[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [SRRTAC-L:8416] Fwd: raid on Al-Quds university offices
Alfred Kagan
akagan at uiuc.edu
Tue Jul 16 10:59:47 CDT 2002
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> >Subject: [lefty-jews] Fw: PLEASE PROTEST raid on Al-Quds university offices
>
> >Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 19:24:53 -0400
> >
> >Toward the end of this email is the request to send protest letters about
> >the raid on Sari Nusseibeh's office (President of the Al-Quds University
> >and prominant Palestinian moderate) since this act in a way goes a step
> >beyond typical Israeli barbarism by not even having the pretense of fighting
> >terrorism to justify it.
> >
> >
> > > >From: "Gush Shalom (Israeli Peace Bloc)"
> > > >Subject: [GushShalom] PLEASE PROTEST raid on Al-Quds university offices
> > > >Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 03:04:32 +0200
> > > >GUSH SHALOM - pob 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033 - http://www.gush-shalom.org/
> > > >
> > > >======================================================
> > > >PROTEST STARTED AGAINST ATTACK ON SARI NUSSEIBEH, AND THE EAST
>JERUSALEM OFFICES OF AL-QUDS UNIVERSITY
> > > >===========================
> > > >
> > > >[The following contains a request for protest letters - with a special
> > > >emphasis on Israeli and international universities.]
> > > >
> > > >This afternoon, several dozen Israeli peace activists, hastily mobilized
> >by Peace Now and joined by members of Meretz and Gush Shalom, gathered for
> >a protest vigil outside the offices of the Al-quds University in
>East Jerusalem.
> > > >
> > > >A few hours earlier, these offices were raided by the Israeli
>police, which
> > > >evicted all university employees at gunpoint, and proceeded to
>confiscate the
> > > >university's administrative records, which were placed in some
>forty carton
> > > >boxes and taken away, as well as the university computers. Afterwards,
> > > >heavy steel shutters were installed, making the entire
>three-storey building
> > > >inaccesible.
> > > >
> > > >The raid was authorized by a closure order signed by Uzi
>Landau, Minister of
> > > >Police. Landau cited the fact that Sari Nusseibeh, President
>of the Al-Quds
> > > >University whose own office was located in the invaded
>building, is a member
> > > >of the Palestinian Authority; this, in the minister's view,
>made the entire
> > > >university into "an agency of the Palestinian Authoity", and
>the maintenance
> > > >of such an "agency" in annexed East Jerusalem was "in
>contravention to the
> > > >Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement". (How would the
>minister regard the
> > > >presence of massive Israeli forces, occupying and imposing
>curfew over all
> > > >the Palestinian cities which under the same agreement should have been
> > > >under exclusive Palestinian control?).
> > > >The protesters outside the invaded building carried signs
>reading "Landau -
> > > >Minister of State Terrorism".
> > > >
> > > >What distinguishes this latest act of oppression from earlier
>ones is the
> > > >entire lack of even a pretence at 'fighting terrorism'. The
>police came to
> > > >disrupt a recognized academic institution, which had its
>beginnings in the
> > > >1950's, which carries out intensive teaching and research and maintaints
> > > >contacts with numerous academic institutions throughout the
>world as well
> > > >ass in Israel - the only such academic institution available to the
> > > >Palestinian
> > > >population in East Jerusalem and its suburbs. Also, the police
>raid targeted
> > > >one person in particular - Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, the most outspoken of
> > > >Palestinian moderates, who a few weeks ago initiated a petition of
> > > >Palestinians condemning the suicide bombings.
> > > >The raid, in short, laid bare the true aims of the Sharon government:
> > > >not "reform" of the Palestinian Authority but breaking down
>all Palestinian
> > > >leaders, moderate and extremist indiscriminatingly; not
>"fighting against
> > > >terrorism", but destroying the infrastructure of Palestinian
>civil society.
> > > >
> > > >We ask you, this time, to write protests not only to government
> > > >representatives but also to Israeli and international unverstities, and
> > > >encourage them to protest this gross violation of academic
>freedom. You can
> > > >use the following text or make your own.
> > > >
>
> > > >--------[sample text]-------------
>
> > > >I strongly protest the raid by the Israeli police upon and
>closure of the
> > > >offices of the Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. This is a
>severe violation of
> > > >academic freedom as well as yet another provocative action, further
> > > >embittering the already tense relations between Israelis and
>Palestinians. I
> > > >call upon academics worlwide, and upon Israeli academics in
>particular, to make their protest known.
