A busy weekend of peace actions + refusers update
October 25, 2002
[1] Another tragic week - an assesment of the situation
[2] Reversing ethnic cleansing at Hirbat Yamoun
A crowded weekend:
[3] Israeli-Palestinian protest against the "Seperation Wall"
[4] South Hebron region: convoying children to school
[5] Mass anti-government, anti-settlements march in Jerusalem
[6] Protest against intended Iraq War + UN petition circulated in Israel
[7] Wadi Ara Olive Harvest
[8] Wadi Ara Peace Walk 29/10-4/11
Refuser news:
[9] Haggai Matar imprisoned + his letter
[10] Refusers' day at the Supreme Court
[11] Court petition to forbid use of flechette by army in the Gaza Strip
[1] Another tragic week - an assesment of the situation
It has taken forty-eight hours to identify the charred bodies left in the wake of Monday's suicide bombing at Karkur Junction in northern Israel - young and old, soldiers and civilians, Jews and Arabs, fourteen random victims who happened to travel on an Israeli bus. Just as random as the lists of victims resulting from the wild shooting sprees by Israeli tanks and helicopter gunships at Palestinian population centers. (The excuse that civilians are not deliberately targeted, and the perfunctory apologies offered by government officials, are fraying thin when such killings of civilians have come to be an almost daily occurrence).
This time, the Sharon Government - under strong pressure from President Bush, anxious with the faltering support for his Iraqi war plans - refrained from a conspicuous retaliation for the bombing, such as last month's siege of Arafat headquarters. Instead, the army opted for further tightening the already heavy burden of occupation, curtailing the meager "humanitarian measures" of the past month, and for petty acts of tyranny not big enough to get the attention of the international media. (The house of a bomber dead for half a year was blown up, as well as that of one already long in Israeli custody on charges of terrorism, on the doubtful theory that throwing their families into the street would "deter future bombers".) The cycle of occupation and oppression, hatred and bloodshed continues to roll, and the only possible solution - the end of the occupation - remains a distant dream. By now, it is obvious even to the most otiose that, however long Ariel Sharon remains Prime Minister of Israel, he will continue to talk in the abstract of "willingness to make painful concessions" while having no intention whatever of ever making these concessions or even specifying what they may be.
Increasingly, the general Israeli public is becoming aware that the Sharon Government has driven the country into an impasse in all spheres - the never-ending war with the Palestinian as well as the fast-deteriorating -economic situation. The atmosphere of "national unity" which sustained Sharon in the past year and half seems in the process of breaking up. True, the highly-visible campaign to remove illegal settlement outposts, undertaken by Defence Minister and Labor Party Leader Ben Eliezer, lacks credibility. It is generally regarded as a transparent ploy in Ben-Eliezer's struggle with dovish claimants to the Labor leadership. Yet that very ploy is proof to existence of a dovish constituency in the Israeli society, a constituency which even cynical politicians must recognize and attempt to mollify...
Yesterday morning, dozens of high school pupils refusing to serve the occupation came to the Tel Hashomer Induction Center to accompany their fellow Haggai Matar, whose call-up date came due. Walking with him up to the very gate, they sang to the strains of a guitar which one of the youths brought along: "No, thank you, Mr. Sharon/ Go yourself to Hebron!/ Damn your schemes all to hell/ We're off to cozy prison cell".
Haggai got an initial term of 14 days, to be followed by further orders to enlist and further terms of imprisonment upon refusal. Later that day, family members visited Uri Ya'akobi, who had already gone four times through this cycle, and found him in good spirits and as determined as ever, though complaining of hard work at the prison kitchen. He was obviously on good terms with the non-political prisoners who comprise the majority of the prison population.
It is with fine young people like these that Israel's hope for a better future rests.
[2] Reversing ethnic cleansing at Hirbat Yamoun
At the initiative of Ta'ayush, Israeli Peace activists - joined by internationals - are accompanying Khirbet Yanun villagers who had to flee because of ongoing settler
violence, and who are now returning in increasing numbers to their homes. It is vital to maintain a continuous, long-term presence of activists at the village.
