This means it is yes to the national tour by some or all of the five Israeli draft resisters just released from prison. They arrive in the US and the national tour begins October 23 and extends through Novermber 25. The national tour is being organized by the Refuser Solidarity Network and AFSC. 
 
The New England portion is from October 30 to November 4. In the next few days I will be scheduling a teleconference for next week to set an itinerary for the New England portion of their tour. They can speak at five to six cities or towns in New England during this period. Please email me immediately if you are interested in considering organizing an event for them at your campus or in your community so you can be included in the telecon.
 
For those in other parts of the country who would like to consider organizing an event contact Judith Kolokoff at
Jimmy
 
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From: Reuven Kaminer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'Reuven Kaminer' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:44:18 +0200
Subject: Parents' Forum Is Pleased to Announce
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:47 PM

 

Subject: [refusniks_updates] the five draft resisters, have been

officially released from IDF

 

 

The Refuseniks Parents' Forum is pleased to announce that the five

draft resisters, Haggai Matar, Noam Bahat, Adam Maor, Shimri Zameret and Matan Kaminer have been officially informed that they are hereby released from the ranks of the army.

 

 

The release from the IDF comes after an epoch-making court battle and

after the five young men have spent close to two years in

confinement.  The campaign against the imprisonment of the five, for

having resisted mobilization to the IDF, as long as it is an army of

occupation, has received wide international attention and evoked

strong expressions of solidarity the world over.

 

 

The release of the five will be marked in a mass public reception

this Thursday, September 23 in Tel Aviv.  Expressions of solidarity

are pouring in from public figures in Israel and all over the world.

 

This is a victory for all women and men of good conscience who refuse

to participate in oppression and occupation.  The calm bravery of

these five young men reminds us that we all have the right to refuse

to be part of the occupation and suggests that we might well consider

that this right is really a duty.  

 

 

We take this occasion to express our deepest heartfelt thanks for the

many, many thousands of _expression_ of moral, political and financial

solidarity. We owe a special _expression_ of gratitude to the attorney

for the five, Dov Khenin.

 

We see this battle as an important chapter in the fight for an Israel

living in peace and equality with our Palestinian neighbors and

friends, the Palestinian people. Israel will either overcome the

occupation or be destroyed by it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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