Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Buone notizie

Dear Gioacchino,
Today we have reason to celebrate. Mohammad Othman and Jamal Jumah, two 
Palestinian prisoners of conscience arrested for their human rights 
activism have been released within the last 24 hours -- and you had a 
hand in making this possible.
Thanks to you, we generated over 10,000 emails to US President Obama, 
and over 2,200 emails to the US Consulate in East Jerusalem complaining 
about the arbitrary detention of Mohammad Othman. You helped up flood 
the US State Department with phone calls as well.
Let's keep the pressure up to free Abdallah Abu Rahmah as well. 
Archbishop Tutu has called for his release (1).  So have almost 5,000 of 
you, who wrote to President Obama and to the US Consulate in East Jerusalem.
Here is what Stop the Wall had to say today about Jamal's release (2). 
Their words obviously ring true regarding Mohammad Othman as well:
Jamal Juma', the coordinator of the Stop the Wall Campaign has been 
released yesterday evening after a month long detention in Israeli 
jails. He had been called for interrogation and then arrested on 
December 16. Yesterday, the military court decided for Jamal's release.
Like for the other Palestinian human rights defenders in Israeli jails, 
there was never a case in the courtroom. Not a single charge has been 
put forth. The reason for his arrest was purely political - an attempt 
to crush Stop the Wall and the popular committees against the Wall. 
Therefore, the reasons for his release are also outside the courtroom: 
The impressive support of international civil society has moved 
governments and used the media to an extent that made his imprisonment 
too uncomfortable.
This international solidarity has given our popular struggle against the 
Wall further strength. We are deeply thankful for all the efforts.
Yet, the latest arrests and continuous repression show that we have not 
yet defeated the Israeli policy as such, as Israel remains determined to 
silence Palestinian human rights defenders by all means.
We therefore need to ensure that the campaign for the freedom of all 
anti-wall activists and Palestinian political prisoners continues to 
grow. We have to combine our energies to ensure that the root cause - 
the Wall - will be torn down and the occupation will be brought to an end.
Thanks for your support.
Sydney Levy
Jewish Voice for Peace
P.S. We have learned in the meanwhile that the Chief English editor for 
the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency, Jared Maslin, has been 
arbitrarily detained by Israel and is scheduled to have a deportation 
hearing today, Thursday. (3)
(1) Desmond Tutu: '[Israel] must realize that they cannot break the 
spirit of those who fight for freedom and justice.' Mondoweiss, December 
24, 2009 
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http://mondoweiss.net/2009/12/desmond-tutu-israel-must-realize-that-they-cannot-break-the-spirit-of-those-who-fight-for-freedom-and-justice.html
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(2) Jamal Juma' has been released. Stop The Wall, January 13, 2010 
[
stopthewall.org/latestnews/2158.shtml
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(3) U.S. editor barred from re-entering Israel. The Committee to Protect 
Journalists 
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http://cpj.org/blog/2010/01/us-editor-barred-from-re-entering-israel.php
]
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The Foreign Ministry itself is now pushing the idea, urging supporters 
of Israel everywhere to
become cyberspace soldiers "in the new battleground for Israel's image."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1162378505678&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

 activism 
di cui qui abbiamo un esempio. Notate i movimenti dell'attempato 
attivista in abito scuro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77iei8rQUCk&feature=player_embedded