22 Gaza Strip houses to be demolished in hours

The information reached the Jerusalem-based RTIC (Real-Time Information Center <rtic2000mail@hotmail.com>) engaged in monitoring the situation in the Occupied Territories (it is affiliated to the Alternative Inforation Center).

RTIC alerted Knesset Members and peace organizations, among them Gush Shalom (the Israeli Peace Bloc).

The Mawasi is an enclave of Palestinian houses and farms surrounded on all sides by the Israeli settlments of the "Katif Bloc". The settlers have long tried to "get rid" of this Palestinian presence, and violently assulated their Palestinian neighbors on various occasions. In one case, about a month ago, settlers were shown on Israeli and international TV setting fire to Palestinian fields, orchards and houses at the Mawasi.
(Two settlers were arrested, but soon released on bail). At the time, the settlers' pirate radio station "Arutz 7" broadcast interviews with settler leaders, who called upon the army to completely destroy the Palestinian homes in the Mawasi. It seems that army is now preapred to implement this settler demand - at the very time when negotiations are underway between outgoing PM Barak and his successor Sharon on the forming of a "National Unity" cabinet. The mass demolition order at the Mawasi, issued while Barak is still formally in charge, seems to be the shape of things to come: an unholy alliance in which the brutal oppression characteristic of Ariel Sharon throughout his career is given Labour Party approval and legitimation.

We ask anybody who can to send IMMEDIATE messages of protest (it can be a short one, as in the sample):

To
Prime Minister, Mr Ehud Barak

The planned demolition of 22 Palestinian houses in the Mawasi District of the Gaza Strip, which already was targeted by settlers, is a shame. The whole
world is watching you.

[your name]
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PM Ehud Barak <pm@gov.il>
PM Ehud Barak <e.barak@pmo.gov.il>
Minister of Defence (=Ehud Barak) <sar@mod.gov.il>
Deputy Defence Minister Ephraim Sneh <sgansar@mod.gov.il>
Spokesperson for the PM Merav Parsi-Zadok <dover@pmo.gov.il>
and/or send a fax to: + 972 2 566 4838 / 691 7915

Copies to President George W. Bush <President@Whitehouse.gov>
Secretary of State Colin Powell <secretary@state.gov>
fax: (202) 736-4461
and to: rtic2000@yahoo.com & info@gush-shalom.org

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