Purtroppo non c'è bisogno di commenti  questo - ennesimo - appello.
Credo che tutte e tutti vorremmo avesse un esito positivo e fattivo. che
potesse invertirsi la spirale di morte che ci opprime.

----- Original Message -----
From: Luisa Morgantini
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:13 PM
Subject: Urgente - appello da ass.pacifiste israeliane xpresenzaosservatori
internaz.

Ciao
abbiamo ricevuto da parte di alcune organizzazioni pacifiste israeliane, tra
cui la Coalizione delle Donne per una Pace Giusta, Gush Shalom e la
Commissione Israeliana contro la Demolizione delle Case, l'invito a firmare
la lettera in allegato ed inviarla al Presidente degli Stati Uniti, al
Segretario di Stato degli Stati Uniti, al Presidente della Commissione
dell'Unione Europea e alle Nazioni Unite e alle autorità israeliane. Essa
chiede che si ponga fine all'occupazione e, nel frattempo, che un corpo di
osservatori internazionali sia inviato nella regione per spezzare il circolo
della violenza.
Vi invito a firmare questa lettera e ad inviarla immediatamente come
richiesto.
Un abbraccio
Luisa Morgantini

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Dear Friends,

The situation continues to be grave in the Palestinian Occupied Territories.
As reported by Ha'aretz journalist Gideon Levy, this is the worst Ramadan in
many years.  Prime Minister Sharon demands "seven days of quiet" before
entering into negotiations, while making sure that these seven days never
happen.  His policies towards Palestinians constitute a string of
provocations and brutal oppression.

The undersigned Israeli peace organizations ask you to join us in sending
the letter below, or a similar one, to the US President, the US Secretary of
State,  the EU President, and UN officials, calling upon them to bring the
occupation to an end.  We regard the occupation as the root cause of both
the oppression of Palestinians in the territories and the subsequent
violence against Israelis.  Contact information follows the letter.

Alternative Information Center
Coalition of Women for a Just Peace (which includes Bat Shalom,
MachsomWatch, NELED, New Profile, Noga Feminist Journal,
TANDI, WILPF-Israel, Women and Mothers for Peace, Women
Engendering Peace, and Women in Black)
Gush Shalom
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

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Dear Sir / Madam,

We request your intervention to protect the Palestinians in the occupied
territories and to bring the Israeli occupation to an end, an occupation
that only feeds the cycle of mutual violence and thereby endangers both
nations and the stability of the region.

Prime Minister Sharon demands "seven days of quiet" before entering into
negotiations, and yet he pursues policies that tighten the grip of the
occupation, increase the misery and humiliation of the Palestinians, and
therefore feed the cycle of violence and prevent the onset of negotiations.
Endless military roadblocks, ostensibly to prevent movement of terrorists,
have not achieved their stated aim, but they do impair the ability of
Palestinians to reach work, school, and medical treatment.  Palestinians
who, for years, have held jobs in Israel are no longer given work permits or
allowed to enter.  Massive unemployment foments unrest and is a poor basis
for "seven days of quiet".  Palestinian lives and property are frequently
attacked by Israeli settlers, without hindrance by the Israeli army or
government.  Moreover under the pretext of "security measures", "licensing
laws", and "road construction" (for settlers), Sharon's government has
relentlessly destroyed, or allowed settlers to destroy, Palestinian homes,
roads, and fields.  In response to Colin Powell's speech last week, the
Sharon Government allowed the Jordan Valley Regional Council to offer free
housing to new settlers.

Mr. Sharon's recent military rampage and partial re-occupation of
Palestinian towns, following the assassination of Israel's Minister of
Tourism, left a wide swath of death, injury, and destruction.  The vast
majority of those harmed had nothing to do with the assassination.

The recent assassination of the Hamas military commander ordered by Israeli
government was clearly designed to raise the level of violence and thus
escape international pressure to enter into negotiations.

We urgently request the intervention of the United States, the European
Union, and other concerned nations to apply pressure on the Israeli
government to end the occupation of Palestinian territory, and the
subsequent nightmare for the Palestinian people, which only brings violence
into Israeli life as well.  In the interim, we request that an international
monitoring body be immediately dispatched to the region to end the cycle of
violence and counter-violence.

Respectfully,........................................

............................................................

Please note:  Printing out and faxing your letter (or personally making a
phone call), whenever possible, is more effective pressure than e-mail.

President George W. Bush
president@whitehouse.gov
Fax:(202) 456-2461

Secretary of State Colin Powell
secretary@state.gov
Fax:(202) 261-8577

European Union President Romano Prodi
romano.prodi@cec.eu.int

Mr.Terje Rod Larsen
Personal Representative of the Secretary General to the United Nations in
Palestine
unsco@palnet.com
Tel: + 972 8 282 2914
Fax: + 972 8 282 0966

Ms. Mary Robinson
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
webadmin.hchr@unog.chor
Fax: +(41-22) 917-9016

[CC to:]

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres
sar@mofa.gov.il
Fax:+972-2-5303704

Israeli Defense Minister Benyamin Ben Eliezer
sar@mod.gov.il
Fax: +972-3-6916940 or +972-3 6976990

PrimeMinister Ariel Sharon
Fax: (+972-2) 566-4838 or
(+972-2) 651-3955
(+972-2) 651-2631

You may also consider sending a copy to a Republican Senator Christopher
Bond:
kit_bond@bond.senate.gov
who recently organized a petition by 88 US Senators to "protect Israeli
interests" ("Senators Urge Bush Not to Hamper
Israel" November 17, 2001, New York Times; the text of the petition is on
http://bond.senate.gov/isletter.cfm

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Web site of the Coalition of Women for a Just Peace:
http://www.coalitionofwomen4peace.org