SAN JOSE PEACE COMMUNITY MEMBERS DETAINED AT TEL AVIV AIRPORT

The Colombia Support Network (CSN), has received word form the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado that two members of the Peace Community, ARLEY TUBERQUIA and MARTHA BASQUEZ, were detained by the Israeli secret service in the Tel Aviv airport. They had arrived to participate in the Grace Peace Pilgrimage from Eilat, over Bethlehem to Jerusalem. These members of the Peace Community, itself a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, apparently are being treated by the Israelis as terror suspects. They are, of course, in no sense terrorists. They have been the sister community of Dane County,Wisconsin for many years. The San Jose Peace Community is totally committed to peace and rejects arms.

Please write Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olme
rt to tell him that Peace Community members are not terrorists and that Arley and Martha should be released immediately and send a letter to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging her to press the Israeli authorities for the immediate release of these Colombian pilgrims for peace.

Please send copies of your letters to your Representatives in Congress and urge them to write to the Israeli authorities.

Your Senators and Representatives : See CSN Action Center

US Secretary of State ; www.state.gov
Tel (202) 647 4000

Prime Minister’s Office
Website : http://www.pmo.gov.il
E-mail : pm_eng@pmo.gov.il

Meir Sheetrit
Ministry of the Interior
Tel : 972-2-6701411
Fax : 972-2-6701628
Website : http://www.moin.gov.

Colombia Support Network
P.O. Box 1505
Madison, WI 53701-1505
phone : (608) 257-8753
fax : (608) 255-6621
e-mail : csn@igc.org
http://www.colombiasupport.net

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