4 attivisti internazionali e 4 israeliani sono stati arrestati durante le azioni contro il muro dell'apartheid a Budrus (Cisgiordania - Palestina Occupata). I 4 internazionali rischiano la deportazione.

Mercoledì 31 dicembrer 2003

Appello urgente per prevenire la deportazione

4 attivisti internazionali e 4 attivisti israeliani sono stati arrestati oggi mentre cercavano di impedire ai bulldozer [israeliani] di sradicare gli alberi a Budrus in Cisgiordania. Budrus, insieme ai villaggi di Midiya, N'ilin e Kibiya, stanno per essere praticamente imprigionati dal Muro in ogni direzione.
I 4 Israeliani sono stati successivamente rialsciati dopo aver assicurato alle autorità israeliane che non sarebbero rientrati nei Territori Palestinesi Occupati per i prossimi 14 giorni.
Gli attivisti internazionali, invece, sono stati trasferiti alla stazione di polizia di Giv'at Zeev dove alcuni di loro hanno già dovuto presenziare alle udienze con un rappresentante del Ministero dell'Interno israeliano in merito alla loro deportazione. A Kate Raphael, dell'IWPS - International Womens' Peace Service http://www.womenspeacepalestine.org, è stato confermato, durante l'udienza, che le autorità israeliane hanno deciso di deportarla. Kate tenterà ogni modo in maniera nonviolenta di resistere alla deportazione e conta sul vostro sostegno. Pressioni sul Ministro e sul Ministero dell'Interno israeliano possono essere decisive.

I 4 attivisti internazionali arrestati sono:

Frederick Batzler
Katheryn Raphael
Gustav Fridolin (Membro del Parlamento della Svezia)
Kimberley Anne Gray

Contattate il Ministero dell'Interno israeliano per pretestare contro le deportazioni:
Tel. 00972 026701400
Fax 00972 025666376

Grazie per il vostro supporto.


Per maggiori informazioni:
00972 067 62 83 69 (IWPS-Dunya)
00972 092 51 66 44 (IWPS-Hares House)


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Wednesday, December 31, 2003

URGENT CALL TO PREVENT DEPORTATION!

Four international activists and four Israeli activists were arrested today while trying to stop bulldozers from uprooting trees in the West Bank village of Budrus. Budrus, together with the villages of Midya, N'ilin, and Kibiya, is about to be imprisoned by the wall from all directions. The four Israelis were released after they agreed not to enter the occupied territories for 14 days. The international activists, however, were transferred to Giv'at Zeev police station where some have already had their hearings with a representative from the Ministry of Interior regarding their deportation. Kate Raphael (from IWPS) had her hearing and they want to deport her. She will try any nonviolent measure to resist her deportation, and is counting on your support. Pressure on the ministry and the minister are crucial.

The four activists are:

Frederick Batzler
Katheryn Raphael
Gustav Fridolin (Swedish member of parliament)
Kimberley Anne Gray

Please call the ministry of interior to protest at +972 (0) 2 670 1400 or fax at +972 (0) 25 666 376.

Thank you for your support.

For more information:
+972 (0) 67 62 83 69 (IWPS-Dunya)
+972 (0) 92 51 66 44 (IWPS-Hares House)


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www.palsolidarity.org

Swedish MP among eight internationals arrested in Budrus
December 30, 2003
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/updates/swedish_mp_arrested.htm

Swedish MP Gustav Fridolin was among eight protestors arrested by Israeli troops this morning in another day of protests in the village of Budrus. About 50 Palestinians were also injured by soldiers who turned on the protestors, beating them with sticks and shooting rubber bullets and throwing tear gas on them.

Now aged 20, Fridolin is the youngest member ever to be elected to the Swedish parliament (was 19 when elected), and is a very high-profile figure. At the time of writing he remains in custody along with six other peace activists – another Swede, four Israeli and two Americans.

The eight were arrested during a second day of peaceful civil disobedience in Budrus where Israeli contractors, backed by troops, are attempting to to uproot olive trees to begin construction on a new section of the Separation Wall. If completed the wall will surround the village and destroy almost a quarter of the surrounding local farmland.

Following yesterday’s demonstrations, lots of Israeli soldiers were sent to Budrus to disperse any protests. The troops arrived this morning and sought to impose a curfew, which was ignored by locals and international activists who returned to the site of the wall’s construction.

The second Swede arrested, Frederic, spoke to Palestine Monitor from an Israeli jail inside the nearby settlement Bet Arye. He said that the soldiers had begun beating Palestinians and international demonstrators alike. “The reason we went out there was to join the peaceful resistance of the local villagers,” he said. “ It is our moral obligation to support these people through non-violent means.”

www.palestinemitor.org

International Solidarity Movement
Date: Thursday Jan. 1, 2004 3:10 pm

Subject: Media Alerts – Deportation orders issued against 4 peace
activist, including Swedish MP

Israeli interior ministry issued a deportation order against 4 peace
activists. The two Swedes, members of ISM, MP Gustav Fridolin and
Freidrek are currently held in Ariel settlement police station. IWPS
activists Kate and Kim are held in an interior ministry detention
center in Khadera.

