Palestine Justice Network - PJN

Official Press Releases

Welcome to Palestine 2012

Wednesday, 19 October 2011 11:20

"We, the undersigned, endorse the call from the Welcome to Palestine 2012 initiative for supporters of Palestinian human and national rights around the world to openly visit Palestine during Easter 2012.

There is no way into Palestine other than through Israeli control points. Israel has turned Palestine into a giant prison, but prisoners have a right to receive visitors.
Welcome to Palestine 2012 will again challenge Israel's policy of isolating the West Bank while the settler paramilitaries and army commit brutal crimes against a virtually defenceless Palestinian civilian population.

We call on governments to support the right of Palestinians to receive visitors and the right of their own citizens to visit Palestine openly.
The participants in Welcome to Palestine 2012 ask to be allowed to pass through Tel Aviv airport without hindrance and to proceed to the West Bank to take part in a project there for children to benefit from the right to education."

to view our suggested program, please click here.

for more information, you can go to www.BienvenuePalestine.com, or contact the following emails directly.

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SIGNED:

Desmond TUTU (Afrique du Sud, archévêque, prix Nobel de la Paix pour sa lutte contre l?apartheid)
Ronnie KASRILS (Afrique du Sud, ancien membre du Congrès National Africain)
Noam CHOMSKY (Etats-Unis, auteur, linguiste, philosophe)
Tony BENN (Grande-Bretagne, ancien ministre socialiste)
John PILGER (Australie, journaliste et cinéaste)
Nawal Al SADAAWI (Egypte, auteur, féministe)
Nurit PELED ELHANAN (Israël, professeur, activiste de la paix)
Sam BAHOUR (Palestine, Right to Enter Campaign)
Jonathan COOK (Grande-Bretagne, journaliste indépendant vivant à Nazareth)
Vauro SENESI (Italie, dessinateur et auteur)
AbdelFattah ABU SROUR (Palestine, directeur du centre culturel Al-Rowwad, camp de réfugiés d?Aïda à Bethléem)
Xavier RENOU (France, fondateur et porte-parole des « Désobéissants »)
Jean ZIEGLER (Vice-President of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council)
Rabbi Lynn GOTTLIEB (Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence)
Nicole KIIEL-NIELSEN (Députée européenne)
Mrg Jacques GAILLOT (Evêque de Parténia)
Odile TOBNER (Auteur de « Du racisme Français »)
Jean-Claude AMARA (Droits Devant)
René BALME (Maire de Grigny ? Rhône)
Paul ARIES (Directeur du Sarkophage)
Pr Christophe OBERLIN (Chirurgien, Responsable de missions chirurgicales à Gaza)
Djamila SONZOGNI (Conseillère régionale EELV alsace)
Frank VERCRUYSSEN (Belgique - acteur de cinéma)
Pr Eric DAVID (Président du centre de droit international de l?ULB)
Jacob COHEN, (écrivain)
David CRONIN (journaliste et auteur. Belgique)
Ludo DE BRABANDER, VZW Vrede
Philippe POURBAIX, Artistes contre le Mur
Mary HUGUES-THOMSON (Femmes en Noir de Los Angeles)
Susan ABULHAWA (Auteure palestinienne, notamment du roman « Les Matins de Jénine »)
Franklin LAMB, (auteur, journaliste)
Mazin Qumsiyah
Bruce KATZ (PAJU : Palestiniens et Juifs Unis. Canada)
China MIEVILLE (Ecrivain, auteur de livres de science-fiction)
Manuel HASSASSIAN (Ambassadeur de la Palestine pour le Royaume Uni)
Alex ZANOTELLI (Missionnaire combonien, fondateur du réseau de Lilliput, écrivain)
Margherita HACK (Italie - Professeur émérite d?astrophysique, essayiste et écrivain)
Nicolas WADIMOFF (Suisse, réalisateur de Aisheen)
Ali ABUMINAH (auteur - USA)
Mustafa BARGHOUTI (Initiative palestinienne. Palestine)

Jacques Neno
George N. Rishmawi

A State of ALL its Citizens

Tuesday, 18 October 2011 21:23

The One-State Vision and Foundational Principles of a Republic in

Historic Palestine

Preamble

I. We, the undersigned, Palestinians and Israelis, believe that the historic land of Palestine should be shared by all those who now live in it and its natives who have been expelled or exiled from it since 1948, and their descendants, regardless of religion, ethnicity, national origin or current citizenship status. Cognisant of the great changes in the Middle East including the recent Arab uprisings, we conceive of our movement as part of the drive towards democracy, accountability, transparency, equality and economic and social justice in the region. We intend to build a model state in the region, rooted in equal citizenship, popular democracy and institutional justice.

II. We, Palestinians and Israelis, united and enriched in our diversity, fully recognise the historic injustices inflicted on the indigenous Palestinian population, including the ethnic cleansing of the 1948 Nakba; support all those who are working to build a democratic, pluralistic, secular state (based on the separation of religion and state), that encompasses all of historic Palestine (currently the political entities of the State of Israel and the post-1967 Israeli-occupied Palestinian Territories); and honour all those who suffered for justice, equality and freedom in our land.

A Call for Actions

Wednesday, 28 September 2011 09:50

Palestine Justice Network (PJN) cosponsored by many popular resistance and civil society invites internationals to come visit occupied Palestine.

Previously we hosted internationals to do exploratory and support missions to Palestine for example during Christmas 2010 and the attempt to arrive by the hundreds in July 2011.

For the next few months and as we Palestinians struggle for freedom inside, we ask you as Internationals and Palestinians living abroad to join us on these dates and for these reasons:

December 24-January 1: Celebrate Christmas where it all started in Bethlehem.

Our program includes visitation of religious sites, opportunities to meet and visit with native Palestinian Christians and Muslims, alternative tours of the areas and more.Focus is on the plight of the Palestinian cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

On July 8th: "Welcome to Palestine"

Monday, 04 July 2011 10:36

Press Release #1: Hundreds of Internationals and Hundreds of Palestinians Gear-up for July 8-16 activities

Bethlehem (3 July 2011)- Some 40 Palestinian civil society organizations, popular resistance committees, and political factions announce the launching of the “Welcome to Palestine” initiative July 8-16 where hundreds of Internationals will work with hundreds of Palestinians for Peace. The hundreds of men, women, and children will arrive July 8 at the Lod (Ben Gurion) Airport. The international community must recognize the basic human right to receive visitors from abroad and support the right of their own citizens to travel to Palestine without harassment. Where Israel works to isolate us, we invite all to join with us openly and proudly. We do not accept the attempts to keep us apart or to force us to speak less than with full honesty.

This July initiative comes in a planned series of events and follows similar events carried out in December under the slogan of "ending apartheid and ethnic cleansing." The week of activities starts on July 9 because that is the anniversary of the International Court of Justice ruling about the illegality of the Settlements and the apartheid wall in the occupied Palestinian Territories and the anniversary of the Palestinian Civil Society Call to Action: July 9 Ramallah area, July 10 Bethlehem area, July 11 North, July 12 Hebron and Jordan Valley, July 13 Neqab, July 14-15 Jerusalem.