Israel-Palestine, Another Media on: The construction of the WALL and the struggle that continues 20/09/04

Four anti-fence demonstrators and four soldiers were wounded Sunday following a confrontation between protesters and security forces south of Mt. Hebron. The IDF said demonstrators threw stones and bricks at the soldiers, lightly wounding four.
> Jonathan Pollak, of Anarchists Against the Wall said that "throughout the whole demonstration not one stone was thrown." Demonstrators were holding olive branches in their hands to symbolize the 1,000 trees lost during the fence's construction in the area of Beit Awwa, Sikka, Deir Aamut, said Pollak. Violence broke out when security forces tried to arrest the demonstrators. "They started kicking people and punching people," he said.

According to Pollak, some 250 Palestinians and 50 Israelis and international demonstrators headed in the direction of the construction near the settlement of Shekef around 10 a.m. "We managed to block the bulldozers for two hours or so," said Pollak. Additional security forces came "and it got pretty rough," he said. "One Palestinian demonstrator was beaten unconscious. They were stepping on his face and kicking his head. Another Israeli demonstrator got burn wounds from a stun grenade that was thrown at her. Two other Palestinians were lightly injured," said Pollak.

He said that the villages are losing some 1,200 dunams of land to the fence. Much of the arguments surrounding the fence have been reduced to the question of whether or not it is on the green line, said Pollak. He doesn't accept any wall, including on the green line. "We oppose the wall on any path," Pollak said. Construction of a wall in Gaza has turned it into one of the world's largest prisons. "We won't let that happen here," he said. "Not in our name," he added.

Palestine-Israel, Photographs, wall construction stopped at sikka/beit awwa 19/9/04

Today, the people of beit awwa were successful in stopping the construction of the wall on their lands. work was halted for about 2 hours and two were injured.
photoes credit AP and AFP https://israel.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/697 The march left beit awwa 100 strong. Palestinians, internationals and israelis*.
men women and children. They were intercepted by IDF infantry which tried to stop the march at gun point. an officer informed indymedia that "this is for your protection i don't want you to be hurt by the heavy machinery" It must also have been out of concern that the soldiers used stun grenades and tear gas to try to stop the march.

Undeterred, the march continued to the work site near sikka where the crowed of demonstrators grew to about 200. When the demonstrators reached the work site, the worked stopped and did not resume for about 1 hour.

Confrontation with the army and border police() developed whenthey attempted to arrest people. In the end no arrests were made but several palestinians were injured. One injury was medium. An israeli women was also injured by the plastic casing of a stun grenade exploded near her.

After some of the demonstrators went back work resumed briefly but was topped again when demonstrators placed themselves in front of the bulldozers.

After about 45 minutes of blocking the bulldozers large forces of civilian police and riot police arrived at which point the demonstrators decided to retreat rather than risk more injury and arrests.
The lack of arrest and more serious injury leaves the demonstrators in a good position to intensify the resistance to the construction of the wall in the area.

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* Edotor note: Media claimed it was Israeli Anarchists Against Against The Wall
See also:
(en) Israel-Palestine, Media:...................
http://ainfos.ca/04/sep/ainfos00359.html
http://ainfos.ca/04/sep/ainfos00366.html
Sun Sep 19 15:12:11 GMT 2004

Israel-Palestine, Media: The construction of the WALL and the struggle continue 19/09/04

Radio and other media report on struggle at noon in the South of Hebron mountains region near Shekef. About 150 Palestinians and 30 Israeli Anarchists Against The Wall and ISM people demonstrated against cutting trees and confiscating fields for the building of the WALL.
In the clash the Police and gendarmes shoot tear gas and more... In the clashes one comrade of Anarchists Against The Wall and one Palestinian were injured. The works were suspended for a while but resumed later.