Khirbet Yanun is a small village of some 150 residents, mostly elderly, women and children. It is located in the Nablus district near the town of Akrabah. The residents of
Yanun have been target to violent attacks and harassment by settlers from Itamar since the beginning of the Intifada in October 2000, and particularly in the last seven months. The settlers have been cutting off water and electricity supplies to the village, arriving during the night on horseback, faces covered, smashing windows, breaking
doors, opening fire at houses and terrorizing the residents. The army and police were conpiciously absent during these settler raids.
Some families left the village several months ago. The rest remained in the village, but lived in constant fear of the settlers. The attacks and harassment have intensified
during the past two weeks, since the beginning of the olive harvest. The settlers prevented the residents from reaching their olive groves - their only source of livelihood.
In addition, they began diverting sewage toward the village. The situation became intolerable last week, after the settlers burnt the only power-generator that provided
electricity to the village. The remaining residents were forced to leave the village and stay with relatives in Akrabah. Last Friday, it seemd that the years-long settler
offensive had achieved its goal: an ominous precedent of a succesful ethnic cleansing, which was sure to whet the settlers' appetite for further conquests.
However, the mass participation of hundreds of Israeli peace activists in the olive harvest in several villages of the same region on Saturday, Oct. 19, proved the power of active solidarity, in the face of the settlers' attacks - even when it turned out that the settlers did not balk at shooting live bullets at the harvest participants. In
the immediaate aftermath, on Sunday, Oct. 20, Ta'ayush activists have started maintianing a constant presence in Khirbet Yanun, in order to enable the villagers to
return home. Some of them have already done so, and others are following suite.
Come help the people of Khirbet Yanun return home! It's these days that count!
The organisers are in urgent need of volunteers to keep up the presence in the village.
Each shift is about 24 hours long (from morning till morning). During the day we help with the olive harvest. Each and every one of you is needed!.
To sign up for a shift, contact (preferably by email):
Do not come unannounced!
Don't forget to take: water, ID card, sleeping gear, warm clothing (including rain gear), camera, torch, food that doesn't need refrigeration, toilet paper, bug repellent.
If you can't make it to Khirbet Yanun, please keep in mind that the olive campaign is not over yet. Please join the harvest. (For information about the ongoing harvest:
"Rabbis for Human Rights"
[3] Israeli-Palestinian protest against the "Seperation Wall"
From: "Gush Shalom (Israeli Peace Bloc)"
This Saturday, October 26, we shall demonstrate, together with Palestinian inhabitants and a large group of international peace activists, against the wall of
separation and hatred which is being erected to "separate" Israel from the West Bank –
The Bad Wall – a Prison for Palestinians, a Ghetto for Israelis
Meeting places
Please phone as soon as possible to the Gush office, 03-5221732, to ensure seats, and state name, phone and number of participants. Not later than Friday noon.
Two-Flag T-shirts are appropriate.
What's bad about the wall?
"The Separation Wall" which is being erected, far from the media spotlight, is good only for the building contractors who line their pockets to the tune of millions and
billions. For everybody else, Israelis and Palestinians alike, this wall is bad - very bad. It is locking the Palestinians in a prison - a ghetto, some would say, or a series of ghettos. And, in fact, it making Israel, too, into a ghetto from which the hope of ever achieving peace will recede further and further.
Under the cover of "security" and "separation", the regality of Aapartheid is being institutionalized. An enormous robbery of Palestinians lands is taking place, by
erecting a wall between villagers and their fields and olive groves. Thousands of Palestinians lose their last remaining lands. Hundreds of demolition orders for
Palestinians homes were already issued. Whole villages will be cut off from the rest of the West Bank. A whole city - Kalkilia with its tens of thousands of inhabitants - will
become an enclave completely surrounded by fences, walls and checkpoints, a virtual prison camp. Palestinian daily life will become hell, even more than they already are -
and that will have a direct impact on Israeli daily life as well.
Once the wall is completed, the whole West Bank will become pressure cooker in which masses of desperate and angry Palestinians will be imprisoned, together with violent and aggressive settlers and a trigger-happy army. Possibly, in the short range the wall will prevent a few suicide bombings (even that is not certain). In the longer (and not so long) range, the explosion will be enormous and terrible.
