Dear friends
The date for the trial has now been moved to Wednesday 7th.
This means that the Breakfast against trade with Israel will not be
happening on Monday at 9am as anounced in a previous email.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Carmel-Agrexco Trial
07 September 2005
Wednesday 7th September at Uxbridge Magistrates Court
Join defendants at Uxbridge Magistrates Court (Near Uxbridge Tube) for
breakfast on the first day of their trial and support the campaign to sever
military, economic, cultural and academic ties with Israel while the
occupation of Palestine continues.
Following the ruling of the International Court of Justice in the Hague
that Israels building of a wall on Palestinian land was illegal, activists
from London and Brighton successfully blockaded the main Carmel-Agrexco
depot in the UK. This prevented tens of thousands of pounds worth of
agricultural produce from reaching its destination on British supermarket
shelves.
Carmel is the main brand for Israeli agricultural exports and the company
is 50 per cent owned by the Israeli state. It exports goods from
settlements in the West Bank and Gaza in violation of the EU-Israel
Association Agreement.
The action at the depot led to the arrest of seven activists who had d-
locked themselves across the gates and prevented access to lorries. They
have all been charged with aggravated trespass: the prevention of lawful
activity. Their defence will challenge the legality of Carmel-Agrexcos
trade in the UK and is hoped to act as a springboard for the whole boycott
campaign.
We invite you and your organisations to join us on the opening day of the
trial, wednesday 7th September at Uxbridge Magistrates Court, f in support
of the boycott campaign and in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle to
end the occupation.
The date for the trial has now been moved to Wednesday 7th.
This means that the Breakfast against trade with Israel will not be
happening on Monday at 9am as anounced in a previous email.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Carmel-Agrexco Trial
07 September 2005
Wednesday 7th September at Uxbridge Magistrates Court
Join defendants at Uxbridge Magistrates Court (Near Uxbridge Tube) for
breakfast on the first day of their trial and support the campaign to sever
military, economic, cultural and academic ties with Israel while the
occupation of Palestine continues.
Following the ruling of the International Court of Justice in the Hague
that Israels building of a wall on Palestinian land was illegal, activists
from London and Brighton successfully blockaded the main Carmel-Agrexco
depot in the UK. This prevented tens of thousands of pounds worth of
agricultural produce from reaching its destination on British supermarket
shelves.
Carmel is the main brand for Israeli agricultural exports and the company
is 50 per cent owned by the Israeli state. It exports goods from
settlements in the West Bank and Gaza in violation of the EU-Israel
Association Agreement.
The action at the depot led to the arrest of seven activists who had d-
locked themselves across the gates and prevented access to lorries. They
have all been charged with aggravated trespass: the prevention of lawful
activity. Their defence will challenge the legality of Carmel-Agrexcos
trade in the UK and is hoped to act as a springboard for the whole boycott
campaign.
We invite you and your organisations to join us on the opening day of the
trial, wednesday 7th September at Uxbridge Magistrates Court, f in support
of the boycott campaign and in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle to
end the occupation.
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Guilty as charged
06.09.2005 20:15
peter
Boycott Apartheid Palestine
07.09.2005 05:10
Moussa Arafat
Moussa Arafat was seen as part of a corrupt old guard
Former Palestinian security chief Moussa Arafat has been shot dead in Gaza, police and doctors say.
A cousin of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, he had survived at least two earlier attempts on his life.
Moussa Arafat, 65, was a founder of the ruling Fatah movement, whose Revolutionary Council was due to meet later on Wednesday.
Witnesses said that dozens of gunmen stormed his home before dawn, but it is still unclear who the attackers were.
Rocket-propelled grenades were shot at his house in Gaza City, before the gunmen entered.
Police said that Arafat was dragged from his house and killed on the street outside.
Doctors quoted by Reuters news agency said he was dead on arrival at Gaza's main al-Quds hospital.
His eldest son, Nimhel, a senior Palestinian security official, was either kidnapped or escaped, according to police at the scene quoted by the Associated Press news agency.
'Old guard'
The BBC's Alan Johnston says Moussa Arafat was a controversial figure.
When the late Yasser Arafat tried to put Moussa Arafat in overall charge of security in Gaza in July 2004 there were violent demonstrations.
Elements within Yasser Arafat's Fatah political movement objected to the his appointment, alleging that he was corrupt.
He had become widely unpopular among Palestinians, who view him as one of the "old guard" and steeped in corruption.
As chief of military intelligence in the 1990s, Moussa Arafat earned a reputation for ruthlessness, including a 1996 crackdown on Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants, when he shaved the heads and beards of detainees as a form of humiliation.
Ali ibn Sharmootah
Case adjourned until January
07.09.2005 16:37
The District Judge reserved the case for herself, and confirmed that she will be hearing the arguments about the legality of trade with settlements.
Peter - you may be right, you may be wrong, you may be crazy.......
Ali ibn Sharmootah - you need to read a definition of Apartheid......
Caught Reporter