Academics' statement: Israeli gvmt may be contemplating crimes against humanity. by Jacob Katriel 1:22pm Sun Sep 22 '02 jkatriel@tx.technion.ac.il Members of Israeli academe are invited to add their name to the statement presented below by sending an email to jkatriel@tx.technion.ac.il Urgent warning: The Israeli government may be contemplating crimes against humanity. We, members and friends of Israeli academe, are horrified by US buildup of aggression towards Iraq and by the Israeli political leadership's enthusiastic support for it. We are deeply worried by indications that the "fog of war" could be exploited by the Israeli government to commit further crimes against the Palestinian people, up to full-fledged ethnic cleansing. The Israeli ruling coalition includes parties that promote "transfer" of the Palestinian population as a solution to what they call "the demographic problem". Politicians are regularly quoted in the media as suggesting forcible expulsion, most recently MKs Michael Kleiner and Benny Elon, as reported on Yediot Ahronot website on September 19, 2002. In a recent interview in Ha'aretz, Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon described the Palestinians as a "cancerous manifestation" and equated the military actions in the Occupied Territories with "chemotherapy", suggesting that more radical "treatment" may be necessary. Prime Minister Sharon has backed this "assessment of reality". Escalating racist demagoguery concerning the Palestinian citizens of Israel may indicate the scope of the crimes that are possibly being contemplated. We call upon the International Community to pay close attention to events that unfold within Israel and in the Occupied Territories, to make it absolutely clear that crimes against humanity will not be tolerated, and to take concrete measures to prevent such crimes from taking place. add your comments

187 Signatories, so far. by Jacob Katriel 11:30am Sun Sep 29 '02 Dr. Issam Aburaiya, Jerusalem Prof. Zach Adam, Rehovot Dr. Amotz Agnon, Jerusalem Prof. Colman Altman, Haifa Dr. Janina Altman, Haifa Tammy Amiel-Houser, Tel Aviv Chaya Amir, Tel Aviv Dr. Shmuel Amir, Tel Aviv Prof. Daniel Amit, Jerusalem/Rome Elinor Amit, Tel Aviv Prof. Yali Amit, Chicago Dr. Yossi Amitay, Kibbutz Gvulot Dr. Meir Amor, Montreal, Canada Dr. Yonathan (Jon) Anson, Beer Sheva Dr. Ariella Azoulay, Tel Aviv Dr. Riva Bachrach, Tel Aviv Dr. Rachel Tzvia Back, Tel Aviv Prof. Shalom Baer, Jerusalem Prof. Ron Barkai, Tel Aviv Dr. Anat Barnea - Givat Chaim Ichud Prof. Dan Bar-On, Beer Sheva Dr. Avner Ben-Amos, Tel Aviv Tammy Ben-Shaul, Haifa Prof. Zvi Bentwich, Jerusalem Prof. Matania Ben-Artzi, Jerusalem Prof. Linda Ben-Zvi, Tel Aviv Avi Berg, Tel Aviv Dr. Louise Bethlehem, Hod Hasharon Prof. Anat Bilezki, Tel Aviv Uri Bitan, Beer Sheva Prof. Elliott Blass, Cambridge, MA Prof. Shoshana Blum-Kulka, Jerusalem Dr. Yair Boimel, Haifa Prof. Daniel Boyarin, Berkeley Prof. Haim Bresheeth, London/Jerusalem Ido Bruno, Jerusalem Prof. Victoria Buch, Jerusalem Shula Carmi, Jerusalem Smadar Carmon, Toronto Raz D. Chen-Morris, Jerusalem Ilan Cohen, Pordenone, Italy Dr. Nicole Cohen-Addad, Tel Aviv Dr. Mike Dahan, Jerusalem Dr. Uri Davis, Sakhnin Athena Elizabeth DeRasmo, Haifa Ronit Dovrat, Firenze Dr. Avishai Ehrlich, Tel Aviv Dr. Hala Espanioly, Nazareth Prof. Aharon Eviatar, Tel Aviv Dr. Zohar Eviatar, Haifa Debbie Eylon, Jerusalem Dr. Ovadia Ezra. Tel Aviv Prof. Raphael Falk, Jerusalem Moris Farhi, London, UK Prof. Emmanuel Farjoun, Jerusalem Prof. Raya Fidel, Seattle Pnina Firestone, Jerusalem Prof. Gideon Freudenthal, Tel Aviv Dr. Elizabeth Freund, Jerusalem Meir (miro) Gal, New York Prof. Chaim Gans, Tel Aviv Gadi Geiger, Cambridge, MA, USA Dr. Amira Gelblum, Tel Aviv Prof. Avner Giladi, Haifa Prof. Rachel Giora, Tel Aviv Dr. Snait Gissis, Tel Aviv Dr. Daphna Golan-Agnon, Jerusalem Dr. Anat Goldrat-First, Netanya Dr. Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni, Tel Aviv Dr. Neve Gordon, Beer Sheva Dr. Yerah Gover, New York Prof. Charles W. Greenbaum, Jerusalem Dr. Lev Grinberg, Beer Sheva Prof. Yossi Guttmann, Haifa Ran HaCohen, Tel Aviv Prof. Uri Hadar, Tel Aviv Jeff Halper, Jerusalem Shoshana Halper, Jerusalem Prof. Galit Hasan-Rokem, Jerusalem Dina Hecht, Jerusalem Dr. Sara Helman, Beer Sheva Prof. Hanna Herzog, Tel Aviv Prof. Ze'ev Herzog, Tel Aviv Prof. Hannan Hever, Jerusalem Dr. Tikva Honig-Parnass, Jerusalem Shirly Houser, Tel Aviv Tal Itzhaki, Haifa Prof. Eva Jablonka, Tel Aviv Andrea Jacobs, Austin, Texas Prof. Sabre Kais, Nahif/Purdue USA Dr. Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, Haifa Aya Kaniuk, Tel Aviv Prof. Jacob Katriel, Haifa Prof. Tamar Katriel, Haifa Prof. Uri Katz, Haifa Prof. Baruch Kimmerling, Jerusalem Dr. Gady Kozma, Rehovoth Prof. Richard Kulka, Jerusalem Dr. Haggai Kupermintz, Boulder, Colorado Judy Kupferman, Tel Aviv Dr. Ron Kuzar, Haifa Dr. Idan Landau, Beer Sheva Dr. John Landau, Jerusalem Dr. Ariela Lazar, Evanston Dr. Ronit Lentin, Dublin Prof. Micah Leshem, Haifa Erez Levkovitz, Jerusalem Prof. Rene Levy, Lausanne Prof. Shimon Levy, Tel Aviv Prof. Joyce Livingstone, Haifa Prof. Yosefa Loshitzky, London/Jerusalem Dr. Orly Lubin, Tel Aviv Dr. Ivonne Mansbach, Jerusalem Prof. Uri Maor, Tel Aviv Dr. Ruchama Marton, Tel Aviv Dr. Anat Matar, Tel Aviv Dr. Nina Mayorek, Jerusalem Prof. Paul Mendes-Flohr, Jerusalem Rahel Meshoulam, Cambridge, MA Dr. Uriel Meshoulam, Cambridge, MA Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom, Jerusalem Jo Milgrom, Jerusalem Menucha Moravitz, Ramat-Gan Susy Mordechay, Giv'ataim Dr. Pnina Motzafi-Haller, Ottawa, Canada Prof. Ben-Tzion Munitz, Tel Aviv Dr. Dorit Naaman, Kingston, Ontario Regev Nathansohn, Tel Aviv Prof. Adi Ophir, Tel-Aviv Omer Ori, Jerusalem Prof. Avraham Oz, Haifa Dr. Ilan Pappe, Haifa Prof. Yoav Peled, Tel Aviv Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA Prof. Igor Primoratz, Jerusalem Amos Raban, Tel Aviv Tali Raban, Tel Aviv Shakhar Rahav, Berkeley Dr. Haggai Ram, Beer Sheva Dr. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Beer Sheva Prof. Zvi Razi, Tel Aviv Prof. Tanya Reinhart, Tel Aviv Prof. Fanny-Michaela Reisin, Berlin Dr. Nira Reiss, New York Dr. Rivki Ribak, Haifa Prof. Freddie Rokem, Tel Aviv Dr. Avihu Ronen, Tel Hai Prof. Henry Rosenfeld, Haifa Dr. Maya Rosenfeld, Jerusalem Ouzi Rotem, Philadelphia Hava Rubin, Haifa Itai Ryb, Jerusalem Amalia Sa'ar, Haifa Dr. Dalia Sachs, Haifa Dr. Hannah Safran, Haifa Tami Sarfatti, UCLA Dr. Nita Schechet, Jerusalem Hillel Schocken, Tel Aviv Dr. Zvi Schuldiner, Jerusalem Uri Segal, Louisville, KY Ruben Seroussi, Tel Aviv Dr. Erella Shadmi, Mevasseret Zion Prof. Nomi Shir, Beer Sheva Dr. Miriam Shlesinger, Tel Aviv Aharon Shabtai, Tel Aviv Dr. Rann Smorodinsky, Haifa Orly Soker, Sapir-Jerusalem Dr. Yehiam Soreq, Tel Aviv Nurit Steinfeld, Jerusalem Dr. Eva Teubal, Jerusalem Prof. Gideon Toury, Tel Aviv Dr. Dudy Tzfati, Jerusalem Roman Vater, Tel Aviv Dr. Roy Wagner, Tel-Aviv Prof. Bronislaw Wajnryb, Haifa Prof. Pnina Werbner, Keele Dr. David Wesley, Tel Aviv Elana Wesley, Tel Aviv Tamar Yaron, Montreal & Kibbutz Hazorea Dr. Mamoud Yazbak, Haifa Dr. Michael Yogev, Haifa Kim Yuval, Tel Aviv Prof. Moshe Zimmermann, Jerusalem Prof. Nahla Abdo-Zoubi, Nazareth/Ottawa Nava Zuckerman, Tel Aviv Dr. Moshe Zuckermann, Tel Aviv Michal Zweig, Herzelia add your comments