By its very nature, this wall is a "solution" by brute force. It is yet one more manifestation of the dangerous illusion that tanks and bulldozers enable Israel to unilaterally impose twisted solutions upon its neighbors. There can be no alternative to negotiations, to a peace agreement, to to an agreed border, to a reconciliation between the two peoples. Only this can give a new hope to the desperate Palestinian youths, remove their temptation to put on explosive belts and set out for Israeli cities.
There can be no replacement to the Green Line as the peaceful border between the State of Israel and the State of Palestine. In a border of peace there will be no need of fence. In an ongoing occupation, without peace and without a border, a wall will do no good - on the contrary, it will cause untold human suffering and a grave damage to the chances of peace and reconciliation.
[4] South Hebron region: convoying children to school
From: Anat Rosenwaks
The settlers of Maon are systematically preventing the children of the cave dwellers in the South Hebron region access to the direct path leading to their schools. Settlers are throwing stones at and beating children that dare pass on this path close to which the settlemnts were erected.
In order to avoid these acts of violence the children must now walk at least 7 kilometers on each way to school and back, on a bypass path; about two hours in each direction. Due to this situation, about a third of the pupils have stopped going to school altogether. Obviously, it’s especially the younger ones that stopped going, the six and seven year olds, who find it hardest to bear the dangers and obstacles on their way to school.
These events do not happen without a context. They are part of a rationale that aims to eventually make the Palestians leave. Other actions aimed in this same direction include the destruction of farmland, blocking of wells, shooting on livestock, etc.
On the morning of October 26, there will be a joint Palestinian-Jewish convoy accomapnining the children on their direct route to school - which children of this
community walked long before Israeli settlments were established there.
Participants will meet at 9:30 at Shoket Junction in the Negev (just behind McDonald’s), and from there proceed in a convoy of cars. For pickup points around the country: 03-6914437 and http://tripod.taayush.com. Please bring: water, hats, comfortable walking shoes, identity cards/passports, video/stills cameras.
This activity WILL end on time for those hoping to join the Peace Now demonsatration in Jerusalem the same evening.
[5] Mass anti-government, anti-settlements march in Jerusalem
For Hebrew go to:
http://www.peacenow.org.il/Default.asp?Redirect=5&ActivityID=232
Saturday night, 26/10, at 19:00hrs, Peace Now and the Peace Coalition will hold a march and rally
End the government under whose 'leadership'
This event, marking seven years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin is expected to attract thousands of people from all over the country.
The March will depart from Zion Square at 19:00hrs and arrive at the Prime Minister’s House at 20:00hrs, and a demonstration will be held in Paris Square.
Amongst the speakers will be MK’s and members of the public (details to follow).
Transportation from:
Further Information:
Yariv Oppenheimer, Peace Now Spokesman
yariv@peacenow.org.il
Mobile: 054-200060 (from outside Israel: 972-54-200060)
The organisers still need Volunteers for: setting up the podium (16:00), acting as ushers (sadranim) 17:45, donations collection and mailing list sign up (18:15). hose willing to help, please contact Shiri: 054-687539 or 02-5660648 shiri@peacenow.org.il
[6] Protest against intended Iraq War + UN petition circulated in Israel
From: Dalia Sachs
Subject: Demo against attack on Iraq, Haifa, Sat., Oct 26
As part of the October 26 internationally coordinated Day of Mass Action to stop the war on Iraq, a protest demo will be held at Haifa, in front of the offices of the US 6th
Fleet, at the corner of Panorama/Yefe-Nof and Sha'ar HaLevanon (near Merkaz HaCarmel) on 5 PM, Saturday, October 26.
It is organized by the Committee Against the War on Iraq, a still-forming coalition.
From: Miri@phr.org.il
Mourn the Victims.
Even if you decide not to sign, please consider forwarding the petition on instead of eliminating it.
[7] Wadi Ara Olive Harvest
As had already become a tradition for the past few years, there will be held on Saturday, Oct. 26, a joint Jewish-Arab olive harvest in the Wdi Ara region, as an act
cnuctive to true coexistence and fellowship.
Meeting point: at the entrance to Ein Ibrahim - Muawiya (100 metres north of the Umm El Fahm Junction). Everybody interseted in taking part is welcome, including families with children of all ages.
