Dear Comrades It is very sad to realise what the Israeli government and its defense force are continuing harassing, abusing and violating the rights of Palestinians citizens. This also contradicts and infringes clause highlighted on the Forth Geneva convention. Isreal's negative attitude is driven by an unfair advantage that world super powers (america and its allies) are directly and indirectly supporting their unjust course.
I therefore, call upon social movements in South Africa and surroundings areas to show their support in solidarity with the Palestinians as they mobilise support and initiatives that will challenge and stop these unfaior and unjust treatments by the IDF. As young South African, who was privilaged to visit the Holy-land (Israel and Palestine), I got the opportunuty to witness all the said injustices and its effects and how this negative impacts the daily life of Palestinians. South Africans in support of Palestinians must practically show that by either submit a petition and organise demonstartions outside the Israeli embassy in Tshwane and also send some of our quiries to South African Embassy in Israel, call for the SA government to suspend trade agreements and deals with Israeli government and private companies. Furthermore, I call upon the South African business family to avoid forging or establishing business deals with Israel business as a strategy to put pressure on the Israeli government to stop what they are doing to Palestinians. Lastly, most South Africans will remember how sanctions and the boycott of South African products helped in support the course of marginalised masses of the country, so I am thinking a similar intervention for the Palestinian people can be helpful. We can call all South africans to start boycotting Israeli products especially the ones coming from so-called Israel settlements. Well for now, my fellow comrades this is my contribution, suggetion and input on the matter, I hope that my input will be taken into consideration. It is about time that Israel be exposed and to realise that the world (especially South Africa) wont just fold their arms and keep quiet. We will do our bit. (It will be nice to hear what other comrades are saying about this matter). Please feel free to contact me in more info is needed, It will be my pleasure to assist where I could, contact at [email protected]. or 083 234 4143/079 095 3493. Thanks. Amandla!! Phambili ngomzabalaza wama Palestinians Phambili..... Yours in Solidarity with People of the Holy-land Comrade Mandla HK Mndebele On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Dominic.Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote: > > [image: Haaretz banner] > > > *IDF order will enable mass deportation from West Bank* > > > > > > *Amira Hass, Haaretz, Israel, 11 April 2010* > > > > A new military order aimed at preventing infiltration will come into force > this week, enabling the deportation of tens of thousands of Palestinians > from the West Bank, or their indictment on charges carrying prison terms of > up to seven years. > > > > When the order comes into effect, tens of thousands of Palestinians will > automatically become criminal offenders liable to be severely punished. > > > > Given the security authorities' actions over the past decade, the first > Palestinians likely to be targeted under the new rules will be those whose > ID cards bear home addresses in the Gaza Strip - people born in Gaza and > their West Bank-born children - or those born in the West Bank or abroad who > for various reasons lost their residency status. Also likely to be targeted > are foreign-born spouses of Palestinians. > > > > Until now, Israeli civil courts have occasionally prevented the expulsion > of these three groups from the West Bank. The new order, however, puts them > under the sole jurisdiction of Israeli military courts. > > > > The new order defines anyone who enters the West Bank illegally as an > infiltrator, as well as "a person who is present in the area and does not > lawfully hold a permit." The order takes the original 1969 definition of > infiltrator to the extreme, as the term originally applied only to those > illegally staying in Israel after having passed through countries then > classified as enemy states - Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria. > > > > The order's language is both general and ambiguous, stipulating that the > term infiltrator will also be applied to Palestinian residents of Jerusalem, > citizens of countries with which Israel has friendly ties (such as the > United States) and Israeli citizens, whether Arab or Jewish. All this > depends on the judgment of Israel Defense Forces commanders in the field. > > > > The Hamoked Center for the Defense of the Individual was the first Israeli > human rights to issue warnings against the order, signed six months ago by > then-commander of IDF forces in Judea and Samaria Area Gadi Shamni. > > > > Two weeks ago, Hamoked director Dalia Kerstein sent GOC Central Command Avi > Mizrahi a request to delay the order, given "the dramatic change it causes > in relation to the human rights of a tremendous number of people." > > > > According to the provisions, "a person is presumed to be an infiltrator if > he is present in the area without a document or permit which attest to his > lawful presence in the area without reasonable justification." Such > documentation, it says, must be "issued by the commander of IDF forces in > the Judea and Samaria area or someone acting on his behalf." > > > > The instructions, however, are unclear over whether the permits referred to > are those currently in force, or also refer to new permits that military > commanders might issue in the future. The provision are also unclear about > the status of bearers of West Bank residency cards, and disregards the > existence of the Palestinian Authority and the agreements Israel signed with > it and the PLO. > > > > The order stipulates that if a commander discovers that an infiltrator has > recently entered a given area, he "may order his deportation before 72 hours > elapse from the time he is served the written deportation order, provided > the infiltrator is deported to the country or area from whence he > infiltrated." > > > > The order also allows for criminal proceedings against suspected > infiltrators that could produce sentences of up to seven years. Individuals > able to prove that they entered the West Bank legally but without permission > to remain there will also be tried, on charges carrying a maximum sentence > of three years. (According to current Israeli law, illegal residents > typically receive one-year sentences.) > > > > The new provision also allow the IDF commander in the area to require that > the infiltrator pay for the cost of his own detention, custody and > expulsion, up to a total of NIS 7,500. > > > > The fear that Palestinians with Gaza addresses will be the first to be > targeted by this order is based on measures that Israel has taken in recent > years to curtail their right to live, work, study or even visit the West > Bank. These measures violated the Oslo Accords. > > > > According to a decision by the West Bank commander that was not backed by > military legislation, since 2007, Palestinians with Gaza addresses must > request a permit to stay in the West Bank. Since 2000, they have been > defined as illegal sojourners if they have Gaza addresses, as if they were > citizens of a foreign state. Many of them have been deported to Gaza, > including those born in the West Bank. > > > > Currently, Palestinians need special permits to enter areas near the > separation fence, even if their homes are there, and Palestinians have long > been barred from the Jordan Valley without special authorization. Until > 2009, East Jerusalemites needed permission to enter Area A, territory under > full PA control. > > > > Another group expected to be particularly harmed by the new rules are > Palestinians who moved to the West Bank under family reunification > provisions, which Israel stopped granting for several years. > > > > In 2007, amid a number of Hamoked petitions and as a goodwill gesture to > Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, tens of thousands of people received > Palestinian residency cards. The PA distributed the cards, but Israel had > exclusive control over who could receive them. Thousands of Palestinians, > however, remained classified as "illegal sojourners," including many who are > not citizens of any other country. > > > > The new order is the latest step by the Israeli government in recent years > to require permits that limit the freedom of movement and residency > previously conferred by Palestinian ID cards. The new regulations are > particularly sweeping, allowing for criminal measures and the mass expulsion > of people from their homes. > > > > The IDF Spokesman's Office said in response, "The amendments to the order > on preventing infiltration, signed by GOC Central Command, were issued as > part of a series of manifests, orders and appointments in Judea and Samaria, > in Hebrew and Arabic as required, and will be posted in the offices of the > Civil Administration and military courts' defense attorneys in Judea and > Samaria. The IDF is ready to implement the order, which is not intended to > apply to Israelis, but to illegal sojourners in Judea and Samaria." > > > > *From: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1162075.html* > > > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . > -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. 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