5-10 June 2007, 6 days of protests to mark 40 years of occupation

http://www.kibush40.org

The main protest march against 40 years of occupation

Saturday, June 9, at 19:00, all peace movements and parties will join in a protest march, starting from the Rabin Square, Tel Aviv

At 20:00 a mass rally will be held at the Museum Plaza.

Stop the occupation!

Yes to Israeli-Palestinian Peace!

Immediate negotiations for regional peace!

Cease fire in Gaza, Sderot and the West Bank!

• Further info: Adi Dagan 050-8575730, Adam Keller 03-5565804, 054-2340749

This week marks the fortieth anniversary of the malignant Israeli occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan. The present suffering and bloodshed in Gaza and Sderot is a consequence to the policy of occupation, killing and settlement. Only the end of that policy and a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine will put an end to the violence, to the suffering of both peoples and to the continuing injustice to which the Palestinian people are subjected.

At 19:00 a protest march from the Rabin Square, along Ibn Gvirol Street and until the Tel Aviv Museum Plaza:

The demonstrators will march in six blocks, with a van at the centre

of each. Marchers will hold hundreds of photos and placards protesting the settlements, the wall, the checkpoints and roadblocks, the demolition of houses and other oppressive policies and measures.

At 20:00, Protest rally at the Museum Plaza. Among the speakers:

Nurit Peled Elhanan, an Israeli bereaved mother whose daughter was

killed in a suicide bombing.

Basam Aramin, a Palestinian bereaved father whose daughter was killed

by the army in Anata, Jerusalem.

Shauki Hatib, head of the High Follow-Up Committee of the Arab Population

in Israel.

Naomi Hazan, former Meretz Knesset Member, present member of the

International Women's Commission for Peace.

Artists who will perform at the rally:

Singer Rhona Keynan,

The Biluyim music group, Singer Therese Suliman, Halas music group.

Participating groups, movements and parties:

Meretz, Hadash, Balad, Peace Now, Gush Shalom, Coalition of Women for Peace, Yesh Gvul, Combatants for Peace, Anarchists Against the Wall, The High School Seniors'

Letter, Banki, The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, The

Alternative Information Center, The Student Colaition of Tel Aviv

University and others. In cooperation with the High Follow-Up Committee

of the Arab Population in Israel.

World-wide demonstrations:

June 9/10 have been declared International days of protest against the Israeli occupation. In dozens of cities around the world, protest demonstrations will be held, including:London, Washington, D.C, Sydney, Brussels, Sao Paolo, Toronto,Copenhagen, Hamburg, Dublin, Rome, Osaka, Amsterdam, Capetown, Johannesburg, Geneve and others. See:

http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=1393