3 October 2002

• Message of Thanks
• Academics warn Israel may be contemplating crimes against humanity
• Stories and links from around the world

Message of Thanks

The following message was received today from Abla Masrujeh, Womens Officer of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions on behalf of Shaher Sae'd General Secretary PGFTU in response to information about the 28 September demo.

"Dear brother Bernard

we are very glad to hear this great solidarity news from you and like to tell you that the Palestinians in Palestine and in some other countries saw happily the demonstration on TV and we all apreciate your solidarity and actions. Please give our regards on behalf of the palestinian workers and people to all our friends in Britain , trade unions and other supporters. "

warm greetings on behalf of the general secretary

abla masrujeh

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http://www.MiddleEast.Org

URGENT WARNING:

THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT MAY BE CONTEMPLATING CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.

We, members of Israeli academe, are horrified by US buildup of aggression towards Iraq and by the Israeli political leadership's enthusiastic support for it.

We are deeply worried by indications that the "fog of war" could be exploited by the Israeli government to commit further crimes against the Palestinian people, up to full-fledged ethnic cleansing.

The Israeli ruling coalition includes parties that promote "transfer" of the Palestinian population as a solution to what they call "the demographic problem". Politicians are regularly quoted in the media as suggesting forcible expulsion, most recently MKs Michael Kleiner and Benny Elon, as reported on Yediot Ahronot website on September 19, 2002. In a recent interview in Ha'aretz, Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon described the Palestinians as a "cancerous manifestation" and equated the military actions in the Occupied Territories with "chemotherapy", suggesting that more radical "treatment" may be necessary. Prime Minister Sharon has backed this "assessment of reality".

Escalating racist demagoguery concerning the Palestinian citizens of Israel may indicate the scope of the crimes that are possibly being contemplated. We call upon the International Community to pay close attention to events that unfold within Israel and in the Occupied Territories, to make it absolutely clear that crimes against humanity will not be tolerated, and to take concrete measures to prevent such crimes from taking place.

Signatories, as of the 23 Sept 2002, morning:

• Prof. Zach Adam, Rehovot
• Prof. Colman Altman, Haifa
• Dr. Janina Altman, Haifa
• Tammy Amiel-Houser, Tel Aviv
• Chaya Amir, Tel Aviv
• Dr. Shmuel Amir, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Daniel Amit, Jerusalem/Rome
• Yali Amit, Chicago
• Dr. Meir Amor, Montreal, Canada
• Dr. Yonathan (Jon) Anson, Beer Sheva
• Prof. Shalom Baer, Jerusalem
• Dan Bar-On, Beer Sheva
• Dr. Avner Ben-Amos, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Matania Ben-Artzi, Jerusalem
• Prof. Linda Ben-Zvi, Tel Aviv
• Avi Berg, Tel Aviv
• Dr. Louise Bethlehem, Hod Hasharon
• Prof. Anat Bilezki, Tel Aviv
• Uri Bitan, Haifa
• Prof. Daniel Boyarin, Berkeley
• Prof. Victoria Buch, Jerusalem
• Smadar Carmon, Toronto
• Dr. Nicole Cohen-Addad, Tel Aviv
• Dr. Uri Davis, Sakhnin
• Athena Elizabeth DeRasmo, Haifa
• Prof. Aharon Eviatar, Tel Aviv
• Dr. Ovadia Ezra. Tel Aviv
• Prof. Emmanuel Farjoun, Jerusalem
• Pnina Firestone, Jerusalem
• Elizabeth Freund, Jerusalem
• Gadi Geiger, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Dr. Amira Gelblum, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Rachel Giora, Tel Aviv
• Dr. Anat Goldrat-First, Netanya
• Dr. Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni, Tel Aviv
• Dr. Neve Gordon, Beer Sheva
• Dr. Yerah Gover, New York
• Prof. Charles W. Greenbaum, Jerusalem
• Dr. Lev Grinberg, Beer Sheva
• Ran HaCohen, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Uri Hadar, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Galit Hasan-Rokem, Jerusalem
• Dr. Sara Helman, Beer Sheva
• Prof. Hanna Herzog, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Ze'ev Herzog, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Hannan Hever, Jerusalem
• Dr. Tikva Honig-Parnass, Jerusalem
• Shirly Houser, Tel Aviv
• Tal Itzhaki, Haifa
• Prof. Eva Jablonka, Tel Aviv
• Andrea Jacobs, Austin, Texas
• Dr. Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, Haifa
• Aya Kaniuk, Jerusalem
• Prof. Jacob Katriel, Haifa
• Prof. Tamar Katriel, Haifa
• Prof. Baruch Kimmerling, Jerusalem
• Dr. Haggai Kupermintz, Boulder, Colorado
• Dr. Ron Kuzar, Haifa
• Dr. Ariela Lazar, Evanston
• Prof. Micah Leshem, Haifa
• Erez Levkovitz, Jerusalem
• Prof. Rene Levy, Lausanne
• Dr. Orly Lubin, Tel Aviv
• Dr. Ruchama Marton, Tel Aviv
• Dr. Anat Matar, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Paul Mendes-Flohr, Jerusalem
• Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom, Jerusalem
• Menucha Moravitz, Ramat-Gan
• Regev Nathansohn, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Avraham Oz, Haifa
• Dr. Ilan Pappe, Haifa
• Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA
• Shakhar Rahav, Berkeley
• Dr. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Beer Sheva
• Prof. Zvi Razi, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Tanya Reinhart, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Fanny-Michaela Reisin, Berlin
• Prof. Freddie Rokem, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Henry Rosenfeld, Haifa
• Dr. Maya Rosenfeld, Jerusalem
• Ouzi Rotem, Philadelphia
• Dr. Hannah Safran, Haifa
• Tami Sarfatti, UCLA
• Dr. Nita Schechet, Jerusalem
• Hillel Schocken, Tel Aviv
• Ruben Seroussi, Tel Aviv
• Dr. Erella Shadmi,Beit Berl
• Prof. Nomi Shir, Beer Sheva
• Dr. Miriam Shlesinger, Tel Aviv
• Aharon Shabtai, Tel Aviv
• Orly Soker, Sapir-Jerusalem
• Nurit Steinfeld, Jerusalem
• Roman Vater, Tel Aviv
• Dr. Roy Wagner, Tel-Aviv
• Dr. Michael Yogev, Haifa
• Kim Yuval, Tel Aviv
• Prof. Moshe Zimmermann, Jerusalem

