An Israeli soldier was brutally beaten by Palestinian thugs, and Netanyahu announces that the peace process will not proceed without new and major concessions by Arafat.
A Palestinian man was stabbed to death by an Israeli thug, and Netanyahu has not even issued a condemnation.
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The violence of the past few weeks has been horrifying – in the Occupied territories, in south Lebanon, in Israel.
We need your presence at one or more of the following activities. For our distant allies, stay abreast of what is happening – we will have more activities to suggest in the coming days.
Protest Home Demolition – Friday, 4 December
Last Monday, the home of 65-year-old Sharif Abdallah and his family was destroyed by the Israeli army in East Jerusalem. Come protest. At the site, we will meet briefly with the family and neighbors. Then each person will gather a piece of rubble, and upon our return to Jerusalem we will place the ruins of this demolished home on the steps of the Jerusalem Municipality.
Condolence Call – Friday, 4 December
Last Tuesday, Natshe, a 45 year-old Palestinian sanitation worker from Jerusalem, was stabbed to death as he left his home for work in the early morning hours. The police believe the killing was carried out by the same serial murderer of Arabs, who has been active in the past months. The police describe it as a “nationally motivated” crime, but we have yet to hear our prime minister speak out against this act of terrorism. A group of Jews will be paying a condolence call on the family.
Leave Lebanon Now! Rally – Friday 4 December
Seven Israeli soldiers were killed in the past 2 weeks in Lebanon – and many more wounded. And Israel continues to occupy that country. A large gathering of people organized by the Four Mothers Movement will demand that Israel leave Lebanon now.
Let Our Flowers Live! – Sunday, 6 December
Stepping up the Protest Against the Lebanon War opposite the President’s home in Jerusalem. Representatives of 9 peace organizations will gather opposite the President’s Home in Jerusalem for a ceremony memorializing Israelis killed in the Lebanon War and demanding that the Israeli government immediately leave the so-called security zone.
This is a show of consensus, with most of Israel’s major peace organizations coming together at this event: Four Mothers Movement, Bat Shalom, Gush Shalom, Women in Black, the Movement to Leave Lebanon in Peace, Mothers and Women for Peace, WILPF, TANDI – Israel Movement for Democratic Women, and Religious Women for the Sanctity of Life.
The site of the ceremony has been the scene in recent days of an ongoing vigil by several mothers whose sons have been killed in Lebanon, and of mothers whose sons are currently serving there, in an effort to bring another form of pressure on the government to end its involvement in Lebanon.
As part of the ceremony, 1,251 flowers – equal to the number of young men killed as a result of the war – will be placed at the site. Everyone who reads this is invited to visit – any day of the week, any hour of the day – and add your own flowers in solidarity with the demand to unconditionally leave Lebanon.