Back ground information:
villagers from Budrus, and their Israeli and
International supporters, made a peaceful march onto Budrus lands
that are set to be destroyed for the construction of the Israeli
Apartheid Wall. Protesters were met by the Israeli army who
physically assaulted the men, women and children present and opened
fire on the crowd with over 100 rubber bullets aimed at people's
heads. Tear gas was also fired. There are many injuries and
approximately 10 people have been taken to the hospital. At least 4
Israelis and 6 internationals have been detained and have been
threatened with arrest. Gustav Fridolin, a Swedish member of
parliament is among the group of detained protesters. Israeli
protester Nimrod Kerreet has been badly beaten.

Curfew was then imposed on the village, but protesters decided to
continue their peace presence on their land and were met with
continued violence. If this phase of the Wall construction is
allowed to continue, Budrus will be largely surrounded by it and
rendered an enclave without the necessary services for survival.
The villagers have been peacefully resisting the advance of the wall
on their land for over one month and plan to continue their non-
violent civil disobedience campaign against it.

Among the protesters were Israelis from the Anarchists Against Walls
group that participated in the non-violent demonstration at Masha on
December 26. It was during this demonstration that Israeli activist
Gil Na'amati (22), was shot with two live bullets in both legs and
badly injured. An American member of the International Solidarity
Movement (ISM) was also injured by a bullet. Internationals present
today were from the ISM and International Women's Peace Service
(IWPS).

Currently, the village of Budrus is under curfew and the Israeli
army has occupied at least one home. Gustav Fridolin along with one
other Swedish activist and two American activists are being detained
at the Bet Arye police station.

For more information call

Ghassan Andoni 054369975

www.palsolidarity.org

International Solidarity Movement
Date: Thursday Jan. 1, 2004 18:10 pm

Update on detained peace activists:

Lawyer Gabi Lasky and Yohana Herman managed to set a freeze on the
deportation order issued earlier against 3 of the four detained
peace activists. The judge rejected the lawyers request to bail the
activist until the court hearing, which is expected on Sunday.

Two of the activists, Gustav Fridolin, memeber of the Swedish
Parliament, and Frederic Batzler (Sweden) are being held at the
Ariel Police Station. The other two American citizens, Katheryn
Raphael and Kimberley Anne Gray are being held at the Khadera Police
Station.

The judge canceled the deportation order of MP Gustav Fridolin, who
is expected to leave the country in two days.

www.palsolidarity.org

dal Palestine News Network

JAILED PEACE ACTIVISTS PHONES PNN
http://www.palestinenet.org/english/Archive/December/Week5/311203/phone31dec.htm

Fadi Abu Sada for PNN

31 December 2003

Palestine News Network received a phone call from one of the international activists arrested today in the West Bank demonstration against the illegal Israeli Closure Wall. She is currently being held in an Israeli police station, built inside one of the settlements near Bodros Village, northwest of Ramallah.

She told PNN that the Israelis are dealing with the activists in a rough manner, and have confiscated their passports. The activists are not being given any information as to what the Israelis plan to do to them.

She added, "We believe that what we are doing is a part of the Palestinian peaceful and human resistance against the Wall that Israel is building on the Palestinian land." She continued, "We are not going to stop our mission no matter what the Israelis will do to us."

It was clear that this woman was not afraid at all, but rather the opposite. She said, "We are just thinking now where we will end up spending the New Year!"

www.palestinenet.org

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IOF Arrests Swedish MP in West Bank as Israel Fires at Protestors
http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_e/ipc_e-1/e_News/news2003/2003-12/124.html


RAMALLAH, Palestine, December 31, 2003 (IPC + Agencies) - - The Israeli occupying forces arrested today a Swedish member of Parliament in the village of Budrus as they fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets at a protest against the Apartheid Wall, protestors said.



Gustav Fridolin was one of a group of around 10 protestors arrested near the village of Budrus, west of Ramallah City, spokesmen for the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and the International Women's Peace Service said.



The occupying troops had opened fire with rubber-coated bullets during the protest, which comes five days after an Israeli protester was shot with live bullets in the leg during a similar demonstration against the wall.



Anna Weekes, a protestor from South Africa, said that Fridolin had been detained by soldiers as he sang pro-Palestine songs with a group of local schoolchildren, AP reported.



"We were sitting on a terrace singing 'Free, Free Palestine'. Then they grabbed various internationals," she said. "They have taken him and the others away to a detention center."



Weekes said that four international peace activists, including Fridolin, plus three Israelis had been detained.



The activists added that one Israeli, Nimrod Kerreet, had been beaten by the Israeli soldiers who were trying to arrest him.



