[E-rundbrief] Info 266 - Konflikt Palaestina - Israel

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 266 -  Gush Shalom (israelische Friedensbewegung): And 
now - full speed ahead! Shall we never learn? (Zwei Presseaussendungen zum 
Abzug des israelischen Militärs aus Gaza, zu den weiteren Landenteignungen 
für den Mauerbau in der West Bank und zu den Forderungen an die politischen 
Verhandlungen zwischen den Regierungen Israels und Palästinas).

Bad Ischl, 25.8.2005

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AND NOW -

                                                 FULL SPEED AHEAD!

The withdrawal from Gaza has created a great opportunity, but also a great 
danger.

A GREAT DANGER:

If the peace process will be frozen, for whatever reason, another intifada 
will break out within months. Both Gaza and the West Bank will become 
bloody battlefields.

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY:

If we adopt at once a bold plan and move quickly to carry it out, we can 
achieve within a year a peace settlement and a normal life.

GAZA FIRST:

-  The remnants of the occupation of the Gaza Strip must be removed at once.

-  The Safe Passage between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank must be opened.

-  The Palestinians must be enabled to build Gaza harbor and reopen the 
Gaza airport.

-  The border passage between Gaza and Egypt must be opened.

-  If both sided agree, international observers might be asked to oversee 
the border crossings, to make sure the no arms will be smuggled into the 
Gaza Strip.

AT THE SAME TIME, IN THE WEST BANK:

- The "outposts" that were established since 2000 must be removed, the same 
way as Homesh and Sanur.

-  The building of the wall and the enlargement of the settlements must be 
completely stopped.

-  The roadblocks that turn life of the Palestinians in West Bank into hell 
must be removed.

- Palestinian prisoners must be released.

START NEGOTIATIONS:

-  Negotiations with the Palestinian leadership for a permanent peace 
agreement should start immediately, with the prior understanding that 
within a reasonable time the occupation will come to an end and the State 
of Palestine will come into being.

THE PEACE AGREEMENT WILL INCLUDE:

-  The Green Line will be the border between Israel and Palestine. 
Exchanges of territories may be agreed upon.

-  All settlements in the Palestinian territory will be evacuated.

-  Jerusalem will be the capital of Israel and Palestine, according to the 
Clinton formula ("What is Arab will go to Palestine, what is Jewish will go 
to Israel".)

-  The refugee problem will be solved in agreement with Israel.

We have proved that the settlements can be dismantled. The Palestinians 
have proved that they can keep the peace. The great majority of the two 
peoples want peace. The momentum of the withdrawal from Gaza must be kept up.

THERE IS A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY. LET'S NOT MISS IT AGAIN!

                                                                                     GUSH 
SHALOM

Tel. 972-3-5221732 - P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033, Israel

info at gush-shalom.org   -  www.gush-shalom.org

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                                                 Special big ad, published 
in Haaretz, August 26, 2005


Friday ad, Aug. 26
                                        SHALL WE NEVER LEARN?

The curtain has not yet come down on the great performance of Kfar-Darom 
and Sanur, and Sharon is already expropriating Palestinian land on a 
massive scale, in order to build a "separation wall" around Ma'aleh Adumim 
and a dozen adjoining settlements.

This is a huge territory. It will almost completely cut off the north of 
the West Bank from the south.

A clever person knows how to extricate himself from a tight spot that a 
wise person would not have gotten into in the first place. But how to call 
a person who gets out of a bad predicament and immediately gets himself 
into an even worse one?

G u s h     S h a l o m
pob 3322
Tel-Aviv 61033
Israel
www.gush-shalom.org


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