Tomorrow court decision re deportation order against 2 of the internationals

[otherisr at actcom.co.il]

URGENT:

Only now was announced that tomorrow at 12 o'clock the Administrative Court in 
Jerusalem is going to give its final verdict in the question of the  deportation order 
against Josie Sandercock (UK) and Darlene Wallach (US). The two were among a 
group of internationals arrested several weeks ago at Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus - 
while trying to provide humanitarian help to inhabitant whose house had been taken 
over. 

The two are represented by lawyers Mahmoud Jabbarin of LAW and Gaby Laski of 
PCATI. The court is in the Disstrict Court building on Salah a-Din Street, East 
Jerusalem. In an earlier session the presence of activists, journalists and diplomats 
may have had an impact - there followed release onm bail.
 
The decision of tomorrow is not only important for the fate of these two women, but 
also as precedent.
IF YOU FEEL THAT THE INTERNATIONALS DO AN IMPORTANT HUMANITARIAN 
JOB, THEN BE THERE.
  

[Based upon the information we just now got from Josie.]

A vivid description of the earlier session and about what these internationals stand for 
in Tom Segev's "Three Volunteers in Limbo" of Friday, June 14 
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=176264&contrassID=2&
subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y 

The following is another ISM report out of the many we receive daily

INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
http://www.palsolidarity.org
July 3, 2002 1700
For immediate release

Two Americans, one Brit held captive by Israeli Army

Held in inhumane conditions, denied access to consulates

[NABLUS] At 1600 Monday July 01, 2002 Israeli soldiers took Eric Levine, an 
American human rights worker, Brian Dominick, an American medical worker, and 
Peter Blacker, a British medical worker to an army occupied house near Nablus where 
they were made to stay under inhuman conditions, with no explanation, for over 45 
hours.

They were put in a small unfinished room, out in the open. They remained in the open 
day and night without adequate shelter from the heat or nighttime cold. They were 
given one meal a day consisting of canned food and not allowed to use toilet facilities. 
The men repeatedly asked why they were being held and requested to make phone 
calls to their family and consulates, but were denied. Soldiers yelled at them, pushed 
them and told them that if they tried to leave they would be shot.

Today at approximately 1600 the men were released in a remote location near Nablus, 
whereby they made their way into Nablus on foot. The two medical workers are now 
with the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC) in Nablus, and Eric 
is due to be on a flight back to the United States tonight.

The Israeli Army has thus far not given either the ISM or consular officials any 
explanation as to why these men were abducted, treated inhumanely and held 
incommunicado for two days.

For more information contact:

Eric Levine 972 (0) 56 382 317

Brian Dominick 972 (0) 56 621 928

Peter Blacker +44 79 74 236 541

 

For information on the International Solidarity Movement contact:

Huwaida Arraf: 052-642-709