[8] Wadi Ara Peace Walk 29/10-4/11
From: David Lisbona
If you believe in peace between peoples, in humanity, in mutual respect, tolerance and compassion, you are invited to join the forthcoming peace walk in Wadi Ara, due to take place from 29/10 – 5/11. Jews and Arabs will be walking in a line quietly, for a few hours each day, through our beautiful country passing Jewish and Arab towns and villages, expressing our communion with the land of all our peoples.
In the evenings there will be quiet discussions with the inhabitants of the local communities, music, dialogues between Arabs and Jews and teaching on spiritual
peacemaking. We are warmly invited by the people of Wadi
Ara and we sleep over in Jewish and Arab communities.
You can participate for half a day, a day, an evening or as long as you like. We will be joined along the way by personalities from the entertainment, artistic and literary worlds who share our steady desire for peace and
peacefulness. No financial participation is required from participants but contributions are encouraged. We have no slogans or political agenda, we hold no placards, we express our desire for peace by walking and accepting the hopes and the fears of our fellow men and women.
Two very successful peace walks took place earlier this year (From Yafo to Jerusalem at Pesach and in the Galil in August) and were widely reported in the press and on television. Hundreds of people have warmed to this spontaneous act of solidarity with our fellow humans.
Participants and people along the route have felt encouraged and supported and feel a return to hope. Break out of anxiety, apathy and despair. Walk with us.
More info: www.middleway.org, David Lisbona 054-991891, david@lisbona.com.
[9] Haggai Matar imprisoned + a defiant letter
From: Anat Matar
(...) Haggai was sentenced today to 14 days at Military Prison No. 4, for refusing to be drafted. Upon his release he's expected to receivea second sentence, etc. He just
called from jail, high spirited, and asked me to deliver the message appended below, a declaration he wrote a few days ago.
If you wish to write to him, use the 'shministim' e-mail address
Yours, Anat Matar
Today, October 23rd, 2002, I will be sent to the military prison, as a result of my insistence upon my political views, which prevent me from enlisting to the IDF.
Despite my young age, merely 18, and despite having no first-hand memories from Israel’s earlier years, I can wholeheartedly declare that the country has reached an
unprecedented moral low. This extreme deterioration began with “Barak’s generous offers”, which were but another attempt at forcing a unilateral agreement upon the
Palestinian people. Today, the militarization and racism among the Jewish population have reached the level of fascism.
The repression of critical thinking, the total acceptance of the occupation’s crimes, the idolization of the army and the gradual acceptance of the principles of “ethnic
cleansing”– all these constitute only part of our society’s collapse. To this list one should add the systematic mistreatment of the Palestinian citizens of Israel, the hateful violence addressed at peace demonstrators, and the heartless attitude towards the abnormal and the weak.
With all these, I refuse to cooperate. The voice of conscience and the lessons humanity should have learnt from countless similar situations in the past leave me no choice but to refuse enlistment to the Israeli army – which is falsely dubbed a “Defence Force”.
My refusal to enlist is inevitable. The oppression known by the peoples of this region during the Age of the Empires, the torment of the slaves and the Indians in North America, the Algerian War of Independence and Apartheid in South Africa – all these precedents have made my refusal inevitable. My grandfather’s actions in the Second World War, in his fight against Nazi Fascism, and his belief in humanism – these too lead to my refusal. At home I learnt of oppression and justice. At the face of such evil as one may find here and now, there is no other way.
On this significant day of my life, accompanied by my supportive family and friends, I wish to acknowledge my companions, the unsung heroes of our struggle: the
Palestinian who endures the occupation without turning to violence against the Israeli civilian population, in spite of his lack of hope for a decent life; the Palestinian citizen of Israel, who keeps striving for co-existence despite day-to-day humiliations; the youth who avoids serving the occupation, her upbringing notwithstanding; the
international peace activist, who physically defends Palestinians in the Occupied Territories; and my friend, a girl who was raised in a right-wing family, fell in love with an Arab and was consequently driven out of her home.
While in prison, when forced to salute State and Army – I shall, in my mind and heart, be saluting all my brave friends, to whom I cannot equal, because of my identity; all those whose sacrifice is so much greater then mine – for peace, against the occupation.
