ISM report del 28/09. Manifestazione ed arresti a Budrus.

- Un responsabile non violento palestinese è stato pesantemente malmenato e arrestato.
- Un attivista ISM è stato malmenato e arrestato mentre cercava di aiutare i palestinesi
- 15 attivisti israeliani arrestati

Il 28 settembre, all’1:00PM, gli abitanti di Budrus, insieme ad alcuni internazionali e 15 israeliani hanno marciato per protestare contro il Muro e per commemorare il quarto anniversario della seconda Intifada.
Alle 3:00PM circa l’ufficio stampa dell’ISM ha ricevuto per telefono la notizia che un responsabile delle proteste non- violente palestinesi era stato pesantemente picchiato e arrestato.
Una ragazza tedesca, attivista dell’ISM, ha cercato di aiutarlo ma anche lei è stata picchiata e arrestata da soldati israeliani.
Inoltre, alla fine 15 attivisti israeliani sono stati arrestati.
Rapporti non ancora confermati sostengono che molti sono stati malmenati mentre erano arrestati.
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Dichiarazione dell’ISM:
L’International Solidarity Movement difende il diritto legittimo dei palestinesi di resistere all’occupazione illegale delle colonie. Questo diritto è sancito da leggi internazionali e adottato a tutti i popoli sotto occupazione straniera, inclusi i palestinesi.
Nelle ultime due settimane centinaia di palestinesi, e decine di internazionali, inclusi israeliani, hanno protestato in maniera non violenta contro la distruzione e il furto di terre palestinesi per la costruzione del muro israeliano dell’ Apartheid considerato illegale dal Tribunale Internazionale di Giustizia.
La risposta dell’esercito israeliano e della polizia di frontiera alla resistenza non violenta e pacifica sta portando ad una crescita della violenza tramite pestaggi, arresti, gas lacrimogeno, proiettili e granate che provocano commozioni cerebrali.
Ciò ha provocato numerose lesioni.
Il governo israeliano condanna la violenza e simultaneamente opprime brutalmente tutte le forme di resistenza non violenta.
Inoltre, il sistema legale israeliano criminalizza la resistenza non violenta e sta bersagliando gli internazionali, e specialmente gli israeliani che abbracciano la causa palestinese e partecipano alle dimostrazioni palestinesi pacifiche contro il muro.

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Today, at 1:00PM, residents of Budrus, joined by internationals and at least 15 Israelis marched to protest the Wall and to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the second Intifada.

Palestinian Non-violent Activist, Mansour was arrested and beaten.

A German national, Areane was also arrested when she joined a group of internationals that tried to keep Mansour from being beaten and arrested.

ISM activists beaten; Israelis and Palestinian Targeted for Arrest According to ISM activists, about 20 internationals, Israelis and Palestinian activist Mansour were rounded up by Israeli soldiers as they attempted to leave the demonstration.
The Israeli soldiers told them they were all under arrest.

When Dave, an ISM activist from the United States, asked why they were arrested the soldiers began beating him on the back and neck.
They then began beating Erik from Sweden and Kevin from Scotland.
All three ISM activists sustained injuries to the back and neck.
Kevin was also hit in the eye.

After the activists were hit, they were sprawled out on the ground.
They were told to stand and one of the soldiers spoke to Dave in Hebrew. When he responded that he spoke only English the soldier told him, "then get the *** out of here." At that point the Israeli soldiers released all the non-Israelis and arrested Mansour, a Palestinian activist and the Israelis.

According to Dave, it was clear that they were after Mansour and the Israeli activists.

The International Solidarity Movement upholds the legitimate right of Palestinians to resist an illegal colonial occupation. This right is enshrined in international law and applies to all peoples under foreign occupation, including Palestinians.

In the last two weeks hundreds of Palestinians, and dozens of internationals, including Israelis, have protested non-violently the destruction and theft of Palestinian lands for the construction of the Israeli Apartheid Wall found illegal by the International Court of Justice.

The response to peaceful, non-violent resistance from the Israeli army and border police has been escalating violence in the form of beatings, arrests, tear gas, bullets and concussion grenades.
Numerous injuries have resulted.

The Israeli government condemns violence and simultaneously brutally oppresses any form of non-violent resistance. In addition, the Israeli legal system criminalizes non-violent resistance and is targeting internationals, and especially Israelis who join Palestinians in their peaceful demonstrations to protest the Wall.