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Peace campaigners denied access to Bethlehem

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Naveed Naz <[log in to unmask]>

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Naveed Naz <[log in to unmask]>

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Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:34:19 +0000

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apologies for posting something which wont interest the bulk of people on 
this mailing list (its not about climate change). but i personally know some 
of the people who are involved in the following expedition (one is a very, 
very good friend - i trust them with my life) i therefore feel obliged to 
spread word of their plight.

merry christmas to you all.

nav

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Latest news 9pm: lawyer says Israeli authorities will try to deport the 3 
early tomorrow morning before she has a chance to file a court request to 
freeze the deportation and pursue the matter in court. Their phones seem to 
have been taken away and they are incommunicado.

Press release: 20th December 2005

Peace workers denied access to Bethlehem

In the early hours of this morning the Israeli authorities at Tel Aviv 
airport stopped a group of international observers who were en route to a 
Christmas peace conference in Bethlehem.

After lengthy interrogations, two (UK) were allowed to enter the country and 
three were denied entry on ‘security grounds’.  The three (S Africa, Italy, 
Australia) intend to challenge this decision in the Israeli courts.  Now 
they expect to spend Christmas in jail, rather than in Bethlehem.

The group are experienced peace campaigners who were on their way to the 
“Celebrating Non-Violence” conference to be held in the Palestinian town 
early next week. All five have worked previously as international observers 
in the Palestinian territories.

Spokesperson Charlotte Carson states: “Our colleagues are being stopped from 
attending a conference about non-violent activism because they are 
non-violent activists. Clearly, Israel is afraid of the power of 
non-violence.”

The detained are all members of Access for Peace in the Middle East, a 
pressure group that intends to challenge the criminalisation of peace 
workers and the deliberate isolation of Palestinians from international 
observation and assistance.

Robin Horsell, a UK-based South African who formerly campaigned against 
apartheid gave his reasons for making this legal challenge:

“Israel gives spurious grounds for deportation or refusal of entry. But the 
real reason is our support for human rights and justice. We hope this legal 
challenge sets a precedent that in future will allow international citizens 
full access to Palestinian lands.”

This campaign is supported by many prominent peace campaigners, including 
Jews for Justice for Palestinians, Nonviolence International, George 
Monbiot, AngieZelter, Jeremy Hardy and European Jews for a Just Peace.

Notes:

Since 2000, the Israeli authorities have denied entry to the Occupied 
Palestinian Territories to hundreds of international citizens who intend to 
work with grassroots organisations such as the International Solidarity 
Movement, Christian Peacemaker Teams, the International Women’s Peace 
Service, and many other NGOs that provide humanitarian assistance to the 
occupied civilian population.

Israel calls itself ‘the only democracy in the Middle East’, yet its 
practice of obstructing the passage of hundreds of observers and peace 
activists calls its democratic credentials into question.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent organisation (the equivalent of 
the Red Cross), during the last five years 3754 Palestinian men, women and 
children have died from Israeli military action. The vast majority of these 
casualties have been civilians.

For more information, contact:  Charlotte: +44 (0) 7768 305897 
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or Roger +44 (0) 7785 792107 [log in to unmask]

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