Ealier, nearly 40 people, including Palestinian citizens and international peace activists, were wounded by IOF gunfire at the same demonstration in the village of Budrus, as they were protesting the annexation of vast area of the village most arable lands for the construction of the Apartheid wall.



Fridolin serves also as deputy member of Advisory Committee on EU Affairs, as well as deputy member of the Committee on Defense in the Swedish Parliament. He was born on 1983.

www.ipc.gov.ps

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Bay Area QUIT! Activist Kate Raphael To Be Deported From Israel
http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=1634&category_id=12

The Israeli interior ministry issued deportation orders for four peace activists after Wednesday's demonstration in which villagers from Budrus and their supporters marched peacefully onto land that is set to be destroyed for the construction of the Israeli Apartheid Wall. International Women's Peace Service activists Kate Raphael and Kimberly Gray are in an interior ministry detention center in Khadera. Two Swedish members of the International Solidarity Movement, including a member of parliament, are currently being held in the Ariel settlement police station. The Budrus protesters were physically assaulted, shot at by rubber bullet guns aimed at their heads, and subjected to a tear gas attack. Many people were injured, and approximately ten of them were taken to the hospital. At least four Israelis and six internationals were detained, and threatened with arrest. For internationals, arrest can lead to deportation efforts by the Israeli government.

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URGENT CALL TO PREVENT DEPORTATION!
http://www.ektaonline.org/~quitpale/

Bay Area peace activist Kate Raphael, and three other internationals were arrested yesterday in the West Bank village of Budrus and are facing imminent deportation. The activists from the International Women's Peace Service and International Solidarity Movement were participating with the Budrus community and Israeli peace activists in a demonstration intended to stop Israel from uprooting trees belonging to the village to clear the land for construction of the Apartheid Wall.

Israel has issued deportation orders against the four internationals. Swedish Member of Parliament Gustav Fridolin was expected to leave Israel/ Palestine voluntarily today. Another Swede, ISM activist Freidrek Batzler, is being held in the Ariel settlement police station, and IWPS activists Kate Raphael and Kimberly Gray are in an interior ministry detention center in Khadera. Kate has pledged to resist deportation by any possible nonviolent means and is counting on international support so that she may continue her valuable work in Palestine.

The Wall is slated to surround Budrus, cutting it off from services necessary for survival. The villagers have been peacefully resisting the advance of the wall on their land for over a month, and December 29 and 30 marches involving villagers, internationals and Israelis succeeding in turning away Israeli soldiers from the site Israel intends to clear.

When the villagers and their international and Israeli supporters returned on December 31, the Israeli army opened fire with rubber bullets and tear gas and beat demonstrators, resulting in at least ten people being hospitalized.

Four Israelis and five Palestinians were also arrested. Israel then slapped a curfew on the village. Despite this and continued IDF violence, Palestinians, Israelis and internationals have continued their peace presence. Israeli police say they are increasingly concerned at the involvement of foreign nationals in the protests against the Wall.

Please call the Ministry of the Interior to demand that the deportation orders for Kate Raphael and Kimberly Gray be rescinded. The activists have not received due process under Israeli law and may be deported as soon as this Sunday. Both have been living in the West Bank, involved in valuable nonviolent solidarity and educational work.
Call: At the Ministry of the Interior, Raz Godelnik or his secretary, Dorit: 011 972 2 670 1400.
(Note: It is ten hours later in Israel and the Israeli weekend is Friday and Saturday.)

To donate for Kate and Kim's legal fund:
International Women's Peace Service
2018 Shattuck Avenue, PMB 122
Berkeley, CA 94704


Contact Numbers to support the activists

The activists are counting on international support to appeal their deportation tomorrow. Please refer to the following numbers and emails to voice your support for the activists and fight the deportation orders.

If your ability to call is limited, the most urgent person to call is

Raz Godelnik or his secretary Dorit at the Ministry of the Interior: 011 972 2 670 1400.




1. Prime MinisterAriel Sharon:

+972 (0) 2-670-5555
+972 (0) 2-566-4838
+972 (0) 2-670-5475
webmaster@pmo.gov.il

2. Minister of Defence Shaul Mofaz

+972 (0) 3-697-6663
+972 (0) 3-697-6218
sar@mod.gov.il

3. Foreign Min. Silvan Shalom

+972 (0) 2-530-3531
+972 (0) 2-530-3506
sar@mofa.gov.il

4. Min. of InteriorAvraham Poraz

+972 (0) 2-670-1402
+972 (0) 2-566-6376
sar@moin.gov.il

5. US Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer

+972 (0) 3-519-7575 (US Embassy in Israel)
webmaster@usembassy-israel.org.il

6. US President George W. Bush

+1 202-456-2461
president@whitehouse.gov

7. Secretary of State Colin Powell

+1 202-261-8577
secretary@state.gov

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