"Mainstream" coverage so far by Jacob Katriel 11:32am Sun Sep 29 '02 National Catholic Reporter [29/11/00]: http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/112902/112902l.htm ------------------ The Independent [21/10/02]: http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=344510 ------------------ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung [9/10/02]: http://indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/39055.html ------------------ Palestine Chronicle [7/10/02]: http://palestinechronicle.com/article.html?story=20021007175711903&mode=print ------------------ The Spectator (UK) [5/10/02]: http://indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/38748.html ------------------ Neues Deutschland (Germany) [4/10/02]: http://www.nd-online.de/artikel.asp?AID=24390&IDC=2 ------------------ junge Welt (Germany) [4/10/02]: http://www.jungewelt.de/2002/10-02/017.html ------------------ (Related) Benny Morris in the Guardian [4/10/02]: http://indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/38749.html Ian Katz on Benny Morris: http://indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/38750.html ------------------ junge Welt (Germany) [1/10/02]: http://www.jungewelt.de/2002/10-01/005.html ------------------ Arab news (Saudi Arabia) [1/10/02]: http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=19088 ------------------ Ha'aretz (Israel, English) [30/9/02]: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=214136 ------------------ The Guardian (UK) [28/9/02]: http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,3604,800595,00.html ------------------ Ynet (Yediot Aharonot, Israel) [28/9/02]: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2144135,00.html The sloppy translation into Hebrew was produced by the Ynet editorial staff. ------------------ Il Manifesto (Italy) [26/9/02]: http://www.ilmanifesto.it/Quotidiano-archivio/26-Settembre-2002/art78.html add your comments

References for the text of the Urgent Warning by Jacob Katriel 1:22pm Mon Sep 30 '02 Kleiner and Elon on ynet, Sept 19: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/1,7340,L-2126737,00.html Interview with Moshe Ya'alon in Ha'aretz: http://indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/36363.html Sharon backs Ya'alon: http://indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/38675.html add your comments

Italian translation by Il Manifesto 1:28pm Mon Sep 30 '02 print comment UN APPELLO DI DOCENTI ISRAELIANI «Temiamo un'escalation in Palestina» Noi sottoscritti accademici israeliani siamo inorriditi dalla politica aggressiva americana nei confronti dell'Iraq e dall'appoggio entusiasta dellaleadership israeliana. Siamo profondamente preoccupati dalle voci secondo le quali il governo israeliano potrebbe approfittare dell'eventuale clima di guerra per commettere ulteriori crimini contro il popolo palestinese, fino ad arrivare a una completa pulizia etnica. L'attuale coalizione di governo comprende partiti chesostengono il «transfer» dei palestinesi come soluzione a quello che chiamano «il problema demografico». Molti uomini politici che suggeriscono l'espulsione forzata dei palestinesi vengono regolarmente citati dai media, come Michael Kleiner e Benny Elon, di cui ha riferito il sito internet del quotidiano Yediot Ahronot il 19 settembre 2002. In una recente intervista su Ha'aretz, il capo di gabinetto Moshe Ya'alon, ha descritto i palestinesi come un «cancro» e ha paragonato le azioni militari nei Territori Occupati ad una chemio terapia, suggerendo che potrebbero essere necessari trattamenti più radicali. Il primo ministro Sharon ha appoggiato questa «constatazione della realtà». Una escalation nella demagogia razzista riguardante i cittadini palestinesi di Israele potrebbe indicare l'obiettivo dei crimini che possono essere presi in considerazione. Ci rivolgiamo alla comunità internazionale affinché tenga sotto stretta osservazione gli eventi in Israele e nei Territori Occupati, metta ben in chiaro che nonsaranno tollerati crimini contro l'umanità e prenda concrete misure per prevenire tali crimini. www.ilmanifesto.it/Quotidiano-archivio/2... add your comments

