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PSCC Logo Press Release 3 June 2010 Tomorrow: Thousands to Mark 43 Years of Occupation Near Route 443 Palestinians and Israelis will demonstrate tomorrow, Friday, June 4th, near the village of Beit Nuba, which was demolished by Israel in 1967, near Route 443. Similar demonstrations, also denouncing the massacre aboard the Freedom Flotilla will take place across the West Bank. What: Joint Rally in New Beit Nuba (adjacent to the village of Beit Liqiya) When: Tomorrow, Friday, June 4th, 12:30 pm For more details: Jonathan Pollak (Hebrew, English) - 054-6327736 Yusef Krajeh (Arabic, English) - 059-8464054, 054-5571328 Eilat Maoz (Hebrew, English) - 050-8575729 Dozens of Israeli anti-Occupation organizations will join the Palestinian Popular Committees for a demonstration marking 43 years of occupation tomorrow. The protesters will denounce the killing aboard the Mavi Marmara, and call to end the siege over Gaza, to dismantle the Wall and settlements, and for freedom of movement for Palestinians. MK Haneen Zouabi, who was aboard the Mavi Marmara, Mustafa Barghouti, head of the Palestinian alMubadara Party, Maher Ghuneim, Minister for the Wall in the Palestinian Authority, former MK Uri Avnery, and Palestinian Legislative Committee Members Qais Abd elKarim (Abu Laila) and Mahmoud alAloul – will participate in the demonstration. Additional demonstrations will take place in the villages on Nabi Saleh, north of Ramallah,Deir alGhussoun, north of Tul Karem, Ni'ilin – where demonstrators will also mark a year to the death of protester Aqel Srour by sniper-fire shot at him during a demonstration, and in the villages of Bil'in, West of Ramallah and alMa'asara, south of Bethlehem, where demonstrators will carry mock ships and will try to break the siege on their own villages. Road to nowhere: During the occupation of the West Bank in June 1967, the Israeli army destroyed the villages of Yalu, Beit Nuba and Amuasse in the Latrun enclave. "Canada Park" and a number of settlements were built on their lands. Most of the residents of these three displaced villages currently live in villages near Highway 443, such as Beit Liqya, Beit Sira and Beit Ur. In the eighties, thousands of acres were confiscated by Israel along the road, claiming that the road will serve as the main traffic artery for these villages to Ramallah. However, the road has been closed for years for Palestinian vehicles. Following the High Court ruling on Route 443, a small section of the road was opened last week for Palestinian traffic, but is still nearly useless for the villagers, as access to Ramallah from it is disallowed, turning it into a highway to nowhere for Palestinians. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
