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Titolo: Non solo Sharon

Ricevo e inoltro da maranno sassarese.
Un uso intelligente di Flash:
http://www.gush-shalom.org/media/barak_eng.swf
GUSH SHALOM: AN INTRODUCTION:
     Gush Shalom is the hard core of the Israeli peace movement.
     Often described as "resolute", "militant", "radical" or
"consistent", it is known for its unwavering stand in times of crisis,
such as the al-Aksa intifada.
     For years now, Gush Shalom has played a leading role in
determining the moral and political agenda of the peace forces in
Israel, as well as in breaking the so-called "national consensus"
based on misinformation. 
     Gush Shalom is an extra-parliamentary organization, independent
of any party or other political grouping. Some of its activists do
belong to political parties, but the Gush is not aligned to any
particular party. 
Aims: 
The primary aim of Gush Shalom is to influence Israeli public opinion
and lead it towards peace and conciliation with the Palestinian
people, based on the following principles:
-   Putting an end to the occupation,
-   Accepting the right of the Palestinian people to establish an
independent and sovereign State of Palestine in all the territories
occupied by Israel in 1967, 
-   Reinstating the pre-1967 "Green Line" as the border between the
State of Israel and the State of Palestine (with possible minor
exchanges of territories agreed between the parties); the border will
be open for the free movement of people and goods, subject to mutual
agreement.
-   Establishing Jerusalem as the capital of the two states, with East
Jerusalem (including the Haram al-Sharif) serving as the capital of
Palestine and West Jerusalem (including the Western Wall) serving as
the capital of Israel. The city is to be united on the physical and
municipal level, based on mutual agreement.
-   Recognizing in principle the Right of Return of the Palestinian
refugees, allowing each refugee to choose freely between compensation
and repatriation to Palestine and Israel, and fixing by mutual
agreement the number of refugees who will be able to return to Israel
in annual quotas, without undermining the foundations of Israel. 
-   Safeguarding the security of both Israel and Palestine by mutual
agreement and guarantees.
-   Striving for overall peace between Israel and all Arab countries
and the creation of a regional union.
History:
     The Gush was founded in 1993, when it became apparent that all
the older peace groups in Israel were either unable or unwilling to
oppose the repressive measures introduced by the new Labor party
government headed by Yitzhak Rabin.
     When Rabin expelled 415 Islamic activists from the country in
late 1992, a spontaneous protest by Jewish and Arab Israelis led to
the setting up of protest tents opposite the prime minister's office
in Jerusalem. This protest lasted for 45 days and nights during the
winter.  Following the debates in the tents, and in view of the
silence of other Israeli peace groups, some of the protesters decided
that a new Israeli peace movement was needed. They defined themselves
as "Peacer than Peace Now" and founded Gush Shalom.
Structure:
     The Gush likens its role to that of a small wheel with a strong,
independent drive that activates a bigger wheel that in turn activates
an even bigger wheel, and so on. Not being subject to any
consideration of party interests nor courting fleeting popularity, the
Gush is free to proclaim the truth as it sees it and to work for its
acceptance by a much larger public. 
     As a result, the Gush (and its founders long before it)
consistently advocated ideas (e.q. recognition of the Palestinian
people, negotiation with the PLO, acceptance of a Palestinian state,
acceptance of the principle of return, Jerusalem - capital of two
states, dismantling the settlements) years, and sometimes decades,
before the established parties and peace organizations. 
     As is usual in Israel, the Gush has no "card-carrying members".
It is composed of several concentric circles: 
     * The inner core consists of about a hundred activists who devote
a large part of their time and energy (and some of them, all their
time and energy) to this task. None of them receives a salary or
remuneration of any kind. The Gush has no salaried employees.
Generally, Gush activists pay their own expenses, including bus fares
to demonstrations. These activists are constantly on call for
demonstrations and other urgent actions.
     * A larger group of some 600 activists are on the Gush action
list and take part in larger actions of different kinds (see below). 
     * Several thousands more identify with the Gush, follow its
activities and help to conduct its campaign within the general public.
Many of them identify with the Gush by donating money for its actions.
     The Gush has extremely limited financial resources. It receives
no funding from any Israeli or international organization, except for
occasional, modest donations from peace groups and individuals in
various countries (such as Holland and Germany). The brunt of the
financial burden is borne by individual Israeli citizens, who consider
it their moral duty to support the Gush as much as they can. They
deserve the recognition due to them.
 