Haggai Matar
[10] Refusers' day at the Supreme Court
Article by Moshe Reinfeld and Moshe Gorali, Ha'aretz, Oct. 24
The High Court of Justice deferred Wednesday a decision on a petition by eight army reservists who refuse to serve in the territories. Lieutenant David Zonsheine and seven other officers, all of whom have served jail time for refusing to serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, argue that their rejection of call-up orders is legal because the occupation itself is not.
"The Israeli occupation has over the past two years become a mechanism of collective punishment of the civilian population," their petition said. "The occupation is illegal and for this reason it is no longer possible to distinguish between a legal and an illegal order." The petitioners listed military blockades of Palestinian towns and cities, mass curfews and killings of militants and Palestinian civilians as war crimes, banned by the
Geneva conventions.
At the start of Wednesday's hearing, the petitoners asked the Court to rule whether the Israeli occupation of the territories is legal. But during the course of the discussion, their attorney, Avigdor Feldman, altered his strategy - perhaps after understanding that the Court was unwilling to discuss this politically sensitive issue - and asked that the justices rule if Israel's actions in the territories are illegal, and if so to conclude from this that the reservists can refuse to be a part of them.
During the session, Supreme Court President Aharon Barak asked the petitioners to explain the distinction between refusal to serve in the territories and refusal to evacuate
illegal outposts. Feldman responded by saying that IDF actions kill innocent people, and that while human life was a universal value, maintaining illegal outposts is not.
Barak answered that the choice was not so simple, as the connection between a man and his land is a universal value.
Barak also asked why the petitioners did not ask to serve in a place where they would not have direct contact with the Palestinian population. Feldman replied that the option
was never offered them.
Addressing the petitioners, Justice Beinisch said, "Especially you, who are sensitive to human rights, need to serve in the areas of conflict in order to reduce the harm done to the innoncent." Attorney Aner Helman, for the state, said the army's actions have been upheld by Supreme Court rulings. He also referred to the petitioners' refusal as "political" in nature. "They do not understand where this will take Israeli society," he said.
Zonsheine, 29, a decorated paratroop officer, is co-founder of a group called "Courage to Refuse," which maintains that the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian areas is
unlawful and immoral. So far, 495 reserve soldiers have pledged to refuse service in the Palestinian areas.
A systems analyst in civilian life, Zonsheine said he has no objection to doing his annual reserve duty, but that it is illegal for the army to order him to serve in the West
Bank and Gaza. "Any combat officer should look me in the eye, knowing exactly what is going on," Zonsheine said. "We are all accomplices. We all see things... At this moment we all know that the service we are being sent to is against the basic values upon which we were brought up."
The case has attracted the interest of human rights groups worldwide. Amnesty International monitored Wednesday's session and Attorneys Without Borders attended the hearing as observers.
other good article - an interview with Major Rami Kaplan, an officer who was driven to refusal by the experience of destroying a Palestinian orange grove in the Gaza Strip,
and who is presently on a lecture tour of Britain - was published by Jonathan Steele in the London "Guardian" on Oct. 22:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,816730,00.html
Kaplan begins his speaking tour on Sunday on 4pm, at the Red Rose Comedy Club, 129 Seven Sisters Road, London. On 8pm of the same day, he is due at St John's Wood Liberal Synagogue. For details, aviel_luz@yahoo.com.
[11] Court petition to forbid use of flechette by army in the Gaza Strip
Press Release, October 22nd, 2002
PHR-Israel Submits Petition to the High Court Demanding
that Israeli Military Forces Cease Use of Flechette Anti-
Personnel Rounds
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR-Israel) petitioned the High Court of Justice today, October 22nd, 2002, demanding the IDF be prohibited from using Flechette
Rounds in the Gaza Strip. The petition was submitted following a number of cases in which this weapon was used in the region. The petition was filed by attorneys Yossi Arnon and Yossi Tsur.
The use of Flechette Rounds is prohibited by the principles of International Law, as they cause unnecessary suffering and indiscriminate damage. Usage of this weapon demonstrates a complete disregard for the life and health of Palestinians.
