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2nd August 2009, 02:04
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Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Twin Cities-based Anti-War Committee (www.antiwarcommittee.org (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102657800937&s=1246&e=001APFkMAUJGDMJxObplR_1lxOFHktMjFQNmOwI_FR15Bv3H qvzcDqy5A0Dk61-lrVM71rzZ56Qc4s7lQxbFoUcmERDA_UqOi6HduoP6EEBgZqrIm enGVZ2Ag==)):
URGENT ALERT: Minnesota activists jailed in Israel
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We have just learned that Israeli security forces have refused entry to three U.S. activists attempting to visit the Palestinian Territories. One of them, Karen Sullivan, is being sent home on a flight tonight, and two others, Sarah Martin and Katrina Plotz have refused to leave, and are being taken into custody. They are being treated as criminals, while their only goal was to learn about the reality of life for the Palestinian people. All three should be allowed to enter the country, as millions of tourists do every year.
Given the special relationship that the U.S. has with Israel, it is no surprise that U.S. citizens would want to travel there, and see how our tax dollars are spent. In spite of its special relationship with the U.S., the Israeli government showed no regard for the rights of American visitors, whose only crime was to express solidarity with the people of occupied Palestine.
Palestinians experience repression every day. There is no way to travel to Palestinian cities, or from one Palestinian city to another, without passing through Israeli military checkpoints. Palestinian refugees who live outside the territories, have a legal right to return home, but face the same obstacles that stopped Karen, Katrina and Sarah at the Tel Aviv airport today.
Katrina and Sarah have refused to cooperate in the face of this injustice, and have been sent to an Israeli jail. They have been told they will not be allowed to enter the country, and instead will be handcuffed and forced onto a departing plane.
We urge everyone to call, write and fax the officials below to demand the immediate release for Katrina Plotz and Sarah Martin, and to urge Israeli authorities to allow both women into the country to witness the reality of life inside the Palestinian Territories, where they have been invited and are welcome.
Contact the following right away:
U.S. State Department
202-647-4000
http://contact-us.state.gov/cgi-bin/state.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=VkRoKgzj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfc m93X2NudD0xMTYsMTE2JnBfcHJvZHM9JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0 mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ub CZwX3BhZ2U9MQ** (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102657800937&s=1246&e=001APFkMAUJGDOt3n-bInrKyZ-JmWgi1HcVSkCMzwz7g4WWLGH6GGptu_XM41uSeGsUd1y7fQopp eeThz0CS9qwio20WHby0kQTgyKk5JO6SA-tW2E-5x1vT02gPNBxVfPzZvZiY09tHPU0y6wW8jdql2xecLAKLDCPKu Zfoat1Dw9YPvUQDzDOxLwAgF8tkLFgcW43oVdtIGnBzHQxwykR uHiaW8g4mgyRhiA4VijpruE2k_p6ME2cY4kwQ17AhXLZ2MfRMS zv69-xzgvADUdM192uUqL6t_BUawMzrToO2ns5c4_h7CRDndogxYOCk 4_5KzpmB6dvc59GwO6_sNMINoYZFVNhxlr6sLznHIkYojAoylq f4l7bwKlSPGv1hnu-0I2S1MYPadg1cwTrepKNSvu4wBmdc7ydLX8WVKyJR_r_KRXFOq HDA9QMA_UcgVQJ4g3nAnPPBdJk74-bNXdj0xU0AS7jTIM4)
Minister of Interior Mr. Eli Yishai
Israeli Ministry of the Interior
Tel. 011-972-2-670-1411 / 011-972-2-629-4722
Fax: 011- 972-2-670-1628
SAR(AT)moin.gov.il and pniot(AT)moin.gov.il
MN Senator Al Franken
(202) 224-5641
E-mail: info(AT)franken.senate.gov
MN Senator Amy Klobuchar
(202) 224-3244
Web Form: klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102657800937&s=1246&e=001APFkMAUJGDPeCcE1roBBcnf_nKGjySZKxJ5vmH1GWRUwQ 19qGq_hZeg3egEQ26kBkGUd_QmjeY-Foa1PV9WHZeKHa6TbOnFG-pwap6f1D606ELyQ-Y8iGrV4NYOLHMTkiVCrcgrbFJo=)
fax: 202-228-2186
Main Line: 612-727-5220
Main Fax: 612-727-5223
Please forward * Take action today
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Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Twin Cities-based Anti-War Committee (www.antiwarcommittee.org (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102657800937&s=1246&e=001APFkMAUJGDMJxObplR_1lxOFHktMjFQNmOwI_FR15Bv3H qvzcDqy5A0Dk61-lrVM71rzZ56Qc4s7lQxbFoUcmERDA_UqOi6HduoP6EEBgZqrIm enGVZ2Ag==)):
URGENT ALERT: Minnesota activists jailed in Israel
Please forward * Take action today
We have just learned that Israeli security forces have refused entry to three U.S. activists attempting to visit the Palestinian Territories. One of them, Karen Sullivan, is being sent home on a flight tonight, and two others, Sarah Martin and Katrina Plotz have refused to leave, and are being taken into custody. They are being treated as criminals, while their only goal was to learn about the reality of life for the Palestinian people. All three should be allowed to enter the country, as millions of tourists do every year.
