again Israel & again Israel.

international | anti-war / imperialism | opinion/analysis Saturday January 03, 2004 14:12 by sloppy big hug. - 2004

till they hear us.

Readers will naturally have noticed that Israel is taking up a lot of indymedia ireland space of late. They may be interested to know that the first statement of the Irish EU Presidency has been issued and it concerns Israel.
They might have realised that Israel is on our table, that we are knocking on the table and we are not going away.
This is part of what "european expansion" is about.

policy area: external affairs.
"Bertie Says:" [sloppy big hug Bertie]

The Presidency of the European Union calls upon the Israeli Government to clarify a reported statement by one of its Ministers to the effect that Israel intends to expand its settlements in the occupied area of the Golan Heights.

The expansion of Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights would work against the achievement of a comprehensive peace settlement in the region and this would not serve the long term security interests of the Israeli people.

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http://www.eu2004.ie/templates/news.asp?sNavlocator=66&list_id=7


Another link for today:

from uk imc:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/01/283376.html

Israeli soldier arrested for attempted murder of British activist
The Israeli sniper who shot activist Tom Hurndall brain dead has been arrested. The army leadership has now admitted that its initial accusations of Tom being armoured and in camouflage, as well as its claim that the soldier was returning Palestinian fire, were lies.
The arrest is particularly important as opening fire on activists in Palestine is becoming increasingly regular for the Israeli army. Last Friday Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition into a non-violent action. Gil Na'amati, an Israeli anarchist against the Wall, and an American woman of the International Solidarity Movement were seriously injured. On 1 January the Israeli army fired over 100 rubber bullets aimed at people's heads during another demonstration. Approximately ten people were taken to the hospital and deportation orders were issued against four activists, including a Swedish MP.

from Barcelona translation of Haaretz:
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/65191/index.php

Budrus Update: 15 Wounded & Member of Sweden's Parliament Arrested
by Haaretz 03 gen 2004
Modificat: 12:25:34
"The IDF imposed a curfew on the village and conducted house-to-house searches for the stone throwers"
January 2 2004:

A member of Sweden's parliament arrested as he took part in a protest against the construction of the West Bank separation fence, was released last night and was later to fly home, a spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry said.

Green Party lawmaker Gustav Fridolin was one of four foreigners arrested Wednesday during a scuffle with troops at Budrus, a West Bank Village near the line with Israel southeast of Tel Aviv, where bulldozers are clearing ground for a scetion of a 750-kilometer barrier around the West Bank.

All four were slated for deportation.

Interior ministry spokeswoman, Tova Ellinson said Fridolin waived the usual three-day grace period to allow deportees an opportunity to appeal and would leave Israel voluntarily yesterday evening.

Fifteen people were lightly wounded yesterday during another demonstration against the separation fence, near Budrus north of Modi'in.

Most of the wounded were Palestinians and two of the injured were foreign peace activists, who were hit by rubber coated bullets.

The demonstrators were marching to protest the wounding of Israeli protestors and Swedish member of parliament Fridolin a day earlier.

Israeli peace activists said that after the march ended, some of the protestors threw stones at Israel Defense Forces troops, who then fired tear gas and rubber coated bullets at them.

The IDF imposed a curfew on the village and conducted house to house searches for the stone throwers.

Amos Harel and Arnon Regular


-By the way, We like these greenies, they sit in the same group that gave us EU parliamenary assistance in the Thessalonika case.

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Anarchist actions will continue against the wall. Until the wall is gone. Fot at heart "the wall" is a vital part of our collective European conscienceness. Our leaders might have wished us "full employment" for 2010, but we of the real Europe that yet is not even considered suitable to join the "club", remember the wall.
& the borders.
That is what Europe means to Europeans, and we will extend that freedom to Israeli and Palestinian alike.

This morning assembly:
Kfar Kasem 10h30.
Haifa: Kikar Solel Bone - 09,30;
Jerusalem: Binianey Hauma, 09,30;
Tel Aviv: central station (Arlosorov teminus), 09,45. for transport details :
call Einat -
(Israel) 053-554815

It is most curious that if "we" had a good reputation we might be effective, but we do not, which is perhaps why we are most effective where reputations are almost irretrievably lost.