Flechette Rounds were developed by the United States Army during the Vietnam War as the most efficient weapons against the Viet Cong. The Flechette Round (from the
French term for “little arrow”) consists of thousands of small metal darts, each four centimeters in length. Having been shot from a tank, the round explodes in the air and
tiny darts scatter over a 300 by 100 meter area.
Israel purchased this weapon from the United States in 1973 and used it in the occupied zone in Southern Lebanon in areas defined by the IDF as “death zones”.
Since the outbreak of the “Al-Aqsa Intifada” a decision was made in IDF Southern Command to use Flechette Rounds. The Central Command, which is in charge of the West Bank, decided on the contrary not to use this weapon.
Since September 2000, the Israeli aremd forces had used the Flechette on a number of occasions. In at least three incidences that are cited in the petition, Flechette
Rounds were responsible for the death of innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip, ten of them altogether:
June 2000: Three women killed - Salmia Almalalha (37), Hikamat Almalalha (17) and Nassra Almalalha (61). Three others were wounded.
December 2001: Three teenage boys killed - Mohammed Lubad (17), Ahmed Banat (15) and Mohamed Almadhun (16.5 years old).
August 2002: Four individuals killed (Ruwaida Abu al-Hajin, 50 years old, her two sons: Ashraf, 23 and Nihad, 17, and their cousin, Muhammad – 20 years old).
Use of Flechette Rounds is illegal and constitutes a brutal violation of humanitarian law as well as of warfare and occupation laws. The large range affected by thousands of darts characteristic of the flachette constitutes an indiscriminate act of violence and causes unnecessary suffering; its use should, therefore, be prohibited.
Three autopsy reports of the boys killed in December 2001 have been appended to the petition; they are testimony to the suffering inflicted upon the victims of flechetterounds.
For further details please contact: Attorney Eyad al-Alami, PCHR, 08-2824776, 08-2823725
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From: "eli"
Subject: Taayush: People Needed at Khirbet Yanun this and next week
In Jerusalem: Kinneret: kimush9@walla.co.il 051 811737
In the center of the country:
Isadora: iscohen@actcom.co.il,
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Furhter info: http://taayush.tripod.com/yanun.html
Tel. 02 5637731, or 050 607034, Fax. 02 566-2815
Subject: Saturday: Israeli-Palestinian protest against the "Separation Wall"
10.45: Arlozorov St. Railway Station, Tel-Aviv
11.30: Egedd Station, Kfar Sava
From: Aviad Albert
Subject: South Hebron School convoy
From: "yariv oppenheimer"
Subject: Mass March and Demonstration - 7 years since the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
END the GOVERNMENT OF WAR !!
624 Israelies have died
1,490 Palestinians have died
27,500 jobs have been lost
90,000 buisnesses have ben closed
>
Beer Sheva: Main Bus Station 16:30hrs
Haifa: Solel Boneh Sqaure 16:00hrs
Haifa: Mercaz Horev 16:15hrs
Raut: Trempiada 18:15hrs
Meveseret: 18:30hrs
Moetza Ezorit Eshkol: 17:00hrs
Merkaz Omer: 16:45hrs
Rishon Le Zion: Old central bus station (near Balal), 17:45
Rehovot: Migrash Gordon, 18:00
Tel-Aviv: Train Station (North)/Rakevet Zafon, 18:00
Further details: Yoav 054-790989, Ali 058-293666.
Subject: UN petition for peace
Stand for Peace.
Islam is not the Enemy.
War is NOT the Answer.
Today we are at a point of imbalance in the world and are moving toward what may be the beginning of a THIRD WORLD WAR. If you are against this possibility, the UN is gathering signatures in an effort to avoid a tragic
world event. Please COPY (rather than Forward) this e-mail in a new message, sign and send it to all the people whom you know.(here a long list of names was omitted).
If you receive this list with more than 500 names signed, please send a copy of the message to: unicwash@unicwash.org
Further info: Teddy Katz 051-244674
Subject: Wadi Ara Peace Walk 29/10-4/11
Subject: Haggai in prison
Shministim@hotmail.com. Snail mail is also an option: 'Shministim' (High School pupils), P.O.Box 70094, Haifa 31700, Israel. His friends and I will collect the letters and messages and will bring them to Haggai on our first visit.
From: "Michal@phr.org.il"
