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Wassalam. > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: MCK digest, Vol 1 #113 - 3 msgs > >Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 12:01:01 -0500 > >Today's Topics: > > > > 1. FWD: Information on the Conflict in Palestine (tarek) > > 2. Injustice: Abu-Ali Abdur Rahman (tarek) > > 3. FWD: [shifaknox] Abu Ali Clemency Video (tarek) > > > >--__--__-- > > > >Message: 1 > >Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 12:34:44 -0500 > >From: tarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [MCK] FWD: Information on the Conflict in Palestine > > > > >== Original Message From Muslim Students Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ==< > > > >Assalaamu alaykum warahmatAllah. > >Please take a few minutes to read this message to its entirety. > > > >I have attached several links to this e-mail of good sources to get > >information about the Palestine/Israel conflict. Please forward this out >to > >non-Muslims. A recent poll has shown that only a little more than 50% >stated > >that they support Israel's recent military missions. While this is much >lower > >that usual, inshaAllah it will become even lower when people receive >accurate > >information and are aware of the issues. Also, I know it's hard not to >get > >caught up in watching news reports on TV, but we should break away from >this > >habit. Not only does it consume our time, but it also affects our states >of > >mind and heart. Alhamdulillah, there are many good sources of >information on > >the web. > > > >Please copy what is below (at least the links & attached letter) and >forward > >it to non-Muslim friends. > >----------------------- > > > >Dear Friends, > > > >May Peace & Blessings be upon you all. > > > >In recent days, our airwaves and print media have been filled with >stories and > >images of the fighting going on in the occupied territories of > >Palestine. As most of you are probably aware, over the course of > >the past week, Israel has seized several Palestinian towns in the West > >Bank. They began by rolling tanks into Ramallah and attacking Yasser > >Arafat's compound there and have increased their military activity > >throughout the West Bank each day since. In the past couple of days, > >there has been heavy fighting in Bethlehem, where churches and mosques > >have been destroyed, and where Manger Square and the Church of the > >Nativity have become a haven for wounded Palestinians, but are themselves > >in danger of attack. While Israel purports to be carrying out such acts > >in defense of its citizens' security, it does so at the expense of the > >human rights of Palestinian Muslim & Christians. Israel's recent actions > >have garnered world-wide criticism, especially from human rights groups > >such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and the Pope > >has also spoken out against Israeli aggression. Even in the United >States, > >which has historically been a staunch ally of Israel, public support for > >Israel is at an all-time low. > > > >Due to issues of American strategic & foreign interests, ideology, habit, >and > >pressure, it is often hard to discern the truth behind what we see in our > >mainstream press. What we see in the American press oftentimes > >overly simplifies the situation and ignores many of the most important > >issues. More often than not, the Palestinian voice is left unheard or >is, > >at best, trivialized. I'd therefore like to encourage everyone to look > >for information about the Palestine & Israel conflict in alternative news > >sources, and to probe beyond TV news reports and popular daily > >newspapers. > > > >I have included a few websites that I would recommend for people >interested in > >gaining a broader perspective of the current situation, as well as other > >issues involved in the conflict in the Middle East. Also, attached to >the > >bottom of this e-mail is a letter written from someone under siege in > >Ramallah, appealing to people in the West for help. I would urge you to >take > >action by calling on your government representatives to put pressure on >Israel > >and also by putting pressure on media sources to report accurate and >balanced > >information. For those of you who feel strongly about this issue, a >group > >will be meeting at 12:00 on Tuesday, as part of the "Women in Black" >movement, > >in front of the John J. Duncan Federal Building downtown (corner of >Locust & > >Main) to oppose violence & support Palestinian human rights. E-mail the >MSA > >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you would like more information about this. > > > >Please read below for links & a letter from Ramallah. > > > >In peace & solidarity, > >maha ayesh > >----------------------------- > >To read the most recent statement issued by Amnesty International, go to: > >>http://web.amnesty.org/web/news.nsf/WebAll/BF6E81BDD982762080256B8F00578DAE?OpenDocument > >For the most recent news from the Human Rights Watch, check out: > >http://www.humanrightswatch.org/press/2002/04/isr-pa040302.htm > > > >For up-do-date news reports from Palestine: > >www.jerusalem.indymedia.org (a product of the Independent Media Centre) > >http://www.palestinechronical.org > >http://www.pinaonline.org (Palestine Independent News Agency) > >http://www.zmag.org/meastwatch/meastwat.htm (Z-Magazine, Middle East >watch) > > > >Some highly recommended sites for general world news: > >http://www.guardian.co.uk (The Guardian-UK) > >http://www.independent.co.uk (The Independent, also UK; pay special >attention to > >articles by Rober Fisk, who is perhaps one of the most reliable sources >for > >news from the Middle East.) > >http://www.counterpunch.com > >http://www.zmag.org/ZNET.htm > > > >Also, some other sites related to the Palestinian struggle & the >protection of > >Palestinian Human Rights: > >http://www.electronicintifada.org (An incredible site with a lot of > >information. Check out the "Live from Palestine" diaries project, which > >features up-to-date diary entries from people at ground zero.) > >http://www.palestinercs.org/ (Palestinian Red Crescent Society--akin to >Red Cross) > >http://www.ramallahonline.com (All about Ramallah, with up-to-date news) > >http://www.adc.org (Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee) > >http://www.gush-shalom.org (Israeli grassroots peace movement) > >http://www.btselem.org (Israeli human rights organization) > >http://www.peacenow.org (another Israeli peace movement) > >------------------------------ > > > >Letter from Ramallah > > > >Dear All: > > > >I am the director of