[southnews] Why Sharon wants the Iraq War
Dave Muller
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[1] Why Sharon wants the Iraq War & reaction to Chalutz - Gush
Shalom special ad [2] In Nablus: humanitarian workers arrested [3]
Report on deportation trial of the workers + call to fill the
courtroom Sunday 14.00 [4] B'Tselem Newspaper - August 22, 2002
[5] Monday 11.30 Supreme Court decides about deportation of family
members
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[1] Why Sharon wants the Iraq War & reaction to Chalutz - Gush
Shalom special ad
August 23, 2002 An Emergency call!
THEY PLAY WITH OUR LIVES!
Sharon and Peres are urging the United States to attack Iraq.
Israel is the only country in the whole world that supports this
war.
All European and Arab states oppose it. In the American political
elite and Bushs own party, too, there are voices warning against
this adventure even while unanimously opposing Sadam Husseins
regime.
Almost certainly, with the outbreak of war, Sadam Hussein will
throw at us everything he has got: poison gas, fatal diseases, even
nuclear radiation.
Israel is as defenseless as last time. We have nothing but the
sealed rooms, adhesive paper and masks. Now there are also tablets
against nuclear radiation!
Thousands and tens of thousands of Israeli citizens may be hurt.
If this is madness there is method in it.
Sharon intends to exploit the ensuing chaos in the Middle East in
order to realize his real plan: to drive out the Palestinian from
all of the country (Transfer). To this end, he is ready to bring
disaster on all of us.
A shocking fact: Until now, hardly any voice has been raised in
Israel against this disastrous policy. Not a single politician,
either in the coalition or the opposition, not a single officer in
the army has spoken out..
The silence of the lambs.
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WHO BETRAYS WHAT?
Major-General Dan Halutz, the commander of the Air Force, justified
this week the dropping of a one-ton bomb on a residential area in
Gaza, in order to execute a Hamas activist. The fact that the bomb
killed 16 neighbors, including 11 children, did not prevent him
from saying that this was a moral and just act.
The general declared that the Gush Shalom activists, who warn
against such actions, are traitors, and demanded to put them on
trial.
This is, of course, a manifestly groundless accusation. But it is
also an act of treason against the principles of democracy: for
the first time, a general on active service allows himself to demand
that the judicial system put on trial a civilian public body.
Such behavior of a general is usual in a military dictatorship.
Gush Shalom, Help us with donations to P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033,
Phone 972-3-5221732.
[2] In Nablus: humanitarian workers arrested ------- Forwarded
message follows ------- Sender: "Rapprochement Centre"
<p...@p-ol.com>
International Solidarity Movement For immediate release Two
Internationals and Two Palestinians arrested by the Israeli army
in Nablus.
Nablus, August 23, The Israeli Army, with no known reason arrested
Ciona Baker (a Canadian citizen), Suha Arraf ( A Palestinian with
an Israeli citizenship), and Seif ( A Palestinian from Nablus,
while walking in the street in Askar Refugee camp. At the same
time, Erica Weitzman, an American Jew from NY was arrested from
inside an occupied house. Seif is in army custody in an occupied
house in Nablus. Ciona, Erica, and Suha were moved to the Police
station at the Israeli Settlement Ariel.
Suha, who work as a report is threatened to be send to jail. Erica
and Ciona are facing deportation outside the country.
For more information from Nablus call:
Steve: +972 (0) 67308192 Jermi: +972 (0) 56711054 Rayan: +972 (0)
56375202 Neta: +972 (0) 59871055
[3] Report on deportation trial of the workers + call to fill the
courtroom Sunday 14.00 ------- Forwarded message follows -------
From: " Shamai Leibowitz" <sha...@leibowitz.co.il>
Mr. Magdi Nagar is a Palestinian who lives in the West Bank city
of Beit Sahur (near Bethlehem). He was born in Gaza, and for the
past seven years has been living in Beit Sahur. He holds a Palestinian
ID.
On March 20 he was arrested by Israeli police for working in Israel
without a permit.
The police did not indict him, but turned him over to the Ministry
of Interior for the purpose of deporting him to Jordan. There is
no palpable reason for deporting him other than confiscating his
property and land.
On his behalf, Attorney Shamai Leibowitz filed a petition to the
Jerusalem District Court. The State Attorney Rivka Elkobi denied
that he is a Palestinian. She withheld from the court the fact that
he was born in Gaza, and holds a Palestinian ID. When Mr.
Nagar wanted to testify in court concerning these facts, the judge,
the Honorable Moshe Gal, silenced him. He then proceeded to rule
that the State should deport Mr.
Nagar to Jordan.
Attorney Leibowitz then filed an appeal to the Supreme Court. But
the same thing happened again. The State Attorney Chani Ofek claimed
that he is not a Palestinian. It turns out she did not disclose to
the court the information which was known to her.
When attorney Leibowitz asked Mr. Nagar to rise and testify under
oath, the 3 justices silenced him. They did not want to hear.
They ruled that the deportation to Jordan is legal.
The court kept asking attorney Leibowitz why he doesn't have
documents. The answer is simple: during this time, the Palestinian
Authority was under heavy attack from the Israelis, and all their
governmental offices were either shut down or destroyed. That is
why Attorney Leibowitz could not get documents to prove that Mr.
Nagar holds a Palestinian ID.
But in late July, Attorney Leibowitz finally got the documents and
immediately field another petition to the Jerusalem District Court.
This time the petition was to be heard by the Honorable Moshe Drori.
Again, the State Attorney Ms. Elkobi claimed that she is not aware
of any Palestinian by the name of Magdi Nagar. But after long and
intensive questioning by Judge Drori, she finally admitted to the
truth: that she knows Mr. Nagar is a Palestinian, that he was born
in Gaza, that he holds a Palestinian ID.
Judge Drori was furious. He could not believe the State Attorney
withheld essential information from the court for months, misleading
the courts and trying to illegally deport a Palestinian to Jordan.
Moreover, due to her unethical conduct, Mr. Nagar spent 150 days
in detention without trial, awaiting his deportation.
The new hearing is set for August 25 at 14:00. The State Attorney
will have to come up with very good answers why she withheld
information from the courts. And then Judge Drori will give a
ruling.
Your help is needed. Please come and show support. Public pressure
might help in preventing this illegal deportation from being carried
out. Your presence can advance the cause of justice and will put
pressure on the State Attorney. A packed courtroom will teach the
State Attorney's Office never to commit such things again. Otherwise,
this kind of behavior will go unnoticed.
DATE AND TIME: August 25, 14:00 PLACE: Jerusalem District Court,
40 Zalah ADin St. Jerusalem JUDGE: Moshe Drori
[4] B'Tselem Newspaper - August 22, 2002 ------- Forwarded message
follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 15:26:48
+0200 From: int...@btselem.org
Dear Friends,
B'Tselem has just released the sixth issue of its weekly, one-page
newspaper, which presents individual stories and human rights
analysis of recent events in the Occupied Territories. Included in
this issue: 1) "Neighbor Procedure" Temporarily Banned 2) Soldier
Shoots Detainee Dead
The English version of the newspaper is available at:
http://www.btselem.org/English/Newspaper/Latest.pdf The Hebrew
version is available at:
http://www.btselem.org/Hebrew/Newspaper/Latest.pdf
The newspaper can be read with Acrobat Reader which is available
free of charge at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Comments and suggestions on the newspaper are welcome at
ma...@btselem.org.
[5] Monday 11.30 Supreme Court decides about deportation of family
members -----Original Message----- From: Dan Yakir <d...@acri.org.il>
[the message was only in Hebrew - for dettails, ask Dan Yakir]
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