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Politics : Middle East Politics
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To: Gersh Avery who started this subject12/29/2003 3:02:20 PM
From: Elmer Flugum  Read Replies (2) of 6945
 
International release

Tel-Aviv, December 27, 2003

We just come back from a fiery demonstration -
in protest of yesterday's shooting at peace activists.
Especially, the story of the seriously-wounded
Gil Na'amati continues to make headlines.
The 22 -year old kibbutznik had to be raced to
hospital after he lost consciousness because of his
heavy bleeding. Both his legs were operated to
remove bullets; in one leg the knee was involved.
The non-violent though militant protest at the
Separation Fence was his first demonstration after
he only two weeks ago finished his three years of
military service. (His father told on TV that Gil
had become so rebellious exactly because of what
he had seen and had to participate in at the
roadblocks in the West Bank.)

This Saturday evening hundreds of furious, many of
them young, demonstrators blocked for hours the
road in front of Tel-Aviv's Defence Ministry.
Among them were also our veterans such as
Uri Avnery and Teddy Katz, as well as
Oren Medicks and Nimrod Kerrett who both
became very involved in the anti-Wall protest
and the Masha camp.

The police came with a far too small force and
succeeded to arrest eleven - among them
David Tartakover, graphic artist and laureate of the
prestigious Israel Prize. The others just continued
their sit-in on the road.

While blocking the road, slogans were chanted
"We won't kill nor be killed for the settlements"
(some chanted "for Zionism" which in Hebrew
also produces an acceptable rhyme and rhythm)
and fitting placards were held up.

Anarchists Against The Wall:
"When they shot at Palestinians we were silent!";
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"Purity of arms - a contradiction in terms!";
from the Gush Shalom store:
"The Evil Wall Must Fall!"
The gay peace group Kvisa Schora was
represented, but what especially attracted media
attention was the presence of Knesset Member
and Meretz Leader Ran Cohen.

When out of nowhere suddenly the prominent
anarchist activist Yonathan Pollack appeared
(straight from the Ariel Police Station where he had
been held since yesterday) it was decided to end
the demonstration and march collectively to the
Tel-Aviv (Yarkon) Police Station and demand there
the release of the detained activists.

The police station was sort of besieged, and
through the mediation of lawyer Yoni Lerman
and Leah Tzemel it was agreed to lift the siege
in return for the release of all activists.

haaretzdaily.com

gush-shalom.org
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