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re: israel follows its own law, by alan dershowitz “Gush Shalom” delegation at Protest Tent, 8.7.04

On the day before the International Court of Justice delivered its judgement against the wall, a Gush Shalom delegation stayed in the protest tent set up at the entrance of A-Ram. In the tent, a hunger strike by a group of Palestinians and Israelis is taking place.

The delegation was warmly received by the mayor, Sirkhan Saleimeh, and the hunger strikers.

“The wall is illegal and immoral, but first of all it is inhuman,” said Uri Avnery, who spoke after MK Azmi Bishara, who initiated the hunger strike. “The wall ignores the very existence of human beings, as if the area was empty. It destroys the fabric of life of hundred thousands.

“Gush Shalom opposes the very idea of a wall. We want to live side by side, Palestinians and Israelis, in two states with an open border between them. Peace means that we live without barriers between us, that you can go to the sea shore of Tel-Aviv and we can visit the restaurants of Ramallah without passing through checkpoints, walls and fences.”

Throughout the day, the tent was full of Palestinian, Israeli and foreign sympathizers.



Photos: Rachel Avnery