4/1/05 soutien international à Jayyus

Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
www.StoptheWall.org

PRESS RELEASE : December 31, 2004

JANUARY 4, 2005 : Mobilization in Jayyus against the Destruction of Village
Land and the Next Phase of Israel’s Colonial Apartheid Policies

Contact : Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign :
+972-265-65-890
(Sharif Omar : +972-54-736-9771, Jamal Juma’ : +972-52-285-610)
Email : jayyus@stopthewall.org ,
activism@stopthewall.org

jayyus (Qalqiliya district), palestine - The people of Jayyus and the Jayyus
popular committee of the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign are calling for a day
of action on January 4, 2005, against the destruction of their land and the
next phase of Israel’s colonial Apartheid policies. This new phase has been
initiated by the construction of new settlements, settlers-only roads, and
Israeli industrial zones on Palestinian lands isolated by the Apartheid Wall
and is a further proof of Israel’s intention to confiscate these lands,
ghettoizing the Palestinian population behind the Wall as a permanent
border.

In Jayyus, on December 10, occupation forces began the construction of Nofei
Zufin, a new settlement on isolated village land (which adds to the
settlement of Zufin, built on lands appropriated from Jayyus in 1993). Since
then, they have already destroyed a wide swath of land and uprooted more
than 400 olive trees. If it is completed, this new settlement will
definitively lock the people of Jayyus into a sealed Bantustan, deprived of
their farmlands, livelihood, and space for future population growth.

Against this plan for the total demise of Palestinian life in Jayyus, the
village calls upon :
* Palestinian presidential candidates to be present on January 4,
2005 in order to support the actions of the people of Jayyus.
* Politicians, prominent persons, and nationals from as many
countries as possible to come to Jayyus on January 4 in order to adopt a
seedling olive tree and plant it in the place where their trees have been
uprooted.
* All organizations to urge supportive politicians, other prominent
persons, and any delegations that will be in Palestine during that period to
respond to this call and contact the media immediately.
* Ambassadors and international official representatives in Palestine
to protest with their governments asking for concrete pressure on Israel to
implement the decision of the International Court of Justice and respect
international law, and to visit Jayyus lands.

The Wall in Jayyus has already isolated approximately 8,600 dunums (2,150
acres) of land - some 72% of the village’s lands - in addition to destroying
another 550 dunums in its path. The Wall has caused the uprooting of
thousands of trees. Valuable water resources, olive and citrus groves, and
greenhouses are isolated behind the Wall.

The situation in Jayyus reflects similar situations throughout Occupied
Palestine, where communities already devastated by the first phase of the
Wall’s construction are now being hit with even greater devastation during
its second phase.

Today, the Apartheid Wall, with its horrendous effects on Palestinian life,
is merging with the longstanding policies of settlement expansion, the
creation of Jewish-only infrastructure in the Occupied West Bank and Gaza
Strip, and industrial zones - Israeli sweatshops for the impoverished
Palestinian population - into a comprehensive scheme of colonial domination
and conquest.

Six months after the International Court of Justice decision calling for the
dismantling of the Wall and the payment of reparations, the international
community has yet to comply with its obligations to enact the decision by
concrete pressure on Israel. The media can play a crucial role in stopping
Israeli crimes.

Activists and delegations who want to support the people of Jayyus on
January 4, as well as members of the media who are interested in covering
the January 4 action in Jayyus and the Israeli destruction of Palestinian
life more generally, should get in touch with the Anti-Apartheid Wall
Campaign office. We will be happy to provide further information about
Jayyus ; to help with press arrangements for the January 4 action ; and to set
up media interviews with members of the popular committee in Jayyus
coordinating the action, and with other members of the community in Jayyus
whose lives have been affected by the Wall and by the latest acts of
destruction by Occupation Forces.

For more information please see :
* In Jayyus, Destruction of Land and Uprooting of Trees Lays the
Foundation for a New Settlement on Village Land Isolated by the Wall (
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/832.shtml

<http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/8...> )
* Do the Wall’s Roots Start to Reveal Themselves ?(Abdul-Latif
Khaled)( http://stopthewall.org/communityvoices/823.shtml
<http://stopthewall.org/communityvoi...> )
* Two Years in Jayyus (Photo Story) (
http://stopthewall.org/photos/828.shtml
<http://stopthewall.org/photos/828.shtml> )

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