[GushShalom] * Army shoots with live bullets at Israeli peace activists

[Gush Shalom (Israeli Peace Bloc)]

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In a macabre synchronization yesterday the new (not-new) cycle of 
bloodshed has started. We condemn hereby the suicide-belt exploded 
amidst a bus station and the preceding assassination missiles shot at a 
Gaza car in the middle of the traffic. The immoral and senseless killing 
machine tries to silence peace initiatives. The following is an effort not to 
be silenced.   

[1] Army shoots with live bullets at Israeli peace activists
      Joint Israeli-Palestinian action of breaking through the fence at Masha
[2] Gush ad re refusal reaching the heart of the army

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[1] Army shoots with live bullets at Israeli peace activists
      Joint Israeli-Palestinian action of breaking through the fence at Masha

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Date sent:      	Thu, 25 Dec 2003 18:11:53 -0800 (PST)
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[After we got the following message we just heard by phone that one of 
the anarchists lost consciousness after being shot with a live bullet in his 
leg - and was taken by an ambulance. Everything was photographed by 
both still - and video camera - see addresses in the end.]

No to the ghetto that's being built by Jews!
No to walls between people!
Stop the occupation!

Israeli, Palestinians and international activists 
Bringing down the apartheid wall in mash'a

In this moment, friday afternoon {seventh candle of hanuka} dozens of 
activists are tearing apart and breaking down the gate of the apartheid wall 
which is also known as the "separation fence", to enable a free passage 
for the people of mas'ha to their lanDs.
The activists, equiped with tools, are breaking the gate that has remained 
closed since the wall was built two monthes ago.
The farmers, whose land is on the other side of the fence were told that 
they would be able to cross through the gate to work their lands.
That promise turned out to be a methodical, crude and cruel lie.
All throughout the suffocating wall the gates are remaining blocked and 
the Palestinian residents  remain with no access to their only source of 
income.

The army is present - at the Mas'ha village gates which are located next to 
Elkana settlement - and yet, its not clear how will the confrontation 
between the army and the activists will end.
The activists are calling for a joined active resistance of Israelis and 
Palestinians toward the ghettoizing policy that the Israeli government is 
issuing.
The action is being held as a part of The Alternative Protest Camp Against 
The Apartheid Wall that started a week ago in  Deir Balut.
The camp is hosting Israelis and Palestinians, and located on the path of 
the Apartheid Wall, on the land of the village's elementary school.
(The building of the school was stopped due to the land being confiscated 
for the building of the wall.)

We invite the media that follows Ariel Sharon's promises, for the so called 
evacuation of he settlements, to come and see for them selfs the land 
confiscating and settlement expansion operation that is operating this 
days.
Deir Balut protest camp and other protest actions that take place and that 
will take place in the future will set a live and kicking alternative to the 
occupying, stealing and confiscating actions that the Sharon government 
and the Israeli army are responsible for.

For more details and for pictures and video footage from the action:
Liad:067-724519
Jonathan:066-327736
Franceska:064-494030 

ANARCHISTS AGAINST THE WALL


[2] Gush ad re refusal reaching the heart of the army

Gush Shalom ad published in Ha'aretz,
December 26, 2003

THE HEART OF THE ARMY

"As long as the occupation continues, the number of conscientious 
objectors" will grow," said last week Adam Ma'or, 19, one of the five 
objectors now being tried by the military court in Jaffa.

A few days later, the fighters of the elite commando unit, Sayeret Matkal, 
refused to serve the occupation, as did before them the 27 combat pilots of 
the Air Force.

Conscientious refusal is not any more a marginal occurrence. It has 
reached the very heart of the Israeli army.

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