[WCUSP] Fwd: [womeninblack] urgent action against Israeli policy to deny...
yvonne simmons
roweenayvonne at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 6 04:15:39 CST 2006
>-----
> From: "hannah safran" <hsafran10 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Help stop Israeli silent transfer (fwd)
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> This message is urgent. If the policy it protests is
> not reversed
> immediately the consequences it describes will mean
> tragedy to so many.
> Write, fax and protest.
>
> hannah
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 01:51:55 +0200
>
> ICRR
>
> Israeli Committee for Right of Residency
>
> Tel: 972-9-958-4804
>
> In March 2006, the Israeli government initiated a
> policy of visa denial to
> individuals of Palestinian descent having foreign
> passports, many of whom
> have been
> arbitrarily denied residency rights in the occupied
> Palestinian territory
> (oPt). Many of these persons have lived here for
> years without succeeding in
> obtaining residency rights even though they made
> Palestine their primary
> residence and place of employment/business, married
> local Palestinians, and
> had children who were born in Palestine.
>
> These people have managed to stay in the occupied
> Palestinian territory by
> acquiring tourist visas issued by the Israeli
> government. Such visas are
> valid for
> three months. Their holders are obliged to go
> abroad to renew them. Those
> who cannot afford to travel abroad become illegal
> sojourners and live in
> perpetual fear of being deported, which confines
> them to their homes. Those
> who go abroad have no assurance that they will be
> allowed to return, and in
> recent years the number of people denied reentry has
> increased
> significantly. Indeed, at this time, most persons of
> Palestinian origin
> attempting to transit via Israel in order to return
> to their families and
> occupations in the occupied Palestinian territory
> have been denied entry. As
> a result, families are torn apart, schooling for the
> children is disrupted,
> and economic disasters follow.
>
> Among the entry-denied individuals are
> professionals from foreign
> countries. This group includes physicians,
> teachers, professors, students,
> social workers,
> and professionals in a variety of fields filling
> critically important
> positions in hospitals, schools, universities, and
> social institutions.
> Those being forced to leave by being denied entry or
> re-entry leave a vacuum
> in institutions unable to find replacements. This is
> devastating for all
> concerned, and has life-
> threatening implications particularly in the field
> of medical care. On the
> one hand, the ability of hospitals in the occupied
> Palestinian territory to
> treat P
> alestinians is constantly diminishing while on the
> other hand Israel¿s
> General Security Services (¿Shabak¿) often denies
> access to Israeli
> hospitals for treat
> ment.
>
>
> We, members of the Israel Committee for the Right
> of Residency (ICRR), have
> been calling upon the Israeli public to join us in
> demanding that our
> government desist from denying residency rights in
> the occupied Palestinian
> territory to Palestinians or persons of Palestinian
> descent with foreign
> passports as well as to foreign professionals
> contributing to the welfare of
> the Palestinian population. We have been meeting
> with staffs of foreign
> embassies in Israel and have called upon them to use
> their good offices to
> intercede with the Israeli authorities to change the
> imposed restrictions.
> However, embassies do not make policy. They carry
> out the policies of their
> governments.
>
>
> We therefore call upon you, people of conscience
> living abroad, to organize
> campaigns to inform your officials about Israel¿s
> policy of ¿entry-denied.
> We ask
> you to write letters requesting them to demand that
> Israel change its
> policy. We also ask Israelis and citizens of other
> countries to write
> letters of protest to the Israeli Prime Minister and
> Minister of the
> Interior.
>
>
> As academics and members of ICRR, we are
> particularly concerned about the
> damage this policy is inflicting on the education
> system of Palestinians in
> the oPt. We are therefore writing to ask you to
> also write letters to the
> Israeli Minister of Education, Prof. Yuli Tamir, in
> order to protest the
> effects this policy
> has on quenching academic life and education for
> Palestinians in
> Palestine.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Prof. Daniel Amit, The Hebrew University
> Prof. Rachel Giora, Tel Aviv University
> Dr. Snait Gissis, Tel Aviv University
> Prof. Emeritus Aharon Eviatar, Tel Aviv University
> Prof. Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi, The Hebrew University
> Dr. Anat Matar, Tel Aviv University
> ICRR
>
> PS Below are links to additional information about
> the issue, contact
> informati
> on for the Israeli PM and MOI and also for members
> of the US congress.
> There i
> s also a draft letter that you can use or modify as
> needed to send to
> officials
> . Needless to say you are welcome to write your
> own.
>
> ----------------------
>
> For a full report on the subject, see
> http://www.btselem.org/Download/200607_Pe
> rpetual_Limbo_Eng.doc
>
>
> For supplementary information about the present
> situation see
>
>
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0611120452nov12,1,6508718.st
>
ory?page=2&coll=chi-news-hedhttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=778942&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Yhttp://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/php/art.php?aid=41413
> Addresses of Israeli Officials to whom protest
> letters should be sent: Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert:
> Telephone numbers: 972-2-67 53227; 972-2-6753547;
> fax 972-2-566 4838; email eulmert at knesset.gov.il or
> pm_eng at pmo.gov.il Minister of Interior, Ronnie
> Bar-on: fax 972-2-566 6376; email:rbaron at knesset.
> gov.il or, if faxing and Minister is not enabled,
> ask for Sabine(972-2-6294722 or fax:
> 972-2-6701628)Prof. Yuli Tamir, Minister of
> EducationTel 972-2-675 3437Fax 972-2-675 3976email:
> ytamir at knesset.gov.il--------------------------For
> the US You can find your Representative
> http://www.house.gov/writerep/and your
>
Senatorshttp://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfmThe
> State
> Department can be contacted at
> http://contact-us.state.govor by ringing
> 202-647-4000
> =========================================== Sample
> Letter:Dear _______________________,Israel claims to
> be a democratic country. Yet Israeli policy
> deniesfamily unification in the occupied Palestinian
> territory, and since March 2006 also deni es entry
> to the oPt for individuals of Palestinian descent,
> who Israel refuses to register as residents as well
> as also for other foreigners who wish to visit,
> work, or study in the oPt. This is not in keeping
> with democratic values. Nor is this policy
> consistent with Israel¿s stated intention to abide
> by the Road Map, an intention reiterated by Prime
> Minister Ehud Olmert in his speech on November 27 at
> a memorial ceremony for Paula and David Ben Gurion.
> On that occasion Prime Minister Olmert expressed the
> intention (given certain conditions) to establish an
> independent and viable Palestinian State, with
> territorial continuity in Judea and Samaria
> a State with full sovereignty and defined borders.
>
(http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/PMSpeaks/speechdavid271106.htm)
> By denying entry into the oPt to individuals of
> Palestinian descent who have been refused residency
> rights even though many have lived in the oPt for
> years and even though they have families,
> occupations, and own property, Israel is forcing
> these people to leave. But if indeed there is to be
> a Palestinian State in the future, then why drive
> Palestinians out? If Israeli officials truly intend
> to work towards accomplishing the Road Map by the
> establishment of a viable Palestinian state with
> internationally recognized borders, then Israel must
> immediately cease its policy of refusing entry to p
> eople - of Palestinian or any other descent -
> desiring to visit, work, study, or live in that
> future state.Sincerely,"ICRR Israeli Committee for
> Residency Rights" group. To post to this group, send
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