, The Israeli-Palestinian Media Center: 053-448566
The event has been organized in cooperation with: The People’s Committee Against the Wall in East Jerusalem and The
Israeli Coalition Against the Wall. Organizations that will be participating: Gush Shalom, Yesh Gvul, Ta’ayush –
Arab-Jewish Partnership, The Women’s Coalition for a Just Peace, Machsom Watch, The Israeli Committee Against House
Demolitions, Rabbis for Human Rights, Peace Now-Jerusalem, The Alternative Information Center.