See also the call for international solidarity day of anarchists all over the world on October 22 (en) Greece, Crete, Proposal for an international day of solidarity to the Palestinian struggle http://www.ainfos.ca/04/aug/ainfos00059.html

Israel-Palestine, Nikmat Olalim tour + Slovanian\Italian info tour 10/09/04

Hey friends, please help spreading this msg. thanx. Me.
Antizionist Hardcorepunk storm over europe
Nikmat Olalim ("Toddler's Revenge") is the name of an extremist Jewish organization that set a pipe bomb in an elementary school in Zur Baher, a village in East Jerusalem. This subject doesn't receive much attention in the Israeli public, even though when there are terrorist attacks against Jews you would hear about them for weeks, and the intention is to show ourselves and the world that the Jews are the victims and we're under constant threat. Obviously, bringing up the existence of Jewish terrorism against Arabs damages this image. When this issue is being raised, the Jewish terrorists are presented as crazy extremists, outside the Israeli mainstream. Few make the connection between this illegal act, to the much worse actions carried out by the Israeli Army which are considered legal (at least according to Israeli law), and receive practically full support by the Israeli public. The organization Nikmat Olalim injured 10 schoolchildren and a teacher in Zur Baher. In the past three years, around 20 Palestinians were injured on daily average by the Israeli security forces, and more than 2 were killed every day.
Jewish terrorism is not some extremist or singular , terror is an inseparable part of Israeli society, and it is carried out daily. Nikmat olalim members are Israeli activists in Human\Animal liberation struggles.in groups like anarchists against walls, OneStruggle , GreenAction and more

these are the dates for the european tour,:

Wed 15.9. Finland, Helsinki, Vuoritalo w/Armageddon Clock and Abduktio
Tthu 16.9. Finland, Turku, TVO w/Armageddon Clock
Fri 17.9. Finland, Helsinki TBA w/Armageddon Clock
Sat 18.9. Finland, Lappeenranta, Husaari w/Armageddon Clock and Watsons
Sun 19.9. TBA
Mon 20.9. TBA
Tue 21.9. TBA
Wed 22.9. TBA
Thu 23.09. Latvia, Riga @ Depo w/ IN.STORA, KRIEGOPFER
Fri 24.09. Latvia, Valmiera
Sun 25.09. Latvia, Kuldiga
Mon 26.09. Lithuania, Vilnius
Tue 27.09. Poland, Grudziadz
Wed 28.09. Poland, Warszawa
Thu 29.09. Poland,Lublin
Fri 30.09. Poland, Krakow @ kawiarnia naukowa w/ Superape X & Eon
Sat 1.10. Poland, Sosnowiec
Sun 2.10 TBA
Mon 3.10 TBA
Tue 4.10 TBA
Wed 5.10. Hungary, Budapest @ MUSIC FACTORY CLUB w/ show your life
Thu 6.10 TBA
Fri 7.10. Austria,Vienna
Sat 8.10. Austria,Graz
Sa/ 9.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
Su/ 10.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
Mo/ 11.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
Tu/ 12.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
We/ 13.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
Th/ 14.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
Fr/ 15.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
Sa/ 16.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
Su/ 17.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
Mo/ 18.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
Tu/ 19.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
We/ 20.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
Th/ 21.10. Germany/Switzerland TBA
Fr/ 22.10. Germany, Saarlonis Sa/ 23.10. Germany. Mannheim
Su/ 24.10. Germany TBA
Mo/ 25.10. Germany TBA
Tu/ 26.10. Germany TBA
We/ 27.10. Germany, Siegburg (near Bonn)
Th/ 28.10. Germany, Oberhausen
Fr/ 29.10. Germany TBA
Sa/ 30.10. Germany, Berlin
Su/ 31.10. Germany TBA
Mo/ 1.11. Germany TBA
Tu/ 2.11. Germany TBA
We/ 3.11. Germany TBA

A lot of dates are not closed (TBA) but in the following days there will be more updates, you can check it on the band Website at http://www.gutzy.com/olalim and also get some music and ideas about them..
if you think you can help the band with anything (some shows had been canceled after the organizers found out that the band speak against the idea of zionism so if you can help setting shows in Germany/Switzerland/sweden/lituania please contact ) or just wanna say you like\hate them - catch them at tal_olalim@hotmail.com

VIVA LA ANTIZIONIST HARDCOREPUNK!

