[Peace] Fwd: Demonstrations at road 443, Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv will call for an international investigation

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> From: "Adam Keller" <otherisr at actcom.co.il>
> Date: June 3, 2010 10:20:49 PM CDT
> To: intl at mailman.gush-shalom.org
> Subject: Demonstrations at road 443, Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv will  
> call for an international investigation
>
> Press Release June 3, 2010
>
> Weekend demonstrations will call for an international  
> investigation, for letting the "Rachel Corrie" through to Gaza and  
> a general lifting of the siege – as well as calling for a complete  
> end to the 43 years' old occupation.
>
> "The government is drowning us all - we must strive for peace!"
>
>
> For several weeks the peace movement in Israel has been organizing  
> to mark June 5, the 43rd anniversary of the occupation of the West  
> Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.  
> Demonstrations and rallies were planned - some in cooperation with  
> Palestinian groups – calling for an end to the occupation.
>
> Following the lethal takeover of the Gaza relief flotilla, the  
> focus changed. As now planned, a central role will be given to the  
> call for an international investigation of the killings on the sea  
> - as the organizers place no confidence in the ability of Israel's  
> military authorities to look into their own deeds and possible  
> misdeeds. The demonstrators will also call upon the government to  
> allow the Irish aid ship "Rachel Corrie", now en route on the  
> Mediterranean, to reach the port of Gaza, and in general to lift  
> the siege of Gaza. As long as the Gaza Strip is under siege, it  
> still remains under a de-facto Israeli occupation, and the naval  
> commando attack on the Turkish aid ship in effect expanded the  
> occupation from Gaza deep into sea.
>
> The Gush Shalom movement cooperates with the rest of the Israeli  
> peace camp in organizing and mobilizing supporters for these  
> demonstrations.
>
> Contact: Adam Keller, Gush Shalom Spokesperson 03-5565804 or  
> 045-2340749
>
> 　
> 1) On Friday, June 4, at 11:00 am, a convoy of Israeli activists  
> will depart from Makabim Junction and move along Highway 443 which  
> bisects the West Bank. South of the highway, they will join with  
> Palestinians for a march and a rally at the village of New Beit  
> Nuba (adjacent to Beit Lycia) at 12:30. Expected speakers include  
> former MK Uri Avnery of Gush Shalom, MK Haneen Zoubi who  
> participated in the Gaza flotilla rally, Mustafa Barghouti, Maher  
> Re'naem, Minister for the Fence in the Palestinian Authority,  
> Palestinian Legislature Members Kaes Abdul Karim (Abu Leyla) and  
> Mahmoud Al - 'Alul. In addition to the general issues of the  
> occupation and the siege on Gaza, the action will take up the issue  
> of Highway 443, from which Palestinian traffic is in practice still  
> excluded despite the Supreme Court;s ruling, as well as of the  
> villages of Yalu, Emaus and Beit Nuba in the Latrun enclave, which  
> were destroyed by Israel immediately after the conquest in 1967.  
> Many of their displaced inhabitants will participate in the  
> demonstration
>
> Contact: Jonathan 054-6327736; Yusef (Arabic, English) 059-8464054,  
> 054-5571328, Eilat Maoz (Hebrew, English) 050-8575729
>
> 2) March and rally in Tel Aviv, Saturday June 5. The march will  
> leave at 19:00 from the Rabin Square (corner of Frishman) and  
> culminate with a rally at the Museum Plaza on 20:00. This is  
> intended as a mass demonstration protesting the Netanyahu-Barak- 
> Lieberman Government's dangerous escalation of regional violence,  
> as well as marking 43 years of occupation. The main slogan would be  
> "The Government is drowning all of us – we must strive for peace."  
> The rally's manifesto read: "It's time to return to sanity and save  
> our society from ruin. Without a solution of two states for two  
> peoples and two capitals in Jerusalem, the whole region's future is  
> in doubt." The organizations co-sponsoring the demonstration  
> include Gush Shalom, the Hadash Communists, Combatants for Peace,  
> Meretz, Physicians for Human Rights, Peace Now and Banki.
>
> Contact: Yoni 054-7276587
>
> 3) A special demonstration of the Women in Black at Paris Square in  
> central Jerusalem, Friday June 4 at 13:00. The Women in Black  
> movement is holding a regular weekly vigil at this square, since  
> the time of the first Intifada, call for an end to the occupation.  
> On the occupation anniversary, the movement invites other peace  
> groups throughout the country - women and men, Jews and Arabs - to  
> join in.
>
> Contact: Gila Svirsky 02-6725293 / 0523-334986
>
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