CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Welcome to Palestine Campaign April 15th-21st 2012 Palestinian civil society organizations and peace and human rights defenders and activists call on the international community to join us on April 15th -21st for peace building in Palestine and to challenge the Israeli siege of the occupied territories. Over 1500 people of conscience from over 15 countries are scheduled to arrive for this year’s WTP campaign.
"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 FAQ about the program, please click here.
for more information, you can go to www.BienvenuePalestine.com, or contact the following emails directly.
France :
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(French and English speaking)
UK :
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(English speaking)
Belgium :
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(French and English speaking)
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
The One-State Vision and Foundational Principles of a Republic in
Historic Palestine
Preamble
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.
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