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Yet Another Invasion
- Subject: Yet Another Invasion
- From: "CCRR" <ccrr at palnet.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:16:39 +0200
Dear Friends, I am writing you again to let you know the situation here in Palestine after the latest invasion. Now it is after 4 days of closure the Israeli army forcing us to under curfew. As you may know that the Israeli army left Bethlehem and church of Nativity just 10 days ago, so us CCRR (The Center for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation) returned back to work we hold a meeting for our peace education trainers and counselors and we put a plan to use this last month in school year in making some discussion with the teachers and student to put a plan for summer vacation to the student, and we began to plan held the conference for 100 teachers, counselors and directors of schools to discuss our peace education program, one of them in Jericho schools, and I have done three appointments in Tantur with Israeli of organization to resume our the dialog for building peace. In this time the Israeli army send back his tanks in Bethlehem without excuse except that Sharon want to lowest the Palestinian and freedom. In last 10 days no one event happens in Bethlehem, it is just Sharon policy and his government that he doesn't want any settlement in the Palestinian people life. I'm asking what the justification of continuation of occupying us is? What is the justifying of discrimination against our people? What is the justification from preventing our peace education program? What is the justification from preventing me from meeting my peace activist's friends Edy Kaufman, millesse, Yakel, Haggai, to discuss and plan for peace work? I was invited to participate in a conference for peace education on the 29th of may in Haifa university, but the Israeli occupation army refused to allow me to attend, even it is organized by Israeli university and nothing in it against Israel and it is for peace education, but Sharon government may think that it is dangerous to talk about peace education Š!!! This last invasion to Bethlehem is a clear sign that the Israeli government is interested and asking for reactions from Palestinian side to justify the occupation of 3000000 Palestinians and continue the military laws and the policy of discrimination and humiliation of Palestinian people. As a peace activist and a simple person who believe in peace, justice, love, human values, and the morals of human rights, I think that occupation, discrimination, military laws, and all kind of violence will never bring peace or settlement to our area or to our country or to our land. I think that violence will never bring peace of justice, killing will never create life. It is a crazy and stupid thought that some of us think that killing is bringing life of peace. Tanks, artillery, and bombs will never solve problems or build peace. The tools of damage and killing are produced for evil not for good. I want to say for those who think that these milling machines will build any kind of settlement or peace, they are wrong because we can't mix fire with oil, it is the same if we put peace and arms, or freedom and occupation or justice and discrimination. So the peace man Sharon prevents any meeting for peace and preventing peace activists from talking, meeting or working. Haifa University wrote to me: "Dear Noah, I am truly sorry to inform you that we did not succeed in getting a permit for you or any other person from PA "Palestinian Authority" to attend our weekend workshop on peace education. How paradoxical!". I don't know what danger for the peace man Sharon to allow peace activists from the two sides to meet and discuss and plan for peace education programsŠ.? This is the action against terror of Sharon army, is to prevent any sort of peace meeting or education. As we are now living a situation of uncertainty and fear from the Israeli occupation army which may impose curfew in every time, until now our children missed 60 school days and many of them having psychological problems and fear from the army and the tanks which are marching in front of their houses. In the last invasion of Bethlehem not one pallet shoot to the army so why this invasion? to protest, no actions from Palestinians. I think that Sharon is inviting clashes and violence, by his violent actions to try to provoke the Palestinians to react to his violence actions to excuse his occupation to our homes and the action of discrimination and immoral policy. So please excuse me for this use of strong language, but it is unbelievable that the world keeps silent on these inhuman actions and asks us to accept the occupation. As a peace activist I don't think that there isn't any chance that we can have peace with the occupation. These two words are contradicted concepts which will never live together, and it is a shame that in the third millennium we have people still believe that it is accepted to occupy other people and to discriminate people because their color, nationality, ethnic or race and also some people try to justify occupation by different means of tricks or silly reasons. I hope that we all stand very strong against occupation, discrimination, killing or hurting any human being for any reason. Violence is a disease that we all have to recover from it and build our relation or respect, peace, justice and human morals. I know that the wave of fundamentalism in these days is very large, strong a very powerful by the evil tools like tanks, guns, and bombs, but our power as peaceful people in our values and believes of justice and I hope and ask all of you to put our hands together and cross all the boarders and meet for peace. I feel really very sorry and upset to be prevented from participating is the peace education dialogue by Sharon army and hope that we all raise our voices against this violence actions. Yours in peace & reconciliation, The Center for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation - CCRR Director Noah Salameh P.O.Box. 861 Bethlehem - Palestine Tel. +972-2-2767745 Fax. +972-2-2745475 E-mail: ccrr at palnet.com or salamehn at hotmail.com
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