the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in Ramallah > >(Http://www.sakakini.org).. As I am under siege at home, i am sending out >this > >email to journalist friends, & others, to ask to please get our message >out & > >disseminate further. > > > >I hope this message will not become morbid fodder for chain emails to >draw > >pity, or prayers, or donations, but rather actions. We are doing our bit >by > >resisting & or standing steadfast, & ask the world to please do its bit >in the > >name of our common humanity, each according to his her/own capacity. We >do not > >want to become the red indians of the Arab world, but simply want to live > >free, in peace & dignity on this land. > > > >I will start by a few paragraphs' overview of the situation "live" as i >see > >it, & follow it with 9 suggestions of what we would please like to see >happen > >in the media & elsewhere in the outside world. > > > >Firstly tonight -Sunday- we have heard numerous reports of 30 Palestinian > >policemen executed in cold blood by Israeli soldiers in a building where >they > >sought refuge on Irssal street in Ramallah. This was after 5 Palestinian > >officers were executed by being shot to the head & then had their corpses > >thrown on the pavement for hours on Friday. > > > >Ambulances are prevented from reaching their destinations & 2 hospitals > >have either been broken into (Arabcare) or shot at (Nazer Maternity >Hospital). > >If this continues, it will be another Chechnya or Sarajevo in the making. > > > >Personally, I have been shut at home since Friday morning, like all the >tens > >of thousands of inhabitants of Ramallah & El-Bireh, & no prospect of an >end > >soon. We did not have electricity for one day, but thank God it got > >reestablished today Sunday. > > > >One of the employees of the Sakakini Center had the Israeli army burst >into > >his village (Kobar) yesterday, destroy belongings & arrest his younger > >brother, alongside 30 other young men from the village. > > > >The cleaning lady of the Center lives in a house with an outhouse for >toilets. > >For 3 days the Israelis have been posted by the door to her house & >preventing > >all exit. When the eldest today sneaked out to the outhouse, the Israelis > >caught him & beat him. His school teacher father tried to intervene, the > >Israelis beat him & arrested him. > > > >One of the board members of our center was arrested with all the >employees of > >the office building where he was working late Thursday night. They were >all > >blindfolded & had their hands tied & placed in one room for 16 hours. The > >Israelis destroyed some office furniture & stole hard drives from >computers. > >They all untied themselves once they realized the Israelis had gone on to > >bigger prey.. > > > >My brother in law & his wife & their 3 under-10 year old kids are without > >phone & electricity since Friday & cannot go live w/ someone else as they > >would be shot at. > > > >My next door neighbor's 70+ year old father lives near Yasser Arafat's >office. > >The Israelis broke into his home Friday, broke everything w/ the butt of >their > >rifles (TV, sinks, furniture, etc.. ) & then stole some money. > > > >There are reports also of Israeli soldiers breaking into banks & change > >offices & jewelery stores & stealing money & jewelry. > > > >In El Bireh, they arrested Saturday 150 young men between 16-45 years of >age > >after calling out for men of this age bracket to get out, they are >grouping > >them in Ramallah's Old City. > > > >The only local private TV station in town that used to air hourly news & > >advice (Watan TV) has been seized by the Israelis on Friday, & they are >now > >airing pornographic films. Journalists have been ordered out of Ramallah >today > >Sunday. > > > >All neighborhoods are abuzz with talk of who is next in Israeli home > >incursions. As for me & many others, there is the human instinct of >crying out > >for help when in danger. > > > >What we have done: With our means we have made phone calls to appeal for >help > >& pressure on the international community to a number of high level >officials > >in a number of neigboring countries, as well as sent appeals to the media >like > >this one. > > > >Below are 9 modest &/or utopic suggestions & requests: > > > >1- This is a long siege please keep the pressure to have our story told & > >appeals for action continuous. > > > >2- The Centre's admin.& finance director, Ms. Manal Issa has collected >about > >10 testimonies by children around her describing conditions under siege >as > >well as drawings she has scanned. These testimonies in Arabic can be >obtained > >directly from her at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will translate them tomorrow >to > >englsih & have them available. I am also asking that anybody who gets >this > >email directly or forwarded, ask us for copies of these testimonies to >have > >them published as widely as possible. > > > >3- Please ask for pressure on the international community & decision >makers to > >lift the siege on us. We need tens & hundreds of letters daily to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] & vice.president@white house.gov > > > >4- If you do not want that, please write mainstream news organizations in >the > >US about the siege. > > > >5- We need daily demonstrations in front of Israeli embassies. > > > >6- We need appeals from Arab artists to western European artists for > >concerts/demonstrations/appeals to decision makers to lift the siege. > > > >7- We need action by Western/European artists for events to ask for the >siege > >to be lifted on us. > > > >8- If you work for a publication, please keep a section for daily news or > >weekly news from the siege, interviews with witnesses to repression/the >siege, > >children's testimonies, & information from hospitals. > > > >9-The disastrous health picture can be obtained by calling the Ramallah > >Hospital & talking to its director Dr. Atari or to the Deputy minister of > >health who is stationed there Dr. Munther Sharif (972 2 2 298 2220). > > > >10- Please give us your suggestions for action & for what you need from >us to > >better help us. > > > >Thank you to the Muharraq Club, Bahrein TV, & Dubai's Nadwat al Thaqafa >for > >hearing us already.. > > > >Thank you all & we all look forward to hearing from you soon, > > > >Adila Laidi. > > > >=============================== > >The Muslim Student Association > >UT - Knoxville > >Phone: (865)973-0707 > >Website: www.MSAknoxville.org > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------! 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