April 3 -15 2002 saw Israeli Occupation Forces under “Operation Defensive Shield” attack Jenin Camp with bulldozers, apache helicopters, tanks and F16 fighter jets. Missiles were fired into houses, an entire neighbourhood of over 200 homes was demolished in 4 days, over 2,000 people were arrested, hundreds were injured and 52 people massacred.
Emergency services and food and water supplies were forcibly blocked from entering the camp. Ambulances were fired upon. People dehydrated, suffocated, went hungry and died of superficial injuries as they bled to death slowly. All international organisations and media were barred from witnessing the attack.
Despite the UN and Amnesty reports falling short of calling April's invasion a massacre, camp residents and international lawyers maintain that the method and means of murder amount to one.
Call for commemorative messages. You can send your message of condolence and solidarity with the people of the Jenin Camp to; ismjenin@yahoo.co.uk. These messages will be printed out and displayed at an art/photo-exhibition currently running in Jenin camp until the 15th of April. This call is urgent, and your words of solidarity are important to show the people of Jenin camp that -we will not forget......
Call for solidarity-actions on the 15th of April. April 15 - 2002 was the last day of the massacre in Jenin-camp, and here in Jenin the camp-committee and the ISM will arrange a full day event with happenings, films from April, and a conference with testimonies from victims of the Israeli violence. The events will be held outdoors on the totally destroyed area in the camp.
We also need activists worldwide to support this with protests outside Israeli embassies and businesses. Caterpillar retailers and factories are also suitable targets for protests and direct actions, since they provide the bulk part of the machinery the IOF is using for house demolitions. Please send any action reports to ismjenin@yahoo.co.uk and we will pass them on to the people of the camp.
We hope that you will join us in many powerful and creative actions worldwide to show that there is solidarity with the still open wound that was inflicted on the Jenin Camp one year ago.
In struggle and solidarity
Tobias Karlsson
ISM-Coordinator
Jenin area
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
www.palsolidarity.org
"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Robert F. Kennedy
Please also visit the website of the book “Searching Jenin”, near the top of our International Law section or: http://SearchingJenin.com
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Emergency services and food and water supplies were forcibly blocked from entering the camp. Ambulances were fired upon. People dehydrated, suffocated, went hungry and died of superficial injuries as they bled to death slowly. All international organisations and media were barred from witnessing the attack.
Despite the UN and Amnesty reports falling short of calling April's invasion a massacre, camp residents and international lawyers maintain that the method and means of murder amount to one.
Call for commemorative messages. You can send your message of condolence and solidarity with the people of the Jenin Camp to; ismjenin@yahoo.co.uk. These messages will be printed out and displayed at an art/photo-exhibition currently running in Jenin camp until the 15th of April. This call is urgent, and your words of solidarity are important to show the people of Jenin camp that -we will not forget......
Call for solidarity-actions on the 15th of April. April 15 - 2002 was the last day of the massacre in Jenin-camp, and here in Jenin the camp-committee and the ISM will arrange a full day event with happenings, films from April, and a conference with testimonies from victims of the Israeli violence. The events will be held outdoors on the totally destroyed area in the camp.
We also need activists worldwide to support this with protests outside Israeli embassies and businesses. Caterpillar retailers and factories are also suitable targets for protests and direct actions, since they provide the bulk part of the machinery the IOF is using for house demolitions. Please send any action reports to ismjenin@yahoo.co.uk and we will pass them on to the people of the camp.
We hope that you will join us in many powerful and creative actions worldwide to show that there is solidarity with the still open wound that was inflicted on the Jenin Camp one year ago.
In struggle and solidarity
Tobias Karlsson
ISM-Coordinator
Jenin area
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
www.palsolidarity.org
"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Robert F. Kennedy
Please also visit the website of the book “Searching Jenin”, near the top of our International Law section or: http://SearchingJenin.com
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JENIN BULLDOZER DRIVER SPEAKS OUT