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THE GRASSROOTS PALESTINIAN ANTI-APARTHEID WALL CAMPAIGN WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER

StoptheWall.org in a Week
from the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
Dec 17, 2004

Israeli Apartheid’s Latest Stage Continues: 
Settlement Expansion in Jayyus, Demolitions in Jerusalem, 
Total Ghettoization in Tulkarem

Latest News

Occupation Continues Targeting Jerusalem: In Anata, Occupation Forces Demolish 3 Houses, 25 Bedouin Homes and Countless Animal Shelters
On Monday, November 29, 2004, at 2:30 pm, Occupation Forces’ military vehicles and bulldozers demolished three homes in the southwest section of the village of Anata, located northeast of Jerusalem. The house demolitions made 25 people homeless. At the same time, the Occupation Forces destroyed 25 Bedouin homes, together with their livestock shelters, in the southeast part of the village. [MORE] 

In Irtah and Far’un: Demolitions, Ghettoization, Settlement Industrial Zones and Environmental Devastation 
 Above: A compound of Irtah houses with a total of 64 people totally isolated between the Wall and the industrial zone from one side, and the sandy new Occupation military road on the other side. The industrial zone is built on the village’s annexed and isolated lands behind the Wall.

In the two villages of Irtah and Far’un, south of the city of Tulkarem, the Occupation Forces have continued their ongoing confiscation and demolition policies. In these villages, the most recent implementation of these policies show the Occupation plans for the total ghettoization of communities isolated by the Wall. [MORE]

Community Voices

Do the Wall’s Roots Start to Reveal Themselves?
In September 2002, when the farmers in Jayyus found some hand written papers affixed onto their trees, they thought that these must be something that belongs somewhere else. Then, a few weeks later, they started to see bulldozers come to cut down their olive trees and destroy the land. A few months after that, the Wall started to be erected. [MORE] 

Analysis / Features

The Carnivores and the Ivy League Apologist: The Voices of Sharon's Little Helpers 
Ariel Sharon is surrounded by a coterie of "advisors" who step in to develop, perfect and sell plans for the continued and inexorable dispossession of the Palestinians. Despite lame denials by the Israeli government or their media surrogates, the public pronouncements of these latter day Dr. Strangeloves reveal the plans they have in store for the Palestinians, Iraqis, and for that matter, the United States. It is therefore instructive to analyze their latest statements. [ MORE ] 

PHOTOS

Two Years in Jayyus 
Construction of the Apartheid Wall by Occupation Forces in the village of Jayyus, located in Qalqiliya district, began in October 2002. Beginning in October 2003, orders from the Occupation Forces stipulated that the inhabitants of Jayyus are prohibited from crossing into areas isolated by the Wall unless a “permit” from the Occupation “Civil Administration” is obtained. Now, in December 2004, Occupation Forces have begun constructing a new colonial settlement on these lands that have been isolated from the village by the Wall; if it is completed, this new settlement will cement the process of sealing the people of Jayyus into an impoverished ghetto. These photos document the struggle against the Apartheid Wall in Jayyus over the past two years. [MORE] 

Worldwide Activism

In Norway, Protestors Demand: No Money for Apartheid, Boycott Israel Now
On Wednesday, December 8, 2004, Norwegian activists representing Fellesutvalget for Palestina (Norwegian Association of NGO's for Palestine) and other groups staged a protest against Israeli Apartheid policies outside of the building where a conference of donor countries was being held in Oslo. [More]

Spain: In Asturiana, a Human Wall in Solidarity with Palestine 

In Begoña, Spain, activists commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on November 29, 2004 with a human wall that was meant to symbolize their opposition to the Apartheid Wall that Israel is building in Palestine. [More] 

Coming Soon to www.stopthewall.org: 

New Map: The Campaign's latest map highlights the building of an Apartheid road system by Occupation Forces that will further isolate and devastate the Palestinian Bantustans created by the Wall. The map documents the completion of a set of Apartheid bypass roads that are only usable by settlers, together with a series of roads and tunnels for “Palestinians only” (based on the racist ideology of Apartheid: “we are above and they are below”). This racist system will force Palestinians to follow complicated and oftentimes impossible routes, further cutting off access and communication between the Bantustans created by the Apartheid Wall. The maps will also highlight the expansion of settlements on land isolated and confiscated by the Wall. The maps will be downloadable in PDF format, and are important tools for education and mobilization. Please read and download them and share them with your contacts. 

Be sure to read and use other recent additions to www.stopthewall.org including the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign's latest Fact Sheet, “Apartheid in Palestine—Definition, History up to the Wall, and Tool for Mobilization” and an important analysis of the latest stage of Israeli Apartheid as it is embodied in the Wall, “The Apartheid Wall: The Israeli Project for the Demise of Palestinian Life.” Keep checking back for other important daily updates at www.stopthewall.org.

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