Awakening MP3.Freedom Flotilla 2 Press Conference in Amsterda+Persverklaring Freedom Flotilla 2

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Amsterdam, 7 maart 2011

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Freedom Flotilla 2 roept regeringen op om haar burgers te beschermen

 

Amsterdam – De samenwerkende organisaties van Freedom Flotilla 2 roepen hun regeringen op om concrete actie te ondernemen waardoor de veiligheid van haar burgers wordt gegarandeerd om een herhaling van vorig jaar te voorkomen. Op 31 mei 2010 werd het hulpkonvooi, dat onderweg was naar de Gazastrook om humanitaire hulp te leveren aan de bevolking, aangevallen door de Israëlische marine. Daarbij werden negen deelnemers gedood. In mei van dit jaar zal een nieuwe flotilla uitvaren om de blokkade van de Gazastrook te doorbreken en te beëindigen. De deelnemende coalities vergaderden afgelopen weekend in Amsterdam. 

 

De Israëlische aanval op de Freedom Flotilla, die voer in internationale wateren, werd door  regeringen in de hele wereld veroordeeld. Onderzoekers van de VN Mensenrechtenraad noemden de manier waarop de opvarenden werden behandeld, bruut en buitenproportioneel. Het rapport van de VN Waarheidscommissie van de Mensenrechtenraad stelt vast: "Er is overtuigend bewijs om vervolging op grond van artikel 147 van de vierde Conventie van Genève te ondersteunen met betrekking tot de volgende misdaden: moord, marteling en inhumane behandeling; opzettelijk toebrengen van ernstig lijden en zwaar letsel aan het lichaam of gezondheid."

 

Het Internationale Comité van het Rode Kruis beschouwt de Israëlische blokkade van de Gazastrook als illegaal omdat het een collectieve bestraffing  inhoudt van de Palestijnse burgers in Gaza. Het rapport van de VN Waarheidscommissie  bevestigt, dat "de blokkade onrechtmatig is en op geen enkele juridische grond gerechtvaardigd kan worden." Overheden zijn wettelijk verplicht om op te treden tegen schendingen van het international recht en schendingen van mensenrechten. Dit betreft niet alleen de blokkade van de Gazastrook en het aanhoudende geweld tegen de burgerbevolking daar, maar ook de kolonisatie van de Westelijke Jordaanoever, de annexatie van oost-Jeruzalem en het bouwen van de muur,  die illegaal verklaard is door  het Internationaal Gerechtshof in Den Haag in 2004. Echter, de internationale gemeenschap zwijgt waardoor zij de Israëlische misdaden impliciet goedkeurt in plaats van er tegen op te treden.

 

"De humanitaire missie van de Freedom Flotilla 2 is een geweldloos antwoord op de oorverdovende stilte van onze overheden", zegt Benji de Levie, woordvoerder van de Nederlandse delegatie. "Elke poging -diplomatiek of militair- om de aankomst van de Freedom Flotilla in de haven van Gaza tegen te werken of te stoppen  is in strijd met het internationaal recht en zal als zondanig dienen te worden behandeld door onze overheden." De Levie: "In het licht van de huidige vreedzame protesten in het Midden-Oosten, verwachten we van onze overheden om consistent te zijn in hun buitenland politiek: het veroordelen van alle vormen van mensenrechtenschendingen tegen geweldloze burgerinitiatieven, ongeacht wie de dader is."

 

De voorbereidingen in alle betrokken regio's (Europa, Noord-Amerika, Noord-Afrika, Azië, Zuid-Amerika en Australië) verlopen volgens plan. Naar verwachting vertrekken 15 schepen met vracht en meer dan 1000 vrijheidsvaarders in mei naar de Gazastrook. Onder hen zijn journalisten, politici, hulpverleners, kunstenaars en mensenrechtenactivisten. De grassrootscampagnes in de landen breiden zich uit. Een voorbeeld hiervan is het geplande solidariteitsconcert van de Franse/ Spaanse zanger Manu Chao in Barcelona. 

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Egypt Gaza Connection.Interview. Freedom Flotilla 2.Part 2

Egypt humanitarian delegation enters Gaza
gar - 07.03.2011 21:24

Their aim is to enter the beseiged Palestinian terrirtory with as many Egyptian volunteers as possible. This in order to highlight that Egypt's economic blockade of Gaza continues and must end following the fall of the Mubarak regime.

