Fwd: fundraiser party

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--- Kobi Snitz <snitz at cs.bgu.ac.il> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:39:45 +0300 (IDT)
> From: Kobi Snitz<snitz at cs.bgu.ac.il>
> To: simonen26 at yahoo.com
> Subject: fundraiser party
> 
> Simon can you please send this to the list:
> --------------------
> 
> As a peace forum alumni I would like to invite you
> to a party and fundraiser on monday night
> (see details below). For the people from the early
> peace forum it might be a chance to catch up
> and for the new folk a chance to see what happens to
> activists after a few years...
> this is a soft pitch i am inviting friends and also
> people who can write checks. 
> I don't want my friends to feel like the have to
> give money and I also don't want 
> people I don't know to feel like the can't give...
> 
> If you can think of people to invite please do or
> suggest people for me to contact. I included
> below an introduction that can be used to invite
> people who need a little background.
> 
> 
> peace, kobi.
> -------------------------------------------
> 
> As you might know, a "separation fence" is being
> built by Israel on Palestinian land. The
> reason given for the construction of the Wall is
> protection against Palestinian terror attacks
> (though the Israeli government recently admitted in
> court that "national" considerations
> are also involved).  However, the international
> court of justice ruled last summer that all Israeli
> construction on Palestinian land is illegal. Outside
> of Israel and the US it is understood that
> under the guise of "security" Israel has been
> carrying out a long-term project of
> Palestinian dispossession with American support.
> 
> What is less well known is that a new resistance
> movement has risen to oppose the Wall. It is a
> popular non-violent movement of Palestinians,
> Israelis and internationals. 
> 
> The Israeli government considers any Palestinian
> resistance, violent or not, as a crime and tries
> to violently repress it. So far, nine Palestinians
> have been killed in the struggle against the Wall
> and thousands more were injured.
> 
> This resistance is unique because it is the first
> time Israelis have actually joined Palestinians
> in struggle in a significant way. Not merely in the
> pages of Haaretz or on the streets of Tel-Aviv,
> but
> 
> on the ground, in Palestine. An Israeli group called
> 'Anarchists against the Wall' has a lot to do
> with this crucial resistance. This group has
> participated in demonstrations almost daily as well
> as
> conducted the occasional direct action.
> 
> The Israeli authorities by their repression have
> paid the anarchists the greatest compliment a
> radical group can hope for. At one demonstration,
> the army shot at the anarchists and nearly killed
> one of them.  The Israeli general security service
> has "invited" many of them to friendly
> chats. They have been beaten and injured and
> arrested hundreds of times. At last count, there are
> over 30 indictments stemming from the
> demonstrations.
> 
> One of the anarchists, Dr. Kobi Snitz, will be in DC
> on September 19 to speak about the struggle
> against the wall and to raise money for legal costs.
> If you would like to hear more or contribute
> to the cause please join us at the home of Pierre
> Habshi. 2112 New Hampshire Ave. NW. Apt 1006. the
> intercom code is 159. For directions you can reach
> Pierre at 202-460-8384.
> 
> For more background see the story in haaretz: 
>
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/new_web/gandhi_redux.htm
> 
> And in the words of the anarchists: 
> http://www.fdca.it/wall/media/anarwall_EN.pdf
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> http://www.math.bgu.ac.il/~snitz
> webmaster for http://tenac.org
>


		
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