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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 21:18:31 +0100 (MET)
From: Christine Prat <Christine.Prat@let.uva.nl>
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Subject: [ZPAJOL] APPEL URGENT (fwd)
Ceci est un appel urgent, c'est pourquoi je me permets de l'envoyer a la
liste, bien que ce soit un peu hors-sujet, le but est de contacter le
plus grand nombre de gens possible.
Pour ceux qui ne lisent pas l'Anglais couramment, je resume:
Les Jahalin sont une tribu de bedouins qui vivaient depuis des siecles
dans le desert du Negev et qui en furent chasses par l'armee Israelienne
pendant la guerre de 1948. Ils se sont refugies en Cisjordanie, alors
occupee par l'armee Jordanienne et campent depuis quelque part entre
Jerusalem et Jericho. Depuis 1967, la Cisjordanie est occupee par Israel,
qui y construit des implantations (illegales) pour des colons Israeliens.
L'implantation la plus important est celle de Ma'ale Adumin, construite a
proximite du campement bedouin. Les autorites Israeliennes ont un jour
decide d'annexer le terrain des bedouins afin d'etendre la colonie
Israelienne. Elles ont decide d'expulser les bedouins et veulent les
reloger a 500m d'une decharge publique sur un site parfaitement insalubre
et inhabitable selon la loi Israelienne qui interdit toute habitation a
moins de 2000m d'une decharge. Recemment, l'avocate Israelienne qui
defend les Jahalin s'est vue signifier que tous ses appels etaient
rejetes, la procedure close et que ses clients seraient expulses de gre
ou de force et largues pres de la decharge. On lui a laisse entendre que
l'expulsion aurait lieu lorsque le redeploiment de Hebron commencerait,
vu que ce jour-la, tous les medias du monde seraient la-bas et ne
remarqueraient pas ce qui se passe ailleurs. Aujourd'hui, une famille a
ete expulsee. Le militant des droits de l'homme Amos Gvirtz affirme qu'il
s'agit d'un test et que s'il n'y a pas trop de reactions d'indignation,
les expulsions continueront. Il est clair que les autorites Israeliennes
ne veulent pas que l'affaire fasse trop de bruit, et c'est justement pour
cela qu'il faut en faire, c'est a dire: envoyer des fax ou e-mails a Bibi
Netanyahu (adresses ci-dessous), telephoner ou faxer a l'ambassade ou au
consulat Israelien le plus proche, pour leur faire savoir que vous savez,
demander au plus grand nombre de gens possible d'en faire autant.
Christine
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Christine Prat
POB 16545, 1001 RA Amsterdam
E-mail: Christine.Prat@let.uva.nl University of Amsterdam
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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 13:25:25 -0500 (EST)
From: CPTeam@aol.com
To: CPTeam@aol.com
Subject: URGENT ACTION - HALT REMOVAL OF JAHALIN
URGENT ACTION - HALT REMOVAL OF THE JAHALIN
Released by CPT - Hebron
Today, Israeli authorities came to the village where the Bedouin Jahalin have
lived for over forty years, declared a closed military zone and forcibly
removed one family. The two parents and five children were forced to leave
without explanation and presumably taken to the Israeli proposed sight of the
new Jahalin village, 500 metres from a Jerusalem garbage dump. Israeli law
states prohibits human habitation within 2000m of waste disposal sites.
According to Israeli peace activist Amos Gvirtz, the Israeli government
removed only one family as a test. He said, "If public reaction is limited,
they will remove the rest. It's very important to mount a large protest now
to show the Israeli authorities that these actions are unacceptable and that
the removal of the Jahalin to the sight the government has proposed is
intollerable."
The Jahalin currently live on West Bank land where they were forced to go
after Israeli authorities removed them from their native land in the Negev
desert in the 50's. Israel's largest settlement, Ma'ale Adumim, is located
beside the Jahalin and it's expansion has made the Jahalin expendable in
order to seize the land.
The Jahalin have proposed many alternatives for their relocation, including
their natural habitat in the Negev. Israel's best offer is land owned by the
Palestinian village of Abu Dis, adjacent to the garbage dump. Environmental
authorities have declared the site unsuitable for human habitation. "I
believe the Israeli authorities are trying to create problems between the
Jahalin and the people of Abu Dis by forcing them to live on land owned by
the villagers," Gvirtz said. "The government hopes the conflict between
those two groups will detract attention from Israeli policy which created the
problem."
Past attempts to forcibly remove the Jahalin from their land have been
postponed because of public disapproval. Please voice your disapproval to
the following authorities.
Israel's President Ezer Weizman
(972 2) 660-445
Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu
(972 2) 664-838
e-mail: likud1@likud.org.il
Addresses in Canada and the US:
Embassy Of Israel - Ottawa
50 O'Connor St. #1005
Ottawa ONT K1P 6L2
tel. 613 567-6450
FAX 613-237-8865
e-mail an390@freenet.carleton.ca
Consulate-General Toronto hasbara@lucid.idirect.com
Israel UN Mission -- IsraelUN@aol.com
Embassy of Israel Washington
3414 International Dr. NW
Washington DC 20008
tel. 202 364-5500
FAX 202 363-4156
e-mail DCIsrael@ix.netcom.com
Consulate-General of Israel, Atlanta -
cgisrael@netcom.com
Consulate-General of Israel, Chicago -
homepage@israel.org
Consulate-General of Israel, Houston -
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Consulate-General of Israel, Los Angeles -
israinfo@primenet.com
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Consulate-General of Israel, New York - [
nycon@interport.net
Consulate-General of Israel, Philadelphia -
net1@israphl.org
Consulate-General of Israel, San Franciso - ]
ISRAELI@HOLONET.NET
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