JUNE 2007
6 days of protests to mark 40 years of occupation
5-10 June 2007,
A wave of protest events,
marking 40 years of occupation, is expected in the early
part of June
Main protest march and rally:
Tel Aviv, June 9, 18:00
Coinciding with world-wide
protests at dozens of locations
June 5, 2007 , will be the fortieth
anniversary of the malignant Israeli occupation of the West
Bank , Gaza Strip and Golan Heights . The present suffering
and bloodshed at Gaza
"40 Occupation" is
a convergence of peace activists and groups (including
Gush Shalom, Anarchists Against the Wall, Women's Peace
Coalition, the Israeli Committee Against House
Demolitions, Yesh Gvul, Indymedia,Ta'ayush, Zochrot,
Hadash and others) which jointly organize protest actions
marking forty years of occupation. In order to bring
about a concrete change in the situation and the end of
the occupation, there is needed a tactic of wide
opposition. Therefore, the model of convergence was
chosen which was used with great success in other
struggles, for example the 1999
For six days, June 5 to 10 -
corresponding to the days of the 1967 War - a wide
spectrum of events will take place, including
exhibitions, demonstrations, theatre plays, academic
conferences etc., in order to place a the occupation and
the millions suffering under its yoke on the public
agenda. June 9 and 10 had been declared as International
Days of Protest Against the Israeli Occupation, and we
will hold The main march and rally on Saturday, June
9.
Demonstrations
and events in early June
June 1 from 10:00 am at the Port
of Tel Aviv - "Until She Opens her Eyes", an
event organized by the Human Rights groups, including
presentations, testimonies, artistic performances,
theatrical performances, a panel discussion by writers,
exhibition of photos. Ronit Piso 054-4750614, Maskit
Mendel 054-7700477.
June 2 - an Israeli-Palestinian
car convoy, organized by the
June 2 to 8 - Every
evening at
On the morning of June 5, the
Peace Now Movement will hold a demonstration in
June 5 "The Desert
Generation" - An exhibition by Israeli and
Palestinian painters at Beit HaAmanim (Artists'
House),
June 5 - Day of
Protest by the Student Coalition at Tel-Aviv
University, including an exhibition, placing of placards,
artistic performances. Michal 054-487061
June 5 -
"Critical Mass - bicycle and roller skates convoy
through the streets of out Tel Aviv", painting the
city with messages of Freedom and Equality. Meeting point
at 16:00 on the Tel-Aviv Cinemateque Plaza
June 5 - testimonies from
the Occupied Territories, a photo exhibition and
presentation of documentary films at the the Tel-Aviv
Cinemateque, organized by Machsom Watch, Bereaved
Families' Forum, Fighters for Peace, PCATI, Yesh Din,
IPCRI. A checkpoint, similar to those erected by the army
in the Territories, will be erected on the plaza and all
visitors will have to pass through it.
June 5 - A mass
Israeli-Palestinian event on the football field of
Anata, north-east of
June 5 to 7 - International
academic conference on "Forty after Sixty
Seven" at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and
the
June 7 - "Act of State
1967-2007" - a historical photo exhibition on the
Occupation. Opening at
June 7 - Israeli-Palestinian
demonstration near the Wall separating Bak'ah Al
Sharkiya in the West Bank from Bak'ah Al Gharbiya in
Israel. Suliman Al Hatib 054-4315043.
June 8 - Protest vigils by
Women in Black in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa at
June 8 to 9 - Festival of Peace
and Music, Israeli and Palestinian artists and
groups, films and more. At Tantur, on the border of
June
9 - Mass demonstration in Tel Aviv,
marking 40 Years to the Occupation - march and
rally initiated by the Israeli peace movements and
parties.
For details Adi Dagan 052-3575526, Adam Keller 050-6709603
June 9 has been declared the International Day of Protest Against the Israeli Occupation. Demonstrations will take place at dozens of cities around the world. For details about worldwide activism on June 9: http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/1460.shtml
June 9 - Israeli-Palestinian
demonstration in the morning hours, outside the
June 11 - The Old City of
Jerusalem: Opening event for a campaign to rebuild
destroyed houses, by the Israeli Committee
Against House Demolitions. The event takes place on the
fortieth anniversary of the destruction of the
For details Adi Dagan
052-3575526, Adam Keller 050-6709603