Danish translation by Stop Terrorkrigen 2:11pm Mon Sep 30 '02 print comment Hasteadvarsel: Den israelske regering kan have planer om forbrydelser mod menneskeheden Vi, medlemmer af det akademiske samfund i Israel, er forfærdede over USAs opbygning af aggression mod Irak og over den israelske ledelses entusiatiske støtte til den. Vi er dybt bekymrede over indikationer på at "krigsrøgen" kunne udnyttes af den Israelske regering til at begå yderligere forbrydelser mod det palæstinensiske folk, og til en etnisk udrensning i stor skala. Den israelske regeringskoalition inkluderer partier, der promoverer "transfer" - "forflyttelse"- af den palæstinensiske befolkning som en løsning på, hvad de kalder "det demografiske problem". Politikere citeres regelmæssigt citeret i medierne for forslag om tvangsuddrivelse, senest MK´s Michael Kleiner og Benny Elon,refereret af Yediot Ahronots website den 19. september 2002. I et nyligt interview i Ha'aretz beskrev hærchefen Moshe Ya'alon beskrev palæstinenserne som en "kræftlignende manifestation" og sammenlignede de militære aktioner i de besatte områder med "kemoterapi", samtidig med at han antydede , at en mere radikal "behandling" kan være nødvendig. Premierminister Sharon har bakket op om disse "realitetsvurderinger". Den stadig kraftigere racistiske demagogi omkring de plæstinensiske borgere i Israel kanvære en indikation af omfanget af de forbrydelser, som muligvis er under overvejelse. Vi opfordrer det internationale samfund til at være meget opmærksomme på begivenheder. som udspiller sig i Israel og på de besatte terretorrier, og at gøre det fuldstændig klart, at forbrydelser mod menneskeheden ikke vil blive tolereret, og at der bliver taget konkret skridt til at forhindre sådanne forbrydelser finder sted. Oversat fra engelsk hpj www.stop-terrorkrigen.dk/emner/fred_int/... add your comments

French translation by Solidarite Palestine 2:24pm Mon Sep 30 '02 print comment Avertissement urgent : Le gouvernement israélien pourrait préparer des crimes contre l'humanité Nous, membres du corps académique israélien, sommes horrifiés par les préparatifs d'une agression américaine contre l'Irak et par le soutien enthousiaste des responsables politiques israéliens à ces préparatifs. Nous sommes profondement inquiets par les indications que le «brouillard de la guerre» pourrait être utilisé par le gouvernement israélien pour commettre encore plus de crimes contre le peuple palestinien, qui pourraient aller jusqu'au nettoyage ethnique total. La coalition dirigeante israélienne inclut des partis qui promeuvent le «transfert» de la population palestinienne comme la solution à ce qu'ils appellent «le problème démographique». Des politiciens sont régulièrement cités par les médias, proposant l'expulsion forcée, les derniers étant les membre de la Knesset Michael Kleiner et Benny Elon, comme cela a été rapporté sur le site de «Yediot Aharonot» (journal israélien, ndtr) le 19 septembre 2002. Dans un récent interview avec Ha'aretz (journal israélien, ndtr), le chef d'Etat Major Moshe Ya'alon a décrit les Palestiniens comme une «manifestation cancéreuse» et a comparé les actions militaires dans les Territoires occupés avec «la chimiothérapie», laissant entendre que «des soins» plus radicaux pourraient être nécessaires. Le Premier ministre Sharon a soutenu ce «jugement réaliste». L'escalade dans la démagogie raciste concernant les Palestiniens citoyens d'Israël pourrait indiquer l'envergure des crimes qui sont probablement envisagés. Nous appelons la Communauté Internationale à surveiller de près les événements qui pourraient survenir en Israël et dans les Territoires occupés, à rendre très clair que les crimes contre l'humanité ne seront pas tolérés, et à prendre des mesures concrètes pour empêcher de tels crimes de survenir. Traduit de l'anglais par Safwan QASEM www.solidarite-palestine.org/breves.html add your comments