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Yet another Infotour in Slovenia\Italy..

Lili, an israeli activist, will speak+show movies from the nonviolence resistance of israelis and palestinians against the israeli apartheid wall, these are the dates, you can catch her at liadland@yahoo.com

> 21 Gorizia(slovenia)
> 22 Lubiana (Slovenia)
> 24 - 9 Carrara
> 25/26-9 Carrara (no lecture but the congress/meeting of the italian anarchist federation)
> 27-9 Napoli
> 28 Cosenza
> 29 Palermo
october 1-10 Bologna
> 2 Reggio Emilia
> 3 Rimini
> 4 Imola
> 5 Trieste
> 6 Pordenone
> 7 Milano
> 8 Torino
> 9 Cuneo
> 11 Savona
> 12 Pisa
> 13 Volterra


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Israel-Palestine, Tel-Aviv, The Anrchist Against The Wall get organized 07/09/04

About 30 people of the initiative gathered to improve the structure, communication and future activities of the initiative. Among other subjects was discussed the initiatives of the Cretian anarchists suggested for the 22 October.
See: http://www.ainfos.ca/04/sep/ainfos00050.html (en) Israel-Palestine: Appeal from Greek comrades for an international anarchist day of action (ca,it) Following is a greeting text The Federation of Anarchist Communists (FdCA) in Italy that was read in yesterday meeting. "Text for Anarchists Against The Wall - thanks! from FdCa"

Dear comrades,

The Federation of Anarchist Communists (FdCA) in Italy sends you its warmest greetings and best wishes for the success of your initiative.

The FdCA is a federation of militants and has been active since 1986 when it was formed from the union of several existing groups. Although we are a relatively small organization, our members share a solid theoretical base which is the continuation of the class-struggle anarchism which has existed in Italy since the 19th century, a tradition which we are happy to carry on. We are active in many struggles, for example anti-militarism, anti-sexism and, most importantly for our anti-capitalism, the labour movement.

We have closely followed the activities of the "Anarchists Against the Wall" initiative since its beginnings and are happy to note the success it has enjoyed in bringing practical anarchism to the public eye through its non-violent actions and close, non-authoritarian co-operation with the Palestinian inhabitants of the occupied areas.

As we believe the example you provide can be a valuable lesson to others (and not only anarchists), and as the importance of your struggle deserves the maximum exposure possible, we have dedicated a part of our federation's website to your activities (www.fdca.it/wall). Though you have been successful in obtaining a certain amount of public attention in your country through the media, the Apartheid Wall is still sadly ignored by large areas of the Western media, and we hope that, in Italy at least, our website on the Anarchists Against the Wall can help to focus more attention on the struggle.

We were also interested to note the initiative which has been made among you with this meeting to try to co-ordinate better your movement. We welcome any move towards greater anti-authoritarian organization of social forces and therefore we wish you luck in your work.

Long live anarchist communism!

In solidarity,

Nestor McNab
for FdCA International Relations

Israel-Palestine: Appeal from Greek comrades for an international anarchist day of action (ca,it) 03/09/04

Hello friends and comrades of the world, We hope you're all fine wherever you are and you still struggle for dignity, freedom and social justice. The reason for which I'm sending you this message is considerably important and we would like you to pay attention to a proposal we'd like to make from here, Greece, a proposal which demands the coordination, the action and the passion of all of us who want to call ourselves as libertarians. We are a group of comrades from Heraklion of Crete, Greece, and we've thought about organizing an event of solidarity to the palestinian people (not the fanatic fundamentalists) who struggle and get brutally murdered every day (together with heroic figures like Rachel Corrie, Tom Hurndall etc) and, on the other side, to the Israeli consciencious objectors who have refused to join the army of their country in the occupied areas and because of this attitude are now in jail.

The reason for which we address you too is that we wish this event to take place in all the parts of the world where there are anarchists, ON THE SAME DAY.

