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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 23. Juli
2006 / Time Line July 23, 2006
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22. Juli 2006, 24. Juli 2006
07/23/2006
Quick Report from the Israeli Peace Front
By: Gila Svirsky
www.coalitionofwomen.org
The peace movement in Israel has pulled out all stops to end this
mad war. Lots of groups are active, and we had a big joint
demonstration last night - at least 5,000 people (though the media
reported 2,500). Marching through the streets of Tel Aviv with
signs, "End the War", "End the Occupation" felt like a relief after
the roar of pro-war-talk on all the media.
Women in Black held vigils last Friday throughout Israel. The
reactions from the street were quite violent and the police were
out in numbers keeping onlookers (and on-shouters) at bay. After
our vigil, we read the list of 55 (!) locations [see list below]
that held solidarity events this weekend. Some were Women in Black
and others organized by allied groups. We felt greatly encouraged
by this international solidarity.
I end with a short note from Hannah Safran of the Haifa vigil of
Women in Black. The women were shelled during the vigil, but they
returned to complete it. Later that day, under the newly formed
"Women Against War", they again left their homes to protest.
hi gila, how are you? we are having a terrible day today. while we
were demonstrating at our regular Women in Black square (30-40
people in all), we were bombed on both sides. it felt like being
targeted from close. we had to abandon the vigil and look for
shelter. we came back 20 min. later and completed the vigil on
time. As we were traveling home, there was a second attack and we
had to stop the car and look for shelter. When we came home we
opened the newspaper to read letters of women from Lebanon. The
devastation is horrific. Has Israel gone crazy or have we not
noticed what a mad country we live in? It is 5:45 p.m. now and we
had two attacks since then. I am off to our daily demonstration of
Women Against War in front of the Foreign Office and all the
foreign press. We will not be silenced. War must be stopped now.
Every min. counts as people's lives are in danger. do all you can
to stop this madness. only someone from outside can put pressure on
Israel to stop. i have to hurry. be well and let's pray for better
days. love, hannah
Please continue to voice your protest throughout the world.
Demonstrations and Vigils held this weekend (or just before)
Albuquerque, NM, US
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Armidale, Australia
Asheville, NC, US
Baltimore, MD, US
Bay Area, CA, US
Belgrade, Serbia
Bellevue, WA, US
Berlin, Germany
Bonn, Germany
Burlington, VT, US
Calgary, Canada
Canberra, Australia
Cologne, Germany
Concord, MA, US
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Farmington, MA, US
Göteborg, Sweden
Greece
Halmsted, Sweden
Kitchener, Canada
Lancaster, PA, US
London, UK
London, Ontario, Canada
Los Angeles, CA, US
Malmö, Sweden
Marseille, France
Melbourne, Australia
Minneapolis, MN, US
Montreal, Canada
Naples, Italy
New Orleans, LA, US
New Paltz, NY, US (near Woodstock)
New York, NY, US
Oslo, Norway
Ottawa, Canada
Oxford, UK
Padova, Italy
Piteå, Sweden
Paris, France
Pune, Marashtra, India
Rome, Italy
San Luis Obispo, CA, US
Santa Fe, NM, US
Seattle, WA, US
South Dakota, US
Stockholm, Sweden
Strasbourg, France
Toronto, Canada
Tucson, AZ, US
Switzerland
Turin, Italy
Valencia, Spain
Vienna, Austria
Washington, DC, US
07/23/2006
War Resisters‘ International:
Conference Globalising nonviolence 23-27 July 2006 ![](../../../../_gifs/pdf.gif)
Schloss Eringerfeld, Paderborn, Germany.
07/23/2006
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