Given the special relationship that the U.S. has with Israel, it is no surprise that U.S. citizens would want to travel there, and see how our tax dollars are spent. In spite of its special relationship with the U.S., the Israeli government showed no regard for the rights of American visitors, whose only crime was to express solidarity with the people of occupied Palestine.
Palestinians experience repression every day. There is no way to travel to Palestinian cities, or from one Palestinian city to another, without passing through Israeli military checkpoints. Palestinian refugees who live outside the territories, have a legal right to return home, but face the same obstacles that stopped Karen, Katrina and Sarah at the Tel Aviv airport today.
Katrina and Sarah have refused to cooperate in the face of this injustice, and have been sent to an Israeli jail. They have been told they will not be allowed to enter the country, and instead will be handcuffed and forced onto a departing plane.
We urge everyone to call, write and fax the officials below to demand the immediate release for Katrina Plotz and Sarah Martin, and to urge Israeli authorities to allow both women into the country to witness the reality of life inside the Palestinian Territories, where they have been invited and are welcome.
Contact the following right away:
U.S. State Department
202-647-4000
http://contact-us.state.gov/cgi-bin/state.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=VkRoKgzj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfc m93X2NudD0xMTYsMTE2JnBfcHJvZHM9JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0 mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ub CZwX3BhZ2U9MQ** (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102657800937&s=1246&e=001APFkMAUJGDOt3n-bInrKyZ-JmWgi1HcVSkCMzwz7g4WWLGH6GGptu_XM41uSeGsUd1y7fQopp eeThz0CS9qwio20WHby0kQTgyKk5JO6SA-tW2E-5x1vT02gPNBxVfPzZvZiY09tHPU0y6wW8jdql2xecLAKLDCPKu Zfoat1Dw9YPvUQDzDOxLwAgF8tkLFgcW43oVdtIGnBzHQxwykR uHiaW8g4mgyRhiA4VijpruE2k_p6ME2cY4kwQ17AhXLZ2MfRMS zv69-xzgvADUdM192uUqL6t_BUawMzrToO2ns5c4_h7CRDndogxYOCk 4_5KzpmB6dvc59GwO6_sNMINoYZFVNhxlr6sLznHIkYojAoylq f4l7bwKlSPGv1hnu-0I2S1MYPadg1cwTrepKNSvu4wBmdc7ydLX8WVKyJR_r_KRXFOq HDA9QMA_UcgVQJ4g3nAnPPBdJk74-bNXdj0xU0AS7jTIM4)
Minister of Interior Mr. Eli Yishai
Israeli Ministry of the Interior
Tel. 011-972-2-670-1411 / 011-972-2-629-4722
Fax: 011- 972-2-670-1628
SAR(AT)moin.gov.il and pniot(AT)moin.gov.il
MN Senator Al Franken
(202) 224-5641
E-mail: info(AT)franken.senate.gov
MN Senator Amy Klobuchar
(202) 224-3244
Web Form: klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102657800937&s=1246&e=001APFkMAUJGDPeCcE1roBBcnf_nKGjySZKxJ5vmH1GWRUwQ 19qGq_hZeg3egEQ26kBkGUd_QmjeY-Foa1PV9WHZeKHa6TbOnFG-pwap6f1D606ELyQ-Y8iGrV4NYOLHMTkiVCrcgrbFJo=)
fax: 202-228-2186
Main Line: 612-727-5220
Main Fax: 612-727-5223
Please forward * Take action today