Omri Evron
28th March 2007, 11:08
Joint Appeal of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and the Palestinian People’s Party (PPP).
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Joint Appeal of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and the Palestinian People’s Party (PPP). To communist and worker parties, peace organizations, trade unions, women organizations and youth movements. This year will be the 40th year of the occupation of the Palestinian territories (in June 1967) and the 60th anniversary of the UN General Assembly's resolution 181 regarding the establishment of two states in mandate Palestine (November 1947). Our parties, the Palestinian People’s Party and the Communist Party of Israel, which for many years fostered cooperation between themselves in the struggle against Israeli occupation and its crimes as well as for a just peace, hereby address all the communist and worker parties, peace organizations and workers, women and youth movements in an appeal: Let us mark both of these dates in a world effort, broad as possible, which aims at ending the Israeli occupation as soon as possible, and the establishing of a just and lasting peace between the states, Israel and Palestine.
As part of this effort both our parties will hold an international conference on June 3rd 2007 in Jerusalem under the title:
The Jerusalem Initiative for Peace between the two states, Israel and Palestine.
The 40 years experience of occupation has proven that there isn't a military solution to the national conflict in the Middle East and that peace is vital to all peoples. Nonetheless, the Israeli government, with the comprehensive support of the U.S. administration, expands the settlements in the Palestinian occupied territories, intensifies the political and economic siege of the Palestinian people and starve them to create a fait a compli in order to prevent the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. The 40 years of occupation has proven also that the Israeli-Arab conflict is a source of danger for peace in the region and peace of the world.
We call upon every peace seeker, party and organization in the world to declare the week between the 2nd and 10th of June 2007 as "The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Week", during which solidarity activities will be held with the Palestinian people and the Israeli peace forces, who struggle against the occupation and its crimes and for lasting peace which is based on the following principles:
The June 4th 1967 lines (the Green Line) will be the agreed peace borders between the state of Israel and the independent Palestinian state created alongside it. Any change in these borders would have to be agreed by both sides.
In Jerusalem there will be two capital cities - the capital city of Israel and the capital city of Palestine.
All the settlements in the occupied territories will be dismantled.
The Palestinian refugees' problem will be resolved according to the UN resolutions.
Such a peace program, which is accepted by the UN and the international community, is the hope to cease the bloodshed and the beginning of an era of lasting peace. It is a plan which has not been implemented, in spite of the fact that a solution based on the two state solution was set by the UN General Assembly 60 years ago.
Peace is vital! Peace is possible!
2007 - The year of activities for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace. The Palestinian People’s Party [email protected] | +970-2-2963593; The Communist Party of Israel [email protected] | +972-3-6293944
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Please comrades, we in the socialist & internationalist peace movement in Israel and Palestine will need all the help we can get in order to make the strongest effort against the Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian people this June. We mean to do all that we can do to make "The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Week" the strongest and most profound protest against the Occupation and for peace, as part of a struggle that has already cost many of us much. But we need your help, our internationalist comrades. Only with mass international pressure will the occupation end. So waist no time and start planning what you can do to mark that special week- hold events and demonstrations in your town, or help us out by donating (seriously, we need donations if we want to make this thing big) or even by coming to Israel & Palestine to take part in the struggle.
(and can someone please pinn this untill June?)
Thanks.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Joint Appeal of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and the Palestinian People’s Party (PPP). To communist and worker parties, peace organizations, trade unions, women organizations and youth movements. This year will be the 40th year of the occupation of the Palestinian territories (in June 1967) and the 60th anniversary of the UN General Assembly's resolution 181 regarding the establishment of two states in mandate Palestine (November 1947). Our parties, the Palestinian People’s Party and the Communist Party of Israel, which for many years fostered cooperation between themselves in the struggle against Israeli occupation and its crimes as well as for a just peace, hereby address all the communist and worker parties, peace organizations and workers, women and youth movements in an appeal: Let us mark both of these dates in a world effort, broad as possible, which aims at ending the Israeli occupation as soon as possible, and the establishing of a just and lasting peace between the states, Israel and Palestine.
As part of this effort both our parties will hold an international conference on June 3rd 2007 in Jerusalem under the title:
The Jerusalem Initiative for Peace between the two states, Israel and Palestine.
The 40 years experience of occupation has proven that there isn't a military solution to the national conflict in the Middle East and that peace is vital to all peoples. Nonetheless, the Israeli government, with the comprehensive support of the U.S. administration, expands the settlements in the Palestinian occupied territories, intensifies the political and economic siege of the Palestinian people and starve them to create a fait a compli in order to prevent the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. The 40 years of occupation has proven also that the Israeli-Arab conflict is a source of danger for peace in the region and peace of the world.
We call upon every peace seeker, party and organization in the world to declare the week between the 2nd and 10th of June 2007 as "The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Week", during which solidarity activities will be held with the Palestinian people and the Israeli peace forces, who struggle against the occupation and its crimes and for lasting peace which is based on the following principles:
The June 4th 1967 lines (the Green Line) will be the agreed peace borders between the state of Israel and the independent Palestinian state created alongside it. Any change in these borders would have to be agreed by both sides.
In Jerusalem there will be two capital cities - the capital city of Israel and the capital city of Palestine.
All the settlements in the occupied territories will be dismantled.
The Palestinian refugees' problem will be resolved according to the UN resolutions.
Such a peace program, which is accepted by the UN and the international community, is the hope to cease the bloodshed and the beginning of an era of lasting peace. It is a plan which has not been implemented, in spite of the fact that a solution based on the two state solution was set by the UN General Assembly 60 years ago.
Peace is vital! Peace is possible!
2007 - The year of activities for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace. The Palestinian People’s Party [email protected] | +970-2-2963593; The Communist Party of Israel [email protected] | +972-3-6293944
_______________________________
Please comrades, we in the socialist & internationalist peace movement in Israel and Palestine will need all the help we can get in order to make the strongest effort against the Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian people this June. We mean to do all that we can do to make "The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Week" the strongest and most profound protest against the Occupation and for peace, as part of a struggle that has already cost many of us much. But we need your help, our internationalist comrades. Only with mass international pressure will the occupation end. So waist no time and start planning what you can do to mark that special week- hold events and demonstrations in your town, or help us out by donating (seriously, we need donations if we want to make this thing big) or even by coming to Israel & Palestine to take part in the struggle.
(and can someone please pinn this untill June?)
Thanks.