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GUSH SHALOM welcomes the
"Urgent Appeal to the Israeli Public", signed by Haidar Abd-al-Shafi,
Hanan Ashrawi and many other Palestinian personalities and published in
Ha’aretz (10.11.00). It proves that even in these hard days, in the middle
of the Palestinian war of liberation, you entertain in your hearts the
desire for peace and reconciliation.
GUSH SHALOM believes that close
cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians who desire peace and justice
is needed in order to put an end to the occupation and establish a just
peace.
GUSH SHALOM believes, like you,
that peace and reconciliation between the two peoples must be based on the
principles of equality and mutual respect, namely –
- The termination of the
occupation in all the territories conquered by Israel in the 1967 war,
- The establishment of the State
of Palestine in all these territories,
- The recognition of Jerusalem as
the capital of the two states – West Jerusalem the capital of Israel and
East Jerusalem the capital of Palestine.
- The withdrawal of all the
settlers and soldiers from these territories to the State of Israel.
- A just, moral, practical and
agreed solution of the refugee problem, including the recognition by
Israel of its great responsibility for the creation of this problem and
the principle of the right of the refugees to choose between return to
the homeland and compensation.
GUSH SHALOM proposes the creation
of a joint framework for dialogue between peace-loving Israeli and
Palestinian citizens, in order to prepare together the basis of peace and
reconciliation.
GUSH SHALOM
(The Israeli Peace Bloc)
Phone 972-3-5221732
P.O.Box 3322,Tel-Aviv 61033
www.gush-shalom.org
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