[GushShalom] 300 sacks of flour delivered

[Gush Shalom (Israeli Peace Bloc)]

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              Gush Shalom Activists Deliver Flour
                         To West Bank Villages

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http://www.gush-shalom.org/english/index.html

A delegation of 21 Gush Shalom activists succeeded today (Saturday) to 
deliver 15 tons of flour to two Palestinian villages in the Nablus area. The 
flour was donated by private donors (at 75 NIS per sack) in Israel and 
abroad.

The occupation army tried to prevent the delivery and stopped the activists 
at the Tapuakh checkpoint south of Nablus. For more than three hours the 
activists were held up, while frantic negotiations with various army 
authorities took place. In the end the army agreed to let the activists in to 
certain areas, but not to the two villages earmarked for the delivery.

However, the 300 sacks of flour, as well as quantities of chocolate for 
children, were delivered to one of the villages. The second could not be 
reached because the army has demolished all roads leading there and 
completely cut the village off from the world. However, the flour was stored 
nearby and will be carried to the village tomorrow.

Uri Avnery, who headed the delegation emphasized that the delivery is a 
political act. The Palestinians did not ask for it, but Gush Shalom requested 
to be able to send the flour as a gesture of solidarity and protest. The 
foodstuffs will be stored for an emergency, if the Sharon government 
decides to exploit the war in Iraq in order to cut off villages by enduring 
closure and curfew.

Gush Shalom announced that it will continue this action. It called upon 
people of goodwill in Israel and abroad to provide the means for more 
deliveries and donate money for this purpose. 


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