appearing below and send letters to the list of decision makers also
appearing below before the High Court hearing on Wednesday, September
8th, regarding the cave dwellers of Susya and surroundings. (To remind
you, there are two parallel High Court cases dealing with two separate
attempts to expell cave dwellers from different cave communities. The
government will be asking that the court rescind their order which
returned the expelled cave dwellers to their homes, while we argue that
the government is exploiting the Court decision (which spok e of
preserving a "status quo" ) to make life impossible for the residents of
the caves. They are not even allowed to rebuild/repair the caves and
other structures damaged by Israeli security forces during the
expulsion,
while new outposts dot the landscape, Itamar Cohen and hi! s friends
have
taken over the village of Gawaweis and are livin g in one of the
homes and
the settlement of Sussya is growing crops on land which the defense
establishment itself ruled to be private Palestinian land.
Please demand that the government withdraw all objections to the Court's
restraining order and allow the development of the infrastructure
necessary for the cave dwellers to live in dignity. The petition and
background information below can help you in terms of what to write.
However, please keep in mind that phone calls are most effective,
followed by original faxes, followed by original emails. Please make
your
communications firm and clear, but polite.
Please sign on the petition by clicking:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/SafeCave/petition.html
Also please let us know if you can come to the court on Wednesday or are
interested in expressing solidarity in any other way.
* Bat Shalo! m * Coalition of Women for Peace * Fifth Mother * Gush
Shalom
* HaCampus Lo Shotek [Campus Speaks Out] * Israel Committee Against
House
Demolitions * MachsomWatch * New Profile * Noga Feminist Journal *
Public
Committee Against Torture in Israel * Rabbis for Human Rights *
Ta'ayush:
Arab-Jewish Partnership * The Other Israel peace movement newsletter *
Women in Black (Israel) * Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom (Israel Section)