>
>
>
> > > >--------[end sample text]-------------
> > > >
> > > >email addresses:
> > > >
> > > >To:
> > > >pm_eng at pmo.gov.il, dover at pmo.gov.il, pniot at pmo.gov.il, sar at mofa.gov.il,
> > > >ssar at mfa.gov.il, dover at mfa.gov.il, pniot at mofa.gov.il, sar at mops.gov.il,
> > > >dover at mops.gov.il, pniot at mops.gov.il
> > > >
> > > >Copies to:
> > > >ecu at un.org, coi at un.org, inquiries at un.org, commond at un.org,
> > > >, tauinfo at post.tau.ac.il,
> > > >webmaster at bgumail.bgu.ac.il, webmaster at www.huji.ac.il,
> > > >press at technion.ac.il, mzieashr at research.haifa.ac.il, + (if you are an
> > > >international supporter) ADDRESSES OF UNIVERSITIES ETC. IN YOUR
> > > >OWN COUNTRY
> > > >
> > > >Blind copies to: , info at gush-shalom.org
> > > >--
> > > >
> > > >The above addresses specified:
> > > >
> > > >Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: pm_eng at pmo.gov.il
> > > >Spokesperson for the PM's Office
> > > > Arnon Pearlman-Tzadok dover at pmo.gov.il
> > > >Public relations for the PM's Office Ms. Rutti Bait pniot at pmo.gov.il
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Ministry of Foreign Affairs
> > > >Minister Shimon Peres sar at mofa.gov.il
> > > >Deputy Minister Rabbi Michael Melchior ssar at mfa.gov.il
> > > >Spokesperson Ms. Yaffa Ben-Ari dover at mfa.gov.il
> > > >Public Relations
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Ministry of Police (Public Safety)
> > > >Minister: Uzi Landau: sar at mops.gov.il
> > > >Spokesperson Ms Ifra Matityahu: dover at mops.gov.il
> > > >Public relations Mr. Kobi Shiber: pniot at mops.gov.il
> > > >
> > > >Copies to:
> > > >
> > > >UN Secretary General Kofi Annan ecu at un.org, coi at un.org,
> > > >inquiries at un.org, commond at un.org
> > > >
> > > >"Secretary of State, Colin Powell" ,
> > > >
> > > >Tel Aviv University
> > > >P.O. Box 39040
> > > >Tel Aviv 69978
> > > >ISRAEL
> > > >
> > > >ph: +972-(0)3-640-8111
> > > >tauinfo at post.tau.ac.il
> > > >
> > > >---
> > > >
> > > >Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
> > > >P.O. Box 653
> > > >Beer-Sheva 84105
> > > >Israel
> > > >
> > > >ph: 972-8-646-1111
> > > >webmaster at bgumail.bgu.ac.il
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >
> > > >The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> > > >webmaster at www.huji.ac.il
> > > >Or: write to them on their feedback page:
> > > >http://www.huji.ac.il/unew/feedback.html
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >
> > > >The Haifa Technion (Instittute of Technology)
> > > >press at technion.ac.il
> > > >--
> > > >
> > > >Haifa University
> > > >mzieashr at research.haifa.ac.il
> > > >--
> > > >
> > > >Universities in your own country
> > > >
> > > >bcc to:
> > > >Dr. Khuloud Dajani of the Al-Quds University ,
> > > >Gush Shalom
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >***Why are the volunteer international observers important?***
> > > > Because the United Nations didn't send its protection force.
> > > > Information about the International Solidarity Movement
> > > > - and how to support it in different ways -
> > > > at http://www.palsolidarity.org/
> > > >
> > > >----
> > > > Full transcript of the war crimes panel available on the Gush site
> > > > For Hebrew http://www.gush-shalom.org/archives/forum.html
> > > > For English http://www.gush-shalom.org/archives/forum_eng.html
> > > > French available at request
> > > >
> > > >Also on the site:
> > > > photo's - of action or otherwise informative
> > > > the weekly Gush Shalom ad - in Hebrew and English
> > > > the columns of Uri Avnery - in Hebrew, Arab and English
> > > > (and a lot more)
> > > > http://www.gush-shalom.org
> > > >
> > > >For more about Gush Shalom you are invited to visit our renewed website:
> > > > http://www.gush-shalom.org/
> > > > -\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-
> > > >_______________________________________________
> > > >If you got this forwarded and you want to subscribe, send mail to
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> > > >and write "subscribe" in the subject line.
> > > >For assistance: info at gush-shalom.org
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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Al Kagan
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