Their aim is to enter the beseiged Palestinian terrirtory with as many Egyptian volunteers as possible. This in order to highlight that Egypt's economic blockade of Gaza continues and must end following the fall of the Mubarak regime.
The activists make it to the town of Al Arish, 50 km from the Gaza border, where they're greeted by local leaders who promise they'll supply hundreds of volunteers to show solidarity with the suffering of Gazans. The leaders call for Egypt to revoke its peace treaty with Israel and for former President Husni Mubarak to be prosecuted.
We've arrived in Al Arish to a good welcome. But we did have to pass through about 12 checkpoints and the army tried to persuade us not to come. But now the people here are promising to accompany the convoy to Gaza. The morning of the planned march to the Gaza border starts with much optimism. But things soon turn nasty. A small group of suspected pro-Mubarak agitators accuse the activists of being spies and even Israelis. They say Egyptians should sort their own problems out before they worry about anybody else. Our crew is forced to stop filming, but soon afterwards we are attacked with shovels and forced to beat a hasty retreat.
Eventually the activists make it to the Gaza border but with severely depleted numbers. Most of the Egyptians have been scared off from joining their protest march to the Rafah border crossing. After 5 hours they are allowed through with one bag of cement. They are the first peace delegation to enter Gaza since the Egyptian revolution.

Website: http://garizo.blogspot.com/2011/03/egypt-humanitarian-delegation-enters.html

Freedom Flotilla 2.Press Conference. Video part 1 + info

Freedom Flotilla 2 roept regeringen op om haar burgers te beschermen

Amsterdam – De samenwerkende organisaties van Freedom Flotilla 2 roepen hun regeringen op om concrete actie te ondernemen waardoor de veiligheid van haar burgers wordt gegarandeerd om een herhaling van vorig jaar te voorkomen. Op 31 mei 2010 werd het hulpkonvooi, dat onderweg was naar de Gazastrook om humanitaire hulp te leveren aan de bevolking, aangevallen door de Israëlische marine. Daarbij werden negen deelnemers gedood. In mei van dit jaar zal een nieuwe flotilla uitvaren om de blokkade van de Gazastrook te doorbreken en te beëindigen. De deelnemende coalities vergaderden afgelopen weekend in Amsterdam.

De Israëlische aanval op de Freedom Flotilla, die voer in internationale wateren, werd doorregeringen in de hele wereld veroordeeld. Onderzoekers van de VN Mensenrechtenraad noemden de manier waarop de opvarenden werden behandeld, bruut en buitenproportioneel. Het rapport van de VN Waarheidscommissie van de Mensenrechtenraad stelt vast: "Er is overtuigend bewijs om vervolging op grond van artikel 147 van de vierde Conventie van Genève te ondersteunen met betrekking tot de volgende misdaden: moord, marteling en inhumane behandeling; opzettelijk toebrengen van ernstig lijden en zwaar letsel aan het lichaam of gezondheid."

Het Internationale Comité van het Rode Kruis beschouwt de Israëlische blokkade van de Gazastrook als illegaal omdat het een collectieve bestraffinginhoudt van de Palestijnse burgers in Gaza. Het rapport van de VN Waarheidscommissiebevestigt, dat "de blokkade onrechtmatig is en op geen enkele juridische grond gerechtvaardigd kan worden." Overheden zijn wettelijk verplicht om op te treden tegen schendingen van het international recht en schendingen van mensenrechten. Dit betreft niet alleen de blokkade van de Gazastrook en het aanhoudende geweld tegen de burgerbevolking daar, maar ook de kolonisatie van de Westelijke Jordaanoever, de annexatie van oost-Jeruzalem en het bouwen van de muur,die illegaal verklaard is doorhet Internationaal Gerechtshof in Den Haag in 2004. Echter, de internationale gemeenschap zwijgt waardoor zij de Israëlische misdaden impliciet goedkeurt in plaats van er tegen op te treden.

"De humanitaire missie van de Freedom Flotilla 2 is een geweldloos antwoord op de oorverdovende stilte van onze overheden", zegt Benji de Levie, woordvoerder van de Nederlandse delegatie. "Elke poging -diplomatiek of militair- om de aankomst van de Freedom Flotilla in de haven van Gaza tegen te werken of te stoppenis in strijd met het internationaal recht en zal als zondanig dienen te worden behandeld door onze overheden." De Levie: "In het licht van de huidige vreedzame protesten in het Midden-Oosten, verwachten we van onze overheden om consistent te zijn in hun buitenland politiek: het veroordelen van alle vormen van mensenrechtenschendingen tegen geweldloze burgerinitiatieven, ongeacht wie de dader is."