We all know that crimes like those that are committed every day in Palestine (and in Iraq, Afghanistan) are results of the world's leaders' plans, targets and strategies. They are crimes that are committed because of and through their global web of interests and correlations. That's why we believe we GLOBALLY have to face them.That is to say, if 200 persons demonstrate here in Heraklion, none of those criminals will be bothered, none will listen to our voice. THEY MUST FEEL THE PRESSURE. And, under the given conditions that dominate in the world now, we'll succeed in this only or principally if we start demonstrating massively, dynamically, all together coordinated and at the same time.

Our proposal consists in the following points: - In proportion to the problems, emergencies etc that we face in the place we live in, we'll all arrange a date within the forthcoming September - October, when all of us or a big amount of us will come out in the streets to demonstrate in order to declare our solidarity to the people we previously referred to - Each group, collectivity, federation, syndicate, organization, individual etc will arrange autonomously of course the kind of action that will assume at that date, according to its possibilities, potential problems etc. But the only certain thing will be that we'll all organize a demonstration out in the streets. After that, each one will continue the way they'll judge better according to the local sircumstances - We'll type a poster concerning this event. Now, there are two options:

a) if we can agree on the content of the poster in a way that we'll all type the same slogans on it, each one in his/her own language, would be great. This is the most difficult point of the case, although not impossible. In this case, there will be specific proposals

b) otherwise, each organization will type what they judge better, but we all put the same date and, if possible, the names and the areas/countries where each collectivity is from. The general sign will be "Anarchists - Libertarians" or something, according to what we'll agree on in the course. This proposal of course, sumits to discussion and elaboration. This is a general framework. Through e-mails, phone calls if necessary etc, we'll gradually reach an agreement about the whole thing. That's why we've thought about organizing it in September - October: so that we'll all have the time to communicate and coordinate our action till then, or. If we judge it better, earlier or later.

If you approve of this idea, please become a repeater and transfer it to all the groups etc you're in contact with or you simply know and we begin organizing it - the sooner the better.

The e-mail which in the beginning will constitute the centre of this communication till we need to expand it among us, is the one in this message: nikosfindelmundo@yahoo.com

If you pass this message to any people you know, please let each other know the names of the groups, organizations etc so that all of us will know who have already got it and we won't repeat it to those who've already received it. We've already started to discuss it in Greece and the first lines of the plan are the ones we've mentioned above.

Friends and comrades, it isn't too difficult: let's prove to the people, the capitalists and especially ourselves, that we constitute a global force, that we're capable of utilize the media (Internet etc) for continuous large-scale mobilizations, that we can organize ourselves and move all together towards a target. If we succeed, we'll contribute a substantial help for the case of the Palestinian people and the Israeli strugglers and, additionally, we'll have created an action without precedent which will be able to be repeating in the future for more and more cases that concern us.

Let's just try. This message has already been sent to various anarchist groups, organizations, individuals etc in Spain, France, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela. We've already had the first response: the comrades of the "El Libertario" magazine in Venezuela said they'll think about the whole thing and reproduce it to another 200 persons and organizations in all Latin America. Let's try for our history and conscience. We expect your answers, proposals, demurs, comments.

From Heraklion of Crete, Greece, and on behalf of the circle of comrades that took this iniciative.

Warm greetings, "evangelismos" Squat, Heraklion of Crete, Greece.

Israel-Palestine, Tel-Aviv, Activist/Anarchist against the wall general meeting 01/09/04

U., k. and R. are calling for a general meeting that will be held on: Monday 6th of September at 19:00 At the offices of the Hienrich Boll foundation.
24 Nahalet Binyamin st. (03 5167734/5) On the agenda:
1. communication between the different activist
2. relationships
3. legal matters
4. activity report and summer summary
5. future plans
6. budget and money matters
7. website
8. international relationships
9. letting of steam in a civilized matter


everybody's attendance is needed. You who receive this message please make sure that all who should know knows.

Please bring snacks and cold and booze potluck