Re: West Bank march over Palestinians' plight led by SA women

Here we go again. Why not go back to the Stern and Irgun gang and the king David hotel, and the biological warfare and poisoning of Palestinian wells back in the 40s. Who do you think taught it. Stop already. Eileen
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Afdhere Jama 
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  Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 11:52 AM
  Subject: RE: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] West Bank march over Palestinians' plight led by SA women



  salam,

  suicide bombers murdered 300 israelis. how many did israel murder? thousands. maybe one good thing about this wall will probably be the less palestinian lives israel takes. 


  afdhere



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  >From: "Na'eem Jeenah" >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected], [email protected] >Subject: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] West Bank march over Palestinians' plight led by SA women >Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 17:59:17 +0200 > >salaam > >an article that appeared in today's edition of the daily >newspaper _The Star_. > >na'eem > >http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=129&fArti >cleId=343047 > >West Bank march over Palestinians' plight led by SA women > > >By Graeme Hosken > >Three South African women activists were due to lead an >international protest in the West Bank today to prevent two >Palestinian villages from being turned into "ghettoes". > >Israel is constructing an 8m-high, 750km-long wall in an >attempt to prevent Palestinian suicide bombers from targeting >Israeli communities. > >Suicide bombers have claimed the lives of more than 300 >Israelis and left hundreds more critically injured in their >campaign for a free and independent Palestine. > >During the past three months, the South African women, who >would only give their names as Anna, Sumya and Nadine, have >been monitoring the construction of the wall as well as Israeli >checkpoints erected around Palestinian villages. > >The Star has been asked not to use their surnames as they >would be deported to South Africa by Israeli authorities. > >Speaking from Budrus, a village in the West Bank, which is to >be encircled by the wall, Sumya, a lecturer at a Pretoria tertiary >institution, said they were in the country on a humanitarian and >not on a religious mission, as often alleged by Israeli authorities. > >"Most of us here are either Jewish or Christian, so this is >definitely not a Muslim stand. It is about protecting the rights of >a people who are being suppressed by brute force. > >"It is about giving them equal rights and about allowing them to >live in a land, just as anyone else would want to. > >"We are here as part of the Palestine Solidarity Committee >along with dozens of activists from America, Britain, Sweden, >Australia, New Zealand and Germany," she said. > >She said residents from the villages of Budrus and Qalqilya had >been told by the Israeli occupation forces that bulldozers would >be demolishing farmland in preparation for the construction of >the wall. > >Sumya said they would be holding protests, including sit-ins, on >the proposed construction site today to demonstrate against the >proposed construction of the wall. > >"For the past three months we have been able to stop the >construction of the wall around Budras and Qalqilya, which, if >completed, will force all the residents to come into the the town >through one entrance. The residents will also have to carry >passes to prove that they live in their villages." >In addition to trying to stop the construction of the wall, Sumya >said, they were also monitoring checkpoints erected around >villages. > >"We have witnessed incredible atrocities, including the death of >two newborn babies, who died after paramedics were prevented >from helping their mother at a checkpoint." >Nadine, a 21-year-old student from Joburg, said they were also >trying to prevent Israel from forcing Palestinians living within >the 100m buffer zone to sell their homes. > >Published on the web by the Star on February 6, 2004. > >_______________________________________________ >ProgressiveMuslims mailing list >[email protected] >http://willo.nitric.co.za/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/progressivemuslims 


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