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Next Meeting
June 16, 2003 - 7PM United Church (602 Silica, at Josephine.
Up the stairs at the far end of the building on Josephine.
Then come up to the third floor.)
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ALERT
Immediate Response Requested!
Hebron: Rollins still in
prison -- opportunity to contact Israeli Interior Minister
Faxes, e-mails, still needed
As of 8 pm Monday (12:00 noon Chicago time) Greg Rollins
is still in Ramle Prison. On Tuesday, he will appear at
the Ramle Magistrate's court. The government may discuss
terms for his release, because the Israeli government has
still pressed no charges after holding him for eight days.
Alternatively, the military may decide to press charges,
and might even ask the judge to deport Rollins immediately.
Our lawyer is doing his best to prepare for all possibilities.
CPT appreciates the faxes and e-mails that you have sent
in response to Rollins' arrest. We are asking for still
more messages to Interior Minister Avraham Poraz, because
Rollins' arrest ties into larger issues of the Israeli government's
harassment, deportation and murders of international human
rights monitors.
Note in your messages that nonviolent international human
rights-monitoring presence in Occupied Territories is something
that any democratic government should welcome as part of
a structure that protects civil rights. Tell Poraz that
you and the rest of the world will respect Israel more if
it affirms the right of nonviolent observers to report what
they see happening in the West Bank and Gaza.
Faxes are the most effective means of communication. Poraz's
fax number (from North America) is 011-972-2-566-6376. E-mail
for the Minister of the Interior is sar@moin.gov.il
or
aporaz@knesset.gov.il
The Campaign for Secure Dwellings is a network of congregations
in North America working to end the Israeli military occupation
of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Christian Peacemaker Teams
coordinates the Campaign for Secure Dwellings in cooperation
with the Palestinian Land Defense Committee, Rabbis for
Human Rights, and the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions.
Christian Peacemaker Teams (www.cpt.org)
is a ministry of active peacemaking initiated by Mennonites,
Brethren and Quakers with broad ecumenical participation.
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