At-Home with Gila Svirsky

Jerusalem
23 October 2001
Subject: Raise Your Voices

Dear Friends,

The situation is currently unbearable in the Occupied Territories. The undersigned Israeli peace organizations implore you to send the letter below, or a similar one, to Colin Powell and others, to end the nightmare of violence in the territories.

If you can, please print out and fax the letter, or telephone in your protest. If you can’t, please use e-mail. Contact information is given below.

Coalition of Women for a Just Peace (which includes Bat Shalom, MachsomWatch, NELED, New Profile, Noga, TANDI, WILPF, Women and Mothers for Peace, Women Engendering Peace, and Women in Black)
Bat Shalom
Gush Shalom
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
Alternative Information Center

Dear Sir, Using the assassination of the Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Zeevi as an excuse, the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has embarked on a wanton military attack of Palestinian towns, which may continue for days if not months. Prime Minister Sharon has historically been committed to reckless supremacist and oppressive policies. This most recent attack represents a policy of wreaking damage on the Palestinian population, and perpetuating their 34-year occupation, a policy which is considered good for Israel by the policy-makers in power; and disrupting chances for negotiations, which are considered bad. The reoccupation of West Bank cities endangers the future of both nations, and the stability of the region. We urgently request your intervention. Respectfully,

Contact People:

Secretary of State Colin Powell
Fax: (202) 261-8577
E-mail: secretary@state.gov

President George W. Bush
Fax: (202) 456-2461
E-mail: president@whitehouse.gov

European Union President Mr. Romano Prodi
E-mail: romano.prodi@cec.eu.int

Mr. Terje Rod Larsen
Personal Representative of the Secretary General to the UN in Palestine
Tel: + 972 8 282 2914
Fax: + 972 8 282 0966
E-mail: unsco@palnet.com

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Fax: +(41-22) 917-9016
E-mail: webadmin.hchr@unog.ch

Israeli Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres
Fax: +972-2-5303704
E-mail: sar@mofa.gov.il

Israeli Defense Minister, Benyamin Ben Eliezer
Fax: +972-3-6916940, 6976990
E-mail: sar@mod.gov.il

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
Fax: (+972-2) 566-4838 or 651-3955 or 651-2631