De voorbereidingen in alle betrokken regio's (Europa, Noord-Amerika, Noord-Afrika, Azië, Zuid-Amerika en Australië) verlopen volgens plan. Naar verwachting vertrekken 15 schepen met vracht en meer dan 1000 vrijheidsvaarders in mei naar de Gazastrook. Onder hen zijn journalisten, politici, hulpverleners, kunstenaars en mensenrechtenactivisten. De grassrootscampagnes in de landen breiden zich uit. Een voorbeeld hiervan is het geplande solidariteitsconcert van de Franse/ Spaanse zanger Manu Chao in Barcelona.

Freedom Flotilla 2 statement and video

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Freedom Flotilla 2 statement (Madrid, februari 2011)

Madrid, 7 February



The city of Madrid (Spain) hosted on 4th, 5th and 6th February 2011 the meeting of delegates from different organizations that comprise the International Coalition of the Freedom Flotilla II. The meeting, organized by the host delegation Rumbo a Gaza, was attended by delegates from Algeria, Canada, Scotland, Spain, France, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. Also, in the course of the meeting, updates were received about the work of organizations in Germany, Australia, Belgium and Denmark.

The organizations gathered in Madrid reiterated our strongest condemnation and rejection of systematic aggression that the State of Israel has inflicted on the Palestinian people for over 60 years and its continued violations of international law. We also denounce the passivity, if not outright complicity of our governments to actions that constitute a crime against humanity.

The Gaza Strip has become a symbol of the systematic and planned aggression against the entire Palestinian people. For almost five years, over a million and half people have been subjected to a criminal and illegal blockade, a medieval siege in which the State of Israel has become the master of life and death for the people of Gaza. This collective punishment combined with devastating military attacks launched by Israel's army on the defenseless population of the Gaza Strip: 500 killed in Operation Summer Rains 2006, more than 1,400 killed in Operation Cast Lead December 2008 and January 2009, more than 80 killed in 2010 during various other assaults.

Gaza is a territory intentionally reduced to misery. 80% of its inhabitants depend on humanitarian aid for food, 70% of households live on less than one euro per day for each of its members, over 40% of the population is unemployed. The State of Israel has kidnapped people physically as well as kidnapping their rights, their dreams and hopes as they have been doing for more than 60 years.

Because of the silence and inaction of our governments to these crimes against humanity, the international civil society campaign has grown since 2008 when the siege was broken for the first time by two small boats and last year the first Freedom Flotilla was launched. A well known fact, the Israeli army attacked this Flotilla in international waters, in what constituted a flagrant violation of international shipping laws, murdering nine activists, injuring 50 others, kidnapping everyone on board, and hijacking the boats.

More determined than ever to break and end the blockade, the Coalition announced today that during the second half of May 2011 Freedom Flotilla II will sail. To this end there will be at least twice as many boats carrying many more volunteers and more aid. The expedition will sail in order to force Israel to respect international law and to mobilize civil societies' support and solidarity with the Palestinian population of Gaza as well as bring attention to the wider issue of the host of human rights abuses carried out by the Israeli state against the entire population of Palestine.

We are closely following the big change that is being brought in Tunisia, Egypt and the wider Arab world by the emergence of civil societies' demand for true democracy, social justice, freedom and respect of human rights. The long Palestinian struggle against occupation and violence deserves the support of the international community. Freedom Flotilla II integrate its action into that large movement focusing on breaking and ending the siege in Gaza. Palestinian people and historically, Mediterranean Sea people, have the same rights on their territory, territorial waters and air space. Therefore our expedition, Freedom Flotilla II, has become more important and necessary than ever.

We will sail to Gaza until Palestine is free!

International Coalition of the Freedom Flotilla II

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Breaking the Silence. Israeli soldiers telling the truth.

from http://www.shovrimshtika.org
Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran combatants who served in the Israeli military during the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli public to the routine situations of everyday life in the Occupied Territories. The organization endeavors to stimulate public debate about the price paid for a reality in which young soldiers face a civilian population on a daily basis, and are engaged in the control of that population's everyday life.

Soldiers who serve in the Territories witness and participate in military actions which change them immensely. Cases of abuse towards Palestinians, looting, and destruction of property have been the norm for years, but are still excused as military necessities, or explained as extreme and unique cases. Our testimonies portray a different, and much grimmer picture. While this reality is known to Israeli soldiers and commanders, Israeli society continues to turn a blind eye, and to deny that which happens in its name. Discharged soldiers who return to civilian life discover the gap between the reality which they encountered in the Territories, and the silence which they encounter at home. In order to become civilians again, soldiers are forced to ignore what they have seen and done. Breaking the Silence voices the experiences of these soldiers, forcing Israeli society to address the reality which it has helped to create.

