[GushShalom] * Army shoots with live bullets at Israeli peace activists
Gush Shalom (Israeli Peace Bloc)
info at gush-shalom.org
Fri Dec 26 16:04:36 IST 2003
GUSH SHALOM pob 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033 www.gush-shalom.org
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)
From: uri ayalon <uri_ayalon at yahoo.com>
[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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