The Wall Comes to U.S. Embassy by iwps 11:29pm Thu Oct 2 '03 phone: 972-9-251-6644 iwps@palnet.com The STOP (State Terrorism and Occupation Prevention) Force the Wall Theatre Company  presented a special performance of “The Wall: Coming Soon to a Village Near You” at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, acknowledging the generous funding provided by the US government to build the Apartheid Wall. THE WALL COMES TO U.S. EMBASSY IN TEL AVIV The STOP (State Terrorism and Occupation Prevention) Force the Wall Theatre Company  presented a special performance of “The Wall: Coming Soon to a Village Near You” at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. The show was in acknowledgement of the generous funding provided by the US government to build the Apartheid Wall. Fifteen black clad artists appeared out of nowhere promptly at 1:00 p.m. and erected a fence in front of the Embassy gates. Security guards quickly summoned the police, who told the players that they had to move across the street. The theater group protested, “But we’re doing this for your security, the United States government thinks that security walls are a good idea.” Eventually, the group moved across the street, where they informed passersby that the area had been declared a Closed Antimilitary Zone. People attempting to pass the gate were told, “The gate is open only from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Come back tomorrow.” When one brave soul mentioned that it was between 1:00 and 2:00 at that time, the guard said, “Well, it is not open today, because this is a special day.” The fence was decorated with red, white and blue dollar signs and signs saying, “Ariel Is Not In Israel – Stop the Wall,” and “The U.S. Government Funds Apartheid.” It also displayed a blank check signed by “Dubya” for $2,000,000 to build 1 kilometer of the Apartheid Wall, which has separated over 20,000 Palestinians from their farm land. The presentation was organized by the International Women’s Peace Service, an international project based in Hares, Salfit, which is directly in the path of the proposed Wall meant to annex Ariel into Israel. According to one projection, the concrete wall will soon be built under the window of the IWPS house in Hares. “Our neighbors have already lost over 100,000 trees to the illegal settlement of Ariel,” said Nijmie, from Pennsylvania. “Only last week, more than 50 trees were cut in Kifl Hares, across from Ariel. The Wall will devastate this area. The Israeli government is simply planning to drive the Palestinian people from their homes, so that they can claim all of the land for Israel.” Activists from Australia, Britain, Israel, Canada and the United States participated in the protest. www.womenspeacepalestine.org add your comments Source file

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Bravo! by MariaV 11:40am Mon Oct 6 '03 print comment great action girls! wish i had been there, i miss you :) add your comments