[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [GushShalom] Worse than a crime

Mon Mar 22 08:41:12 CST 2004

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>Worse than a crime
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>March 22, 2004
>Tel-Aviv
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>[] Uri Avnery on the assassination of Sheikh Yassin
>[] Translation of Gush Shalom press release - sent out early morning
>[] Our call to join today's Peace Now protest
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>[] Uri Avnery on the assassination of Sheikh Yassin
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>Hebrew at request &  soon at the site
>Ú·¯È™ ÚÏ ÙÈ ·—˜” ýÂ ·—¯Â· ·ý™¯
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>     Avnery: "It is Worse than a Crime, it is Stupid!"
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>      "This is worse than a crime, it is an act of stupidity!" commented Gush
>Shalom activist Uri Avnery on the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
>
>      "This is the beginning of a new chapter of the Israeli-Palestinian
>conflict. It moves the conflict from the level of a solvable national conflict
>to the level of religious conflict, which by its very nature is insoluble.
>
>      "The fate of the State of Israel is now in the hands of group of persons
>whose outlook is primitive and whose perceptions are retarded. They are
>incapable of understanding the mental, emotional and political dimensions
>of the conflict. This is a group of bankrupt political and military leaders
>who have failed in all their actions. They try to cover up their failures by a
>catastrophic escalation.
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>      "This act will not only endanger the personal security of every Israeli,
>both in the country and around the world, but also the existential security
>of the State of Israel. It has grievously hurt the chances of putting and end
>to the Israeli-Palestinian, Israeli-Arab and Israeli-Muslim conflicts."
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>      Avnery mentioned that in the early 1980s the occupation authorities
>encouraged the founders of Hamas, hoping that they would create a
>counter-weight to Yasser Arafat and the PLO. Even after the start of the
>first intifada, the army and the security services gave preferential treatment
>of Hamas. Sheikh Yassin was arrested only a year after the outbreak.
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>      "There seems to be no limit to the 
>stupidity of our political and military
>leaders. They endanger the future of the State of Israel."
>					~~~~~~~~~~~
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>[] Translation of Gush Shalom press release - sent out early morning
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>Hebrew sent separately
>•ÂÒÁ ·Ú·¯È™ •˜ÏÁ •Ù¯“
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>The assassination of Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, with its concomitant careless
>killing of passers-by, is a mad provocative act by a governnment which
>lost all restraint. It is the act of a pyromaniac fireman whose method of
>putting out the fire of terrorism is to pour barrels of gasoline upon it, an
>act which might cost the life of dozens or hundreds of Israeli citizens in the
>near future.
>Prime Minster Sharon's talk of "withdrawal from Gaza", which had caught
>the headlines in the past months, is now revealed to be no more than
>meaningless chatter. Far from seriously meaning to evacuate even a bit of
>occupied territory,  this bankrupt prime minister - faced with police
>investigations into a myriad of corruption concerning himself and his sons
>- seems determined to bequeath to his country a legacy of eternal war with
>the Palestinians and the entire Arab and Muslim World. Every day that
>this man remains in power poses a grave danger to the future of Israelis
>and Palestinians alike.
>Gush Shalom, the Israeli Peace Bloc, calls upon all sane and responsible
>forces left in the international community to intervene, urgently and
>forcefully, to save our region at the edge of the abyss and halt the
>monstrous cycle of bloodshed which now threatens to engulf us.
>
>For further information call Adam Keller, Gush Shalom Spokesperson, at
>+972-3-5565804 or +972-56-709603
>					~~~~~~~~~~~
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>[] Our call to join today's Peace Now protest
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>Bankrupt Sharon sets everything on fire - let's join today Peace Now
>protest
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>------- Forwarded message follows -------
>From:          	"LEE" <lee at peacenow.org.il>
>Date sent:     	Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:45:15 +0200
>Subject:       	Peace Now Demonstration Today
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>[translation by Gush Infoteam]
>Hebrew sent separately
>•ÂÒÁ ·Ú·¯È™ •˜ÏÁ •Ù¯“
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>Yasin Assassination - Gift to Hamas
>Demonstration !!! Today !!!
>22.03.04 Defence Ministry, HaKirya Tel-Aviv 19.00
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>Reality proves:  the policy of assassinations in the territories is bankrupt
>and brings the citizens of Israel no security
>
>The assassination of Sheikh Yassin has turned all of us into targets of the
>next suicide bombing. It gives not the slightest hope for an end to
>terrorism.
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>The only way to destroy Hamas is through a political agreement and
>evacuation of the territories.
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>                     In Order To Get Out Of The Mire
>             We Must Get Out Of The House - Onto The Street!
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>Contact: Yariv Oppenheimer 054-200060
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