German translation by Klaus von Raussendorff 6:06pm Wed Oct 2 '02 print comment DRINGENDE WARNUNG: DIE ISRAELISCHE REGIERUNG KOENNTE VERBRECHEN GEGEN DIE MENSCHHEIT ERWAEGEN Wir, israelische Wissenschaftler, sind entsetzt ueber den Truppenaufbau der USA zu einem Angriff gegen den Irak und die begeisterte Unterstuetzung durch die israelische politische Fuehrung. Wir sind tief besorgt, dass der "Rauchvorhang des Krieges" durch die israelische Regierung ausgenutzt werden koennte, um weitere Verbrechen gegen das palaestinensische Volk zu begehen, bis hin zu einer umfassenden ethnischen Vertreibung. Die israelische Regierungskoalition schliesst Parteien ein, die einen "Transfer" der Palaestinensischen Bevoelkerung befuerworten als Loesung dessen, was sie "das demographische Problem" nennen. Politiker werden regelmaessig in den Medien mit Empfehlungen fuer eine gewaltsame Vertreibung zitiert, zuletzt die Knesset-Mitglieder Michael Kleiner und Benny Elon, wie auf der Webseite von Yediot Ahronot vom 19. September 2002 berichtet. In einem Interview in Ha'aretz bezeichnete kuerzlich der Generalstabschef Moshe Ya'alon die Palaestinenser als ein "Krebsgeschwuer" und sprach von den Militaeraktionen in den Besetzten Gebieten als "Chemotherapie", wobei er andeutete, dass eine noch radikalere "Behandlung" erforderlich sein koennte. Premierminister Sharon pflichtete dieser "Einschaetzung der Realiaet" bei. Das Anschwellen rassistischer Demagogie im Bezug auf die palaestinensischen Staatsbuerger Israels duerfte den Umfang der Verbrechen anzeigen, die moeglicherweise erwogen werden. Wir rufen die internationale Gemeinschaft auf, die Vorkommnisse in Israel und den Besetzten Gebieten genau zu beobachten, um absolut klar zu machen, dass Verbrechen gegen die Menschheit nicht geduldet werden, sowie konkrete Massnahmen zu ergreifen, um zu verhindern, dass solche Verbrechen stattfinden. add your comments

Contemplate crimes against humanity? by Rob Lewin 4:09pm Thu Oct 31 '02 phone: 978-264-0466 robsl@aol.com print comment The article "Israel Contemplating Crimes against Humanity" brings to mind George Orwell's "1984," and Philip Dick's "The Minority Report" where individuals are charged with crimes prior to their commission. This shoddy piece of reporting only supports those who seek war over peace in the region, as it inflames and makes victims of many who not only call for the elimination of Israel, but the removal of all Jews from the region by force. Perhaps the author's next piece should be titled "Palestinians Contemplating Blowing up Israeli Babies." Certainly that has happened on numerous occasions and will undoubtedly happen again. But, that too, would be poor reporting. The Middle East has one democracy, and that's Israel. In Israel, Arab citizens have a higher voter turnout than in any Arab nation, where they are not only not allowed to vote, but are systematically marginalized by the dictators who rule them. What better way to deflect criticism and stifle decent than to divert attention from themselves to the Palestinian Israeli conflict. Only the politically naive and easily duped fall for this tactic. Then again, no need for Israeli supporters to worry, as the same people who have turned a rich history of American protest movements into a yearly party will, as usual, tire soon and find a new cause du jour. Perhaps, the next cause should revolve around bringing democracy to the Middle East. But, probably not, as that would involve risking the lives of the people who live there. add your comments

Will you just stand on the sidelines? by Amira Hass (haaretz) 6:44am Wed Nov 6 '02 print comment From Haaretz, November 6, 2002: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=227339 After the elections the preachers of the "transfer solution" will be strengthened, the surveys say. It doesn't matter right now exactly how much stronger they'll become. The important thing is that every day that goes by, the preachers of transfer feel ever more confident about raising their "permanent solution" in the Israeli public. No law stops them from posting thousands of leaflets and placards calling for the expulsion of Arabs, or as they put it rather more bluntly, "Them there, us here." Nobody in the law enforcement agencies shows any enthusiasm for fighting them. No attorney general