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[Peter Rohloff]

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>                       CAMP AGAINST THE OCCUPATION
>                 TUL KAREM REGION, WEST BANK, PALESTINE
>
> 	Founded by a coalition of the International Solidarity
> Movement, the National and Islamic parties of Palestine, the Wall
> Defense Committee and over ten villages within the Tul Karem region
> of the West Bank, Camp Against the Occupation stands as a meeting
> place for all those in opposition to the Israeli military occupation
> of Palestine. Established on July 2, 2003, Camp Against the
> Occupation marks the opening days of the International Solidarity
> Movement's summer campaign, entitled "Freedom Summer 2003". The
> Freedom Summer campaign focuses on the restriction of movement that
> Palestinians endure daily due to this occupation. Camp Against the
> Occupation was created as an element of this summer campaign in order
> to directly challenge Israel's construction of the separation wall.
> The wall stands to restrict Palestinian movement even further, to cut
> off thousands from their agricultural lands, to isolate access to
> water and to literally imprison Palestinians within the west bank. It
> is the intention of Camp Against the Occupation to highlight these
> issues through non-violent, direct-action that aims to actually stop
> the wall and end the occupation.
> 		
> The objectives of Camp Against the Occupation are as follows:
>
> •	To draw international media attention to the on-going Israeli
> military occupation of Palestine and specifically highlight the
> building of the Separation Wall within the West Bank.
>
> •	To expose the truth of the current situation in Palestine,
> and in doing so change public opinion so that the international
> community will put pressure on the Israeli Government to work within
> International Law, to stop the construction of the Separation Wall
> and to end the occupation.
>
> •	To support and participate in non-violent direct action
> initiated by local Palestinian communities that function to directly
> confront and challenge the on-going occupation and the wall itself.
>
> •	To put a stop to the Separation Wall that will transform the
> West Bank, Palestine into the largest ghetto in the world, literally
> imprisoning the majority of the population within a 25 foot high
> concrete wall and a maximum-security fence.
>
> •	To end the occupation that has robbed Palestinian civil
> society of any semblance of normalcy, security, or dignity since
> September, 2000.
>
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> For More Information Please contact:
> Flo Razowsky International ISM Volunteer   064 309 753 or 067 361 708
>
> Abed Al-Karim Dalbah   Palestinian ISM volunteer       055 474 066 or
> 059 836 783
>