Voci dalla repressione di una manifestazione nonviolenta

Lo scorso 26 giugno migliaia di pacifisti ebrei israeliani, musulamni e cristiani palestinesi, e anche internazionali provenienti da diverse parti del mondo, mentre dimostravano in modo nonviolento sulla strada tra Gerusalemme e Ramallah contro la costruzuione del Muro, sono stati ripetutamente caricati dalla polizia israeliana. Gas fumogano CS, bombe sonore, pallotole di gomma, minaccia di uso pallotole normali. 5 israeliani e 3 palestinesi arrestati. Presenti alla manifesatzione anche la prima autorita religiosa musulmana e la seconda autorità della Chiesa Greco/Ortodossa, nonche i boy scout. In questi giorni si sta costruendo il Muro che separerà gli abitanti di Gerusalemme da se stessi. A Muro ultimato ci saranno parenti divisi, lavoratori tagliati fuori dal la loro lavoro, cittadini della Municipalita che non potranno accedere ai servizi stessi.

Breve testimonianza di un paciifista israeliana

Dear friends from all over the golbe!
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter", Martin Luther King,
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has" Margaret Mead
"Nothing has happened until it's been described" Virginia Woolf
"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the pwoerful, not be nutral" Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher and educator
"Permenant good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence" Gandhi
"Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defead, for it is momentary" Ganhi
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances freedom of others" Nelson Mandela

so my friends, today we, palsetinians, israelis and internationals, icluding the Mufti of jerusalem and Abuna*the father, Atta Alla Hana and some other palestinian and israeli parliamentries, took part in a non viloent demonistration in Al Ram, those of you who have been in Jerusalem few weeks ago will not believe how the situatuion is now, will not recognize the area. we gathered to protest the Aparthied Wall that is being built around palestinian villages and cities. the israeli occupation forces, turned the demonistration into a violent one from the first minutes...it was so violent, one can not imagine how brutal the humanity can be...they even shot an ambulance that was almost burnt, when inside this ambulance there was an injured who suffered from gaz tears...
"If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarntee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. Thers is no other" Carl Schurtz..

Stay safe
salamat
M.

Fonte: Operazione Colomba