has forbidden them to raise their "ideas" in various media interviews, when the more appropriate titles, "fascists" or "racists" and even "neo-Nazis" are used to describe people like them in Europe. The Transferists hide little and show off much; with smooth talk they speak of "willing and agreed transfer" without going into explanations that there is no such thing. They speak mercifully about the residents of the refugee camps of the West Bank and Gaza, for whom, they say, and for the benefit of their children, should be resettled - east of the Jordan River. The preachers know well the distress in which the refugees live; many of them live but a spit away from the camps, in the villas of lushly gardened settlements. Not all the transferists come from the settlements, though presumably the settlers are disproportionately represented among all the transfer voters. The settlers and their lobbyists can be accused of extremism, but they are only taking to the logical conclusion the settlement policies in the territories; this policy, officially founded in Israeli military orders and legitimized by civil laws, has had two faces: Israeli development and limits on Palestinian development. All the limits on development - whether by expropriation of some 45 percent of the West Bank, or by prohibitions on construction - have included the partially hidden element of applying pressure to "thin out" the Palestinian population. During the years of direct occupation, for example, there were orders issued that quickly led to residency rights being stripped from West Bank-born Palestinians who traveled overseas. The settlers of the Golan, the Jordan Valley, Hebron and Ofra were pioneers who did first what the Labor Alignment governments and senior members of the Zionist movement wanted and encouraged. It's time to end the myth that the pioneers forced themselves on helpless governments. Therefore, if the settlers were the tip of the spear, today, with the preaching for transfer, the cries of anger should not be directed at them. Lessons should be learned from the past: They are succeeding because there are strains in the regime (military and ideological in particular) that support them. They are doing and saying what others think. The question must be directed to the Labor Party, Meretz and even Shinui and to some of the more balanced social elements that still exist in Shas and the Likud: Do you intend to stand on the sidelines, encouraging with your inaction the transferists, who more than ever are motivated by divine messianic delusions? Will you prevent including moral objection to transfer in your election campaign materials, because it will drive some voters away? Will the military people in your ranks warn the soldiers among the transferists that any attempt to conduct a transfer operation will be met with active resistance? Will your field activists make do with lighting candles and inviting rock bands to Rabin memorials and forever be afraid to confront the transferists, to avoid civil war? Will law professors and historians, members of those parties and movements that support centrist governments, remain silent until after the ethnic cleansing has taken place? Will the religious among you, forsaking their Judaism for the mounting brutal propaganda, join other "mitzvah-abiding" people, who sanctify the land and scorn human beings? Will the authors who picked olives with the Palestinians make do with that, and not demand that the law enforcement authorities in Israel make clear their position? Is transfer an inseparable part of the founding ideology of the State of Israel, or a twisted mutation, which should not be allowed to rise up against its creator? add your comments

Deeply concerned and god bless you all by Roger 1:57am Sun Nov 24 '02 rwi57@hotmail.com print comment never forgett the starting point of the conflikt. Best regards Roger w. add your comments

