Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 25. April 2004 / Time Line April 25, 2004
Version 3.024. April 2004, 26. April 2004
04/25/2004
Anarchy in our souls
I just spoke to Molly Malekar on her way to Sha'arei Tzedek
Hospital in Jerusalem, and here is what she reported:
"We were about 60 women, only women: roughly 1/3 Israeli, 1/3
Palestinian, and 1/3 internationals. We gathered at Bidu to protest
the construction of the wall in this village. It was a quiet march,
with women carrying signs and walking toward the area where
soldiers were guarding the construction of the fence. At a distance
of about 10 meters (30 feet) from them, we stopped walking because
the soldiers turned to point their rifles directly at us. I called
out to them in Hebrew, "Don't shoot, we're not armed, this is a
nonviolent demonstration." Suddenly there was an onslaught of
teargas and stun grenades, falling all around us, completely out of
proportion to the quiet, nonprovocative nature of our action. The
grenades fell right there at our feet and we were choking, unable
to breathe. Most dispersed and ran back. Soldiers charged toward us
and fell upon the women, grabbing some whom they arrested. By then,
there was no demonstration at all, nothing to disperse. Most of the
women had run back, trying to recover from the tear gas, but I
remained as I wanted to talk to the soldiers to prevent the arrest
of the four women. Suddenly out of nowhere four horses charged,
with border police mounted on them. I started to run away, but one
of them ridden by a girl soldier caught up with me and she struck
me on my head with a baton. I fell, and then a second horse charged
toward me and I felt more blows on my head and back. There was no
provocation whatsoever at any point while this was happening."
Molly is the director of Bat Shalom, which is the women's peace
organization that forms the Israeli side of The Jerusalem Link: A
Women's Joint Venture for Peace (the Palestinian side is called the
Jerusalem Center for Women). Molly is the most wonderfully serious
and thoughtful woman you would ever want to have at the head of
your organization. Anyone who has ever met Molly knows that she has
never engaged in provocation, but has only been cautious and
respectful. I asked her by cell phone, on her way to the hospital,
how she feels and she said, "A horrible headache, my ears hurt, and
aching from the blows. But let's think about how to wake people up
to what is happening out there. We have to wake people up."
Wake up, world! Hear O Israel, wake up!! Israeli soldiers have made
brutality a way of life against Palestinians, then they turned
their weapons and death upon international peace activists, and now
they are brutalizing Israelis who express disapproval of their
ways. Who will be the first one killed?
Writes US woman activist Starhawk, who participated in some of
these, "The Israelis who are involved in the day to day resistance
... said to me that they know it is only a matter of time before
there is an Israeli 'shaheed '- a martyr of the occupation. Being
Israeli is no longer a protection against the violence of the
military."
What's worse: Nonviolence is no longer protection against the
brutality of the military, regardless of whether you are Israeli or
Palestinian or international. No one should be assaulted for
peacefully demonstrating, and yet that has become the norm. Today,
any single demonstration that takes place in the territories --
whether by Palestinians or Israelis, women or men, nonviolent or
violent -- is treated to the same brutal behavior of guns, stun
grenades, and clubs. And no one investigates the incidents in a
serious, unbiased manner, and the soldiers learn that they can be
more and more cruel, and no one gives a damn.
What has happened? The occupation has happened. The occupation has
corrupted the soul of Israel. A situation of "Ein din v'ein dayan",
as the Bible says: "No law and no one standing in judgment".
There is anarchy in the soul of Israel today, and it won't be gone
until we uproot the occupation from our land and from our hearts
writes Gila Svirsky from Jerusalem.
Israel/Palæstina – USA’s nye holdning er et
eklatant brud på FN-principper
FN-forbundet finder USA’s støtte til Israels politik
blandt andet om fastholdelse af israelske bosættelser
på Vestbredden, som den kom til udtryk på
pressemøde med George W. Bush og Ariel Sharon den 14. april
2004, uacceptabel og undergravende for det internationale arbejde
for fred og sikkerhed.
Det har i årtier været klare præmisser ved
konfliktløsning, at besatte områder skal forlades, at
bosættelse på fremmed territorium skal bringes til
ophør, og at fordrevne og flygtninge har ret til at vende
hjem. På dette grundlag har parterne eller mæglere
kunnet fremlægge løsningsforslag til konkret
forhandling.
Med USA’s nye holdning til disse spørgsmål
skabes en farlig præcedens for, at det kan betale sig for en
konflikts stærke part at ignorere disse præmisser, samt
at en svagere part ikke kan påkalde sig disse præmisser
som grundlag for en løsning. FN-forbundet ser derfor
USA’s nye holdning som et eklatant brud på princippet
om, at alle lande, folk og mennesker er lige for loven.
Der har i årevis været bred international enighed -
også i FN’s sikkerhedsråd – om, at en
to-stats-løsning med en palæstinensisk stat på
de besatte områder – side om side med Israel –
kunne bibringe en fredsløsning, som parterne burde kunne
leve med. Med den amerikanske melding om, at Israel kan beholde
store dele af den besatte Vestbred (inkl. Østjerusalem),
synes muligheden for en levedygtig palæstinensisk stat at
være forsvundet. Der har længe hersket uklarhed om
fremtiden for de palæstinensiske flygtninge. FN’s
generalforsamling har - med næsten alle stemmer for - hvert
år siden 1948 bekræftet flygtninges ret til hjemvenden
på linie med andre flygtninge i verden. Omvendt har det bredt
været vurderingen, at ikke alle kunne få mulighed for
at vende hjem til Israel. Efter FN-forbundets mening bør der
kunne ske en hjemvenden i et omfang, der dels stadfæster, at
fordrivelse er uacceptabelt, dels giver de palæstinensiske
flygtninge den moralske rehabilitering, der muliggør en
forsoning.
FN-forbundet tager på det skarpeste afstand fra USA’s
nye politik i Israel/Palæstina spørgsmålet, da
det er i strid med FN’s principper og efter FN-forbundets
vurdering klart forringer mulighederne for en varig fred i
Mellemøsten.
FN-forbundet opfordrer samtidig EU til via de muligheder der ligger
i aftalerne med Israel at påvirke Israel økonomisk til
at ændre holdningerne til præmisserne for en fredelig
løsning af konflikten. Desuden opfordrer FN-forbundet de
danske forbrugere til at understøtte en sådan politik
ved at fravælge israelske varer i butikkerne.
04/25/2004
Amerikansk subkritisk atomvåbenforsøg i Nevada.
 |
 |