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Mr. Ariel SHARON August, 07 02
Mr Prime Minister We, the undersigned, deeply alarmed by the continuing violence in Israel and Palestine, are strongly supporting the peace movements advocating negotiations. We have been informed that the Israeli government asked the Israeli Attorney General to consider possible legal procedures to be used against Gush Shalom. Gush Shalom has sent letters to fifteen IDF officers warning them that they were guilty of violating the fourth Geneva Convention on human rights, and that Gush Shalom was currently compiling evidence about acts committed by these officers and putting all information in files. The letters added that such files could be used in an Israeli court or before an international war crimes tribunal. By doing this, Gush Shalom is exercising a moral duty and making use of its democratic right. So far, all opinions have had the right to express themselves in Israel. If the government denies that right, it can no longer be considered democratic. Such threats leveled on an organization struggling for peace and for human rights for Israelis and Palestinians constitute a very severe attack against democracy and peace. We, therefore request the Israeli government not to take any legal steps against Gush Shalom. Regards
Sonia FAYMAN, sociologist, member of SICO (Solidaires des Israéliens Contre l'Occupation) and of UJFP (French Jewish Peace Union), Paris Stéphane HESSEL, French Ambassador, Paris Christiane HESSEL, Paris Madeleine REBEYRIOUX, historian, Paris Fabienne MESSICA, journalist, member of SICO, Paris Danièle SCHULMANN, bibliothécaire, member of SICO and UJFP, Paris Elias SEIDOWSKY, member of UJFP, Nancy Rudolf BKOUCHE, member of UJFP, Lille Jane ROGER-FAYMAN, Paris Jesus MESA, Paris Suzanne ROSENBERG, sociologist, member of UJFP, Paris Lucero MARIANI, soil scientist, member of SICO, Montréal Monique CRINON, philosopher and sociologist, member of SICO and CEDETIM (international solidarity association), Paris Thérèse SPECTOR, research manager in the Ministry of transport, member of UJFP, Paris Catherine FORET, sociologist, Lyon Sylvie ROSENBERG-REINER, physician anesthesiologist, Paris Nicole FAYMAN, Toulon Anne BASILE, translator, Paris Maya VIGIER, sociologist, member of SICO and UJFP, Paris Reynold HENRYS, journalist, Paris Edgar BLAUSTEIN, translator, member of SICO, Paris Georges LABICA, philosopher, Chairman of CVPR-PO (Vigilance Committee for a Real Peace in the Middle East), Paris Ahmed BENANI, political scientist, Chairman of OIAP (International Observatory of Palestinian Affairs), Geneva Jean-Henri ROGER, film maker, Paris Jean-Pierre TROCHE, architect, member of CEDETIM, Paris Michel TUBIANA, lawyer, chairman of LDH, Ligue des Droits de l'Homme (Human Rights League), Paris Jean-Pierre PAGE, trade unionist, Paris Mireille BERTHO, teacher, member of LDH (Ligue des Droits de l'Homme), Chambéry Maryse TRIPIER, sociologist, teacher at Paris VII Jussieu University, Paris Pierre TRIPIER, sociologist, teacher at Parix X Nanterre University, Paris Gilles VINCON, biologist, member of UJFP, Grenoble Marcel SCHLEWER priest, member of Chrétiens et Proche Orient, Grenoble Arnaud SPIRE, philosopher and journalist, former member of the staff of the communist diary "l'Humanité" |