What may Sharon be contemplating? by Jacob Katriel 7:48am Fri Nov 29 '02 print comment Could this be an indication? http://indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/43451.html add your comments

470 International supporters by by Fiamma Bandinelli 10:26am Wed Dec 4 '02 print comment Dear Friends, I send you 470 signatures of supporters to your petition "Urgent warning: The Israeli government may be contemplating crimes against humanity". Thank you for your resistence Fiamma Bianchi Bandinelli *************** Alberto Clarizia, Universita' di Napoli (Napoli - Italia) Fabio Tongiorgi, AsseforCamere - Florence (Florence - Italy) Anna Capietto, University of Torino (Torino, Italy) Marco Cervino, ISAC-CNR (Bologna Italia) Ilaria Damiani, Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" (Roma - Italia) Angelo Baracca, University of Florence (Florence - Italy) Andrea Martocchia, Terza Universita' di Roma (Roma - Italia) Stefano Domenicali (Bologna - Italy) Emanuele Sorace, INFN (Firenze - Italy) Tiziana Rossi (Madrid, Spagna) Alessandra Filabozzi, Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata (Roma - Italia) Domenico Fiorenza, Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" (Roma - Italy) Il'ic Testoni (London UK) David Gori, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze (Prato - Italia) Mouhaydine Tlemcani, Universidade de Evora (Evora/ Portugal) Jose' Colaco Barreiros, Universidade Lusofona (LISBOA - PORTUGAL) Tiziano Pera, ITI Cobianchi (Verbania - Italia) Emma Romeo (Genova/Italia) Ernesto Burgio, Attac Italia (Palermo Italia) Elisabetta Martignoni (Bologna Italia) Francesca Virginia Geymonat, Universita' degli Studi di Torino (Italia) Daniele Frongia, Commissione P.I.R.C.P. (Rome Italy) Alessandra Mecozzi, FIOM-CGIL (ROME-ITALy) Anna Gigli, Ist. Ricerche sulla Popolazione e le Politiche Sociali (CNR)(Roma, Italia) Paola Lori (Firenze Italia) Nadia Lo Presti (Palermo Italia) Filippo Viviani, Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" (Italia) Maurizio Carrassi, Istituzione Biblioteche di Roma (Roma Italia) Fabio Gavarini, Universita` di Roma "Tor Vergata" (Roma - ITALy) Davide Gabellini, University of Massachusetts, Medical School (Worcester, USA) Ludovico Geymonat, Princeton University (Princeton, NJ, USA) Fausto Gozzi, Universita'di Roma "La Sapienza" (Pisa, Italia) Samih Farsoun, American University (Washington, DC, USA) Said Nashaie, Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama,USA) Paul Robertson, Oglala Lakota College (Kyle, SD 57772 USA) Fabio Bartoli (Sant'Oreste Italia) Chiara Degli Esposti, Amnesty International (Imola - Italy) Mondher AYADI, Universite' Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris6 - France) J. Lau, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (Firenze Italy) Massimo Ghidini, Universita' di Parma (Parma - Italia) Ali Mili, New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, NJ, USA) Filippo Schillaci, Universita' di Roma 2 (Roma - Italia) Magid Shihade, University of Washington (Seattle, Washington, USA) Liliana Fogliati (Torino, Italia) Alberto Autelitano (Imola, BO - Italy) Jerise Fogel, Marshall University (Huntington, WV, USA) Parama Roy, University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA, USA) Chiara Cavallaro, CNR (Rome/Italy) Paolo Lipparini, Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata (Roma - Italia) Gabriella Rossetti, Universita' di Ferrara (Ferrara - Italia) Kadri Lafi (Alba -Italy) Stefano Nicoletta (Milano - Italia) Rosanna Schianchi, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza" (Roma - Italia) Ezio Pignatelli, Osservatorio Astronomico Padova (Padova, Italy) Edoardo Magnone, Universita' di Genova (Genova - Italia) Hisao Fujita Yashima, Universita' di Torino (Torino - Italia) Peppe Castro (Acireale/ Italia) Massimo Zucchetti, Politecnico di Torino (Torino, Italy) Alessandro Bianchi, Universita' di Bari (Bari - Italy) Ahmed El-galfy, Manchester University (Manchester - UK) Giampiero Ruani, I.S.M.N. - C.N.R. (Sez. Bologna) (Bologna - Italy) Silvana Vallerga, CNR (Oristano- Italy) V.F. Polcaro, CNR Ist. di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (Roma - Italia) Daniel Amit, Istituto di Fisica, La Sapienza (Roma - Italia) Vincenzo Maria Tortorelli, Universita' di Pisa (Pisa Italia) Tantalo Rosaria, Department of Astronomy (PADOVA - Italia) Grazia DELOGU, Scuole Medie Statali Cagliari (Cagliari - Italia) Angelo Floramo, ITS MARCHETTI di GEMONA (Ragogna, Italia) Marco A. 