PRESS CONFERENCE AT YAD MORDECHAI JUNCTION
WEDNESDAY 7TH JANUARY, AT 2.15 P.M.
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, in coalition with other Israeli peace activists (Gush Shalom, AIC, etc.), proposes a press conference at Yad Mordechai Junction (inside the gas station restaurant) on Wednesday 7th January at 2.15 pm to get the Israeli peace camp voice better heard, specifically to contradict assertions made by the Israeli government and military spokespersons.
We call for: immediate ceasefire and cessation of attacks on civilians (the majority of the wounded are civilians, according to Dr. Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor working inside Gaza*), end to the siege on Gaza which is now a ghetto, end to the system of Occupation by Israel of Gaza (air, land, sea control, etc), and resumption of serious peace negotiations.
Speakers include Uri Avnery (Gush Shalom), Michael Warschawsky (AIC),
Prof. Jeff Halper (ICAHD), Yeela Ra’anan (Moshav Ein Habsor near Gaza Strip/RCUV staffer), Inass Masri (Israeli Palestinian living in the Negev).
For further details: Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, ICAHD 0547 366 393
Avram Burg: “Many people say to me, "What about Gaza? Don't have so much compassion for them, don't tell the Israelis to be nice there, tell [the Palestinians] to be nice there. And I say Gaza is a nightmare, and it's a stain on my conscience. And I'm very troubled by the attitude of Israelis against Israeli Arabs. It's a shame. It's a black hole in my democracy.”
*Dr. Gilbert interviewed on CBS TV: http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev6ojm62qwA&feature=channel_page
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