Actions:
     Gush Shalom is active on a very wide front, unparalleled by any
other peace or human-rights organization in Israel. Its activities can
be divided into several categories:
(a)	 Political education campaigns, initiated and conducted by the
Gush alone, such as -
-   "Release all Palestinian Prisoners Immediately!" - a campaign that
began with a joint mass demonstration of some 6000 Israelis and
Palestinians in front of Nablus prison on the morrow of the Oslo
agreement (1993).
-   "Violations of the Oslo agreement" - a document prepared jointly
by the Gush and the Palestine Peace Information Center (1994).
-   "Jerusalem - Capital of Two States", starting with the publication
of the "Our Jerusalem" manifesto, signed by 675 leading Israeli
intellectuals and artists, and, for the first time, breaking the
official taboo (1995).
-   "Stop the Bulldozers!" - months-long campaign against the building
of new Jewish settlements, first on Jebel Abu-Ghneim (Har Homa) near
Bethlehem and later at Ras-al-Amud near Jerusalem (1997).
-   "National Boycott of Settlements' products!" - a campaign started
in 1997 and still going on, in which tens of thousands of Israeli
households asked for and received detailed lists of products produced
in the industrial parks on the settlements, enabling them to join the
boycott. This campaign has achieved international proportions.
-   "Marking the Green Line" - a campaign designed to re-establish the
pre-1967 border in public consciousness. Activists physically marked
the line with green paint on the ground (1998).
-   "The Right of the Palestinian Nation to Declare the Establishment
of the State of Palestine in ALL the Territories of the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip" - a manifesto signed by 440 prominent Israelis (1999).
-   "Right of Return" - the Gush unveiled its plan for a just and
practical solution of the refugee problem (1999).  
-   "Get out of ALL the Occupied Territories" - a  basic demand of the
Gush from its inception that became the theme of a new campaign
initiated by the Gush immediately after the outbreak of the al-Aqsa
intifada (2000).
-   Today Starts the Countdown to the Next War" - big advertisement
on the day the National Unity Government was formed by Ariel Sharon
and Shimon Peres (2001).
-   "We Call for the Immediate Creation of an International Peace
Force in Palestine" - protest campaign against the intensified
oppression in the occupied territories (2001).
-   "Eighty Theses for a New Peace Camp" - a far-reaching declaration
announcing a completely different approach to Israeli-Palestinian
peace, by confronting the mutually exclusive national narratives of
the two sides and combining them in a new framework (2001).
-   "Barak's Generous Offers…"  - a simple, clear exposition, with
maps, prepared for mass-circulation, responding to the widespread
propaganda assertion that "We gave them everythingand they gave us
war" (2001). 
(b)	 While conducting these campaigns, the Gush has held hundreds
of demonstrations and carried out countless direct actions in respto
day-to-day emergencies. Most of these were joint actions with
Palestinians, many in cooperation with other peace and human rights
organizations, some by Gush Shalom alone. Some recent examples:
-	Participating in the rebuilding of houses destroyed by the
occupation army (Kifel Hares, Katana and Anata villages)
-	Filling trenches dug by the occupation army to cut off
Palestinian villages (Rantis).
-	Breaking through "closure" barriers, with the Palestinians
doing the same by coming from the other side (Bethlehem).
-	Demonstrating together with the villagers against new "hilltop
outposts" of the settlers on Palestinian lands (al-Khadar).
-	Harvesting olives on behalf of villagers prevented by the
settlers and the army from entering their groves (Hares).
(c)	 Stickers, flyers, emblems etc.
      Over the years, the Gush has published and distributed a wide
range of stickers, such as "Bring the Soldiers Home from Lebanon"
(later: "Bring the Soldiers Home from the Occupied Territories"),
"Jerusalem - Capital of the Two States", "The Green Line - Border of
Peace", "There are No Legal Settlements. Period", "I Don't Buy
Products of the Settlements - Every Shekel for the Settlements is a
Shekel Against Peace". The most popular sticker is composed of the
flags of Israel and Palestine. The two joined flags are also the
official emblem of the Gush.
(d)	 Weekly political statement.
Since 1993, Gush Shalom has published a weekly political advertisement
in Haaretz (every Friday, page 2, lower left corner). It is generally
acknowledged that these statements influence the weekly political
agenda for the peace camp in general, well beyond the confines of Gush
Shalom proper.

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Volentieri, nonappena possibile.
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 sTeVe

 Volentieri, nonappena possibile.
tipico degli imbolsiti fasci, sono uguali dapperttutto, anche in giudia.
basta che parli di pace che ti danno del drogato, bah.
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"Orwell was an optimist"
  Kibo

basta che parli di pace che ti danno del drogato, bah.
deve essere l'aria di quelle parti 
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