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Israel? In the EU? (abbreviated) by S. Sadeh in Haaretz 6:29am Tue Dec 10 '02 print comment From Ha'aretz, December 10, 2002. http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=239383 Israel? In the EU? (abbreviated) By Sharon Sadeh BRUSSELS - High-ranking officials in the European Commission, which last week hosted a delegation of journalists from Israel, are having a hard time recovering from Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's declaration that Israel is interested in membership in the EU... The truth is that along with realization of a dream of "joining Europe," membership in the EU could also incur what Israel might consider a very steep price. Israel would have to nullify the Law of Return - EU legislation stipulates that all citizens living within its boundaries are free to settle and work without restriction in all of its member states - and all of the laws that discriminate favorably toward Jews. Israel would be required to unilaterally adopt all sections of the European legislation, and the European Convention of Human Rights. In so doing, it would all at once become a "state of all its citizens." ... The gaps between Israel and Europe are also reflected in the perception of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The EU does not believe that the policies of the Israeli government - according to which, in the absence of any diplomatic horizon or credible Palestinian leadership, the conflict with the Palestinians will only be decided by a prolonged struggle that is based on military strength, determination and steadfastness - will ever bring peace and stability to the region. Israel is viewed by widespread population groups in Europe as a racist colonial brute, light years distant from the enlightened "New Europe." The attitude is based on an unofficial assessment of the situation according to which Israel is waiting for the propitious moment to carry out a transfer of the Palestinian population - for example, under the cover of the war in Iraq - and that the EU must take strong action to foil this intention. Senior EU officials believe that beneath the conciliatory and pragmatic exterior, Ariel Sharon is not interested in the establishment of a Palestinian state west of the Jordan, and that he is seeking - with the quiet support of the Americans and the energetic encouragement of the Israeli army - to make the Palestinians' lives loathsome, by means of intentional destruction of property and infrastructure that were built with funds donated by the European taxpayer. The Europeans are afraid that Israel is waiting for a major stumble by the Palestinians - for instance, an expression of support for the Iraqi regime in the instance of a war with the U.S. - in order to pave the way for a sweeping action that would go unnoticed by the West. Even if this assessment is unfounded, the fact that it exists is itself evidence that Israel's moral status is at an all-time nadir. In European eyes, under the leadership of Sharon, Netanyahu and their colleagues, Israel is capable of carrying out ethnic cleansing, meaning that it is not worthy of inclusion in the European Union. So long as this perception is rooted in the institutions of the EU - which openly yearns for the Labor Party's recapture of the government - the dream of joining the European club will remain in the realm of fantasy. add your comments