The organization collects and publishes testimonies from soldiers who have served in the West Bank and Gaza since September 2000, and also holds lectures, house meetings, and other public events which bring to light the reality in the Territories through the voice of former combatants. Breaking the Silence also conducts tours in Hebron and the South Hebron Hills region, all with the aim of allowing the Israeli public access to the reality which takes place in its own back yard, yet is rarely portrayed in the media.

Founded in March 2004 by a group of soldiers who served in Hebron, Breaking the Silence has since acquired a special standing in the eyes of the public and in the media, as it is unique in giving voice to the experience of soldiers. To date, the organization has collected more than 700 testimonies from soldiers who represent all strata of Israeli society and cover nearly all units that operate in the Territories. All the testimonies we publish are meticulously researched, and all facts are cross-checked with additional eye-witnesses and/or the archives of other human rights organizations also active in the field. Most soldiers choose to remain anonymous, due to various pressures from official military persons and society at large.

We work because we wish to raise awareness and bring about change. We demand accountability regarding Israel's military actions in the Occupied Territories perpetrated by us and in our name.

Budrus.Questions to Director Julia Bacha and Activist Jonathan Massey at IDFA. Video + info about the movie and festival

info from http://www.justvision.org/budrus

It takes a village to unite the most divided people on earth.

Budrus is an award-winning feature documentary film about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayed Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel's Separation Barrier. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter, Iltezam, launches a women's contingent that quickly moves to the front lines. Struggling side by side, father and daughter unleash an inspiring, yet little-known, movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories that is still gaining ground today. In an action-filled documentary chronicling this movement from its infancy, Budrus shines a light on people who choose nonviolence to confront a threat.  The movie is directed by award-winning filmmaker Julia Bacha (co-writer and editor of Control Room and co-director Encounter Point), and produced by Bacha, Palestinian journalist Rula Salameh, and filmmaker and human rights advocate Ronit Avni (formerly of WITNESS, Director of Encounter Point). Read more information about the crew and cast.

While this film is about one Palestinian village, it tells a much bigger story about what is possible in the Middle East. Ayed succeeded in doing what many people believe to be impossible: he united feuding Palestinian political groups, including Fatah and Hamas; he brought women to the heart of the struggle by encouraging his daughter Iltezam's leadership; and welcoming hundreds of Israelis to cross into Palestinian territory for the first time and join this nonviolent effort. Many of the activists who joined the villagers of Budrus are now continuing to support nonviolence efforts in villages from Bil'in to Nabi Saleh to Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem.

Budrus includes diverse voices-- from the Palestinian leaders of the movement and their Israeli allies to an Israeli military spokesman, Doron Spielman, and Yasmine Levy, the Israeli border police captain stationed in the village at that time. While many documentaries about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict either romanticize the notion of peace, or dwell entirely on the suffering of victims to the conflict, this film focuses on the success of a Palestinian-led nonviolent movement.

In a keynote address immediately following the world premiere of Budrus at a Gala screening at the Dubai International Film Festival in December 2009, Her Majesty Queen Noor Al Hussein of Jordan praised the film, stating that Budrus: "Gives an enormous amount of hope... It's a story which will have an impact and can help bring [about] change."

Budrus received the Panorama Audience Award, Second Prize, at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2010. It will be screening in world-renowned festivals around the world throughout 2010. Visit our Events page to find it in a theater or festival near you. For information regarding the rights of the film, and how to bring it to your community, visit the Budrus FAQ.

Just Vision has been laying a foundation for the strategic outreach campaign that we will launch in conjunction with Budrus by reaching out to a wide range of journalists, influential figures, community leaders, policymakers, students and educators in order to ensure that the film is seen, covered in the press as well as incorporated into community and educational programming.

Budrus Trailer


Documentary festival IDFA already started. There many interesting movies are shown. Many interesting debates,speeches, events are happening. For those who can afford tickets we have good news. Almost every evening in Escape Launge at 21.30 its surprise movie showed. Many debates and talk shows are also free!
more at www.idfa.nl
Film program
IDFA is unique for its international film program, the variety of genres, its politically committed program and the many European and world premieres featured each year. Add to that the presence of many filmmakers, sizeable audiences, all the discussions and debates, workshops, masterclasses and the experienced staff, and it's no wonder IDFA is the pre-eminent festival for creative documentaries.

Creative documentaries
During IDFA, creative documentaries take centre stage. This means that IDFA chooses films which express the filmmaker's point of view in a creative and cinematic manner. The selection takes place on the basis of clear criteria. IDFA searches for documentaries that are cinematically intriguing or innovative, are relevant or highly topical to society at large, and stimulate the viewer to reflect, discuss and ask questions. IDFA strives for an international, diverse, topical and politically committed programme.



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