1-ask the National Assembly of Wales to cut all trade and sporting links with Israel's government 2- Bush and Sharon Nearly Identical On Mideast Policy 3-Israeli Occupation Forces Terrorise 3 Palestinian Families and Two ISM Activists Before Abducting Palestinian Man 4-Once there were targeted killings
1-ask the National Assembly of Wales to cut all trade and sporting links with Israel's government
Palestine Solidarity Campaign
To All A.M.s
We have been reliably informed that Israel is one of the countries with which the National Assembly
has sought to develop trade links. Israel is a first world country where 1 million Palestinians live as
third class citizens. During 35 years of its illegal occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, Israel has
flouted more than 22 UN resolutions calling on it to observe international law, human rights legislation
and the Geneva conventions, calling for it to withdraw from the occupied territories and end collective
punishments, detention without trial, torture and indiscriminate violence against civilians. In the past
two years alone, 2,100 Palestinians have been killed, and 41,000 injured. The Palestinian economy
has been systematically strangled by roadblocks and the destruction of houses, businesses, hospitals,
schools and agricultural land. Its cities have been under continuous siege and curfew, resulting in levels
of unemployment of 84% in some areas. 75% of Palestinians live on less than $2 a day. The apartheid
wall currently under construction will cement the destruction of Palestinian society, isolating hundreds
of villages, while illegal settlements continue to grow freely, stealing precious land and water resources.
You must agree that this catalogue of human right abuses is intolerable in a society that claims to be a
democracy. Tony Blair is calling for a sporting boycott of Zimbabwe because of its human rights record;
but Israel's documented violations of international law surely demand similar strong action on the part of
the international community.
On behalf of Palestine Solidarity Cymru, we ask the National Assembly of Wales to cut all trade and
sporting links with Israel's government until such time as it obeys international law and works for a lasting
peace with the Palestinians.
Yours sincerely
Myrla Eastland Chair PSC Cymru .Margaret Innocent Treasurer PSC Cymru and Beatrice Smith Secretary
PSC Cymru
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2- Bush and Sharon Nearly Identical On Mideast Policy
washingtonpost.com
By Robert G. Kaiser
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 9, 2003; Page A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A45652-2003Feb8?language=printer
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3-Israeli Occupation Forces Terrorise 3 Palestinian Families and Two ISM Activists Before
Abducting Palestinian Man
On Friday night soldiers of the Israeli occupation force (IOF) stormed the house of the family of Barak
Kilfeh who was involved in a suicide attack in Tel Aviv a month ago. During the attack the IDF soldiers
terrorised the 3 families and 2 ISM activists living in the house, and arrested one Palestinian.
Martial, a French ISM activist was woken up at 2:10 am when 1 jeep, 1 APC and 1 Hummer (special
forces vehicle) stopped outside the house. Minutes later soldiers stormed the upper part of the house
where they forced all 20 inhabitants into one room at gunpoint. They then used one Palestinian man
as a human shield to search the two flats upstairs, ransacking the two flats, emptying all cupboards
and terrorising the families and the activist with shouts and threats at gunpoint. The IDF soldiers
then took another Palestinian as a human shield to storm the flat downstairs, occupied by the Barak
family and a Swedish ISM activist.
When Margareta, an activist from Sweden, questioned the soldiers motives for the terrorizing the
family a soldier pushed his M16 into her chest to force her to sit down.
At one point during the 40 minute operation Barak's mother was put on the phone with an Israeli
Intelligence Services officer who asked her if she wanted all her sons to be suicide bombers.
When she replied no and that she didn't want any Israelis hurt either, the officer told her that they
would take Mohammad and that she will have to look after Rjai, her 15 year old son, on her own.
The soldiers then took Mohammad to an unknown destination. When Margareta questioned their
motives for his abduction they replied that he was a terrorist without providing any other details the
arrest. The 22 year old Mohammad Kilfeh, an employee of the Nablus municipal office who has
not been involved in any political activities, was the sole breadwinner in his family since his
father died when he was 16.
Photos of the house on Saturday morning:
http://www.leenus.com/palestina/khilfeh/
For more information please contact:
Martial 052-364439
Margareta 059-381803
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Michael
ISM Media Coordinator
Beit Sahour
Occupied Palestine
Phone: +972-2-2774602
Cell: +972-67-628439
web: http://www.palsolidarity.org
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4-Once there were targeted killings
Gush statement of the week
published on the website and in Ha'aretz Hebrew, Friday edition (Feb. 07, 2003)
http://www.gush-shalom.org
Once there were
Targeted killings.
Now there are
Killings everywhere.
Once they demolished
A house here, a house there.
Now they demolish
Houses everywhere.
Sharon & Co.
Do not serve Israel.
They serve
The settlers.
They babble about peace,
They prattle about security,
They want transfer.
Gush Shalom,
