[WCUSP] Fwd: [womeninblack] urgent action against Israeli policy todeny...

Wed Dec 6 13:07:39 CST 2006

Journalist Jonathan Cook's book, Blood and Religion, explains why Israel is
so frightened of its Arab population.  It's not fear of violence.  It is
fear of the high birth rate among Israel's Arab population.  They fear that
soon Jews will be a minority.  Hence all sorts of legal disabilities imposed
on Arabs even thought Israeli Arabs are Israeli citizens.   

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> 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?i
temNo=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.cfmTh
e
> 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
> email to icrr at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from
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>  p, send email to icrr-unsubscribe at googlegroups.com
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> 
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