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Link stories from around the world

FICTIONS EMBRACED BY AN ISRAEL AT WAR

By David Grossman New York Times October 1, 2002

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/01/opinion/01GROS.html?
pagewanted=print&posit

CONGRESS SAYS IT SEES JERUSALEM AS ISRAEL'S CAPITAL

By Howard LaFranchi The Christian Science Monitor October 1, 2002

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1002/p02s01-uspo.htm

IRAQ SHIFTS US-ISRAELI EQUATION

By Cameron W. Barr The Christian Science Monitor October 02, 2002

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1002/p06s02-wome.htm

HIS OWN WORST ENEMY

Editoral Los Angeles Times October 2, 2002

http://www.latimes.com/services/site/registration/view.reg?temp=rc-restricted

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE OCCUPATION

By Sam Bahour Counterpunch Magazine October 1, 2002

http://www.counterpunch.com/bahour1001.html

NPR RESPONDS TO CRITICISM WITH SERIES ON MIDEAST CONFLICT

By Joe Berkofsky Jewish Telegraphic Agency October 1, 2002

http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=11892&intcategoryid=4

GOP HOPES TO WOO SUPPORTERS OF ISRAEL

By Scott Shepard Atlanta Journal Constitution October 2, 2002

BRITAIN TO PUSH FOR 'FINAL' MIDDLE EAST TALKS THIS YEAR

By Nicholas Watt The Guardian (UK) October 2, 2002

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,802835,00.html

UNELCOME CITIZENS OF A RACIST STATE

By Jonathan Cook Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt) September 26-October 2, 2002

http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2002/605/sup7.htm

ARABS FLAY CAPITOL HILL OVER JERUSALEM

Daily Star (Lebanon) October 2, 2002

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/02_10_02/art21.asp

MONARCHS, FRONTIER JUSTICE AND THE TIMELESS HUMAN WILL TO RESIST

By Rami G. Khouri Jordan Times, Opinion (Jordan) October 2, 2002

http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/opinion/opinion2.htm

MANUFACTURING ANTI-SEMITES

By Uri Avnery Palestine Chronicle (Palestine) October 1, 2002

http://palestinechronicle.com/article.php?story=20021001155216242

BACKGROUND/FIRST SADDAM, THEN SHARON?

By Bradley Burston Ha'aretz (Israel) October 02, 2002

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=
215504&displayTypeCd=1&sideCd=1&contrassID=2

BUSH, CONGRESS CLASH ON JERUSALEM

By Janine Zacharia Jerusalem Post (Israel) October 2, 2002

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=
JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1033392597545