Vigil against the Wall
jupiter | 09.11.2003 18:08 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Cambridge
At least sixty protesters in Cambridge urged Israel to tear down the Wall that is being built and to stop the escalation of hatred and violence.
In front of the Guildhall on Sunday afternoon, a silent vigil spelled the words END THE LAND GRAB and FREEDOM FOR PALESTINE. The Cambridge University Palestine Society ( Palestine@cusu.cam.ac.uk) organized this peaceful expression of opposition to the Israeli construction of a separation wall in the occupied territory of the West Bank. The 650 km boundary will consist of electric fences, trenches, watch towers, and in places an eight metre high wall. It is considered a land grab, because during the first phase of the project, 25% of Palestinian land will have been confiscated. This contains 80% of Palestinian fertile land and 65% of Palestinian water resources. The boundary is also creating a permanent prison for 500,000 Palestinians and effectively destroys the two-state solution.
For more information, see www.stopthewall.org
There was also one Israel supporter handing out leaflets from the Cambridge University Israel Society.
For more information, see www.stopthewall.org
There was also one Israel supporter handing out leaflets from the Cambridge University Israel Society.
jupiter
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Cynical revisionism
09.11.2003 18:29
Voice of reason
terrorism DOES have its price
09.11.2003 19:02
the only answer is for the israeli people to stop supporting their terrorist government and to make real efforts to a peaceful solution by allowing the palestinians to tend their own lands in security without the endless persecution and encroachment that has led to the hopeless situation we now see.e
rikki
a quick reply
09.11.2003 19:34
2. If this is a defensive barrier, why does it run straight through
Palestinian areas?
There is a limit to what can be justified in the name of Israeli security,
and that line was crossed a long time ago.
voice of a human
israeli society leafletting
09.11.2003 22:19
A quick comparison of the two leaflets being given out: "Israel has no option but to sometimes site the fence slightly east of the 1967 border due to some narrowness of Israel's densely populated coastal plain. Israel has made it clear that the fence is not a political border, and will be removed when there is a partner for peace on the Palestinian side."; "During the first phase of the project, 25% of Palestinian land will have been confiscated. This contains 80% of Palestinian fertile land and 65& of Palestinian water resources. Upon completion of the wall's construction, some 55% of the West Bank will have been confiscated - land that is rightfully Palestinian".
greentea