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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 06:36:08 +0100 (BST)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?eldorra=20mitchell?= <manynotone-AT-yahoo.co.in>
Subject: artist statement


 Statement of Artists for Palestine 
  

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by Multi-Signers 
April 03, 2002 
 
 
    
MIDEAST WATCH  
 

 "They would love to see me dead," says the
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwsih in one of his poems. 

We, undersigned UK writers and artists, categorically
declare that we believe in his right and the right of
the Palestinian people to live free of the nightmare
that is now unfolding at their doorstep--the nightmare
of living in a city under curfew and siege, without
electricity, telephones, or the needs of daily life,
cut off from the rest of the country and the world,
cut off even from other parts of Ramallah; free from
the fear of having the same nightmare spread to other
Palestinian towns, cities and refugee camps; free of
the nightmare of having his home broken into, his sons
! rounded up, tagged, and hauled away; free from the
fear of crimes against his humanity; free of summary
executions whose purpose seems to be to incite further
violence; free from the fear of adding yet more names
to the list of the over twenty-thousand disabled and
the nearly one thousand dead. 

We therefore call upon the all people of good
conscience all over the world to protest against the
current onslaught on the Palestinian people, their
institutions, and the very fabric of their society,
and to demand the immediate withdrawal of the Israeli
army so that the peace process may resume. 

We call upon the Government of the United States to
adopt an even-hand approach to justice, and not to
blame the victim for the crimes of the oppressor. It
seems the policy of the current government of Israel
is to eradicate the very idea of Palestine. What they
have succeeded in doing instead, is creating the
grounds for vendettas for generations to come. Is this
what the Israeli government wants for its people, and
is this what the Israeli people want for themselves? 

We hope not, and therefore we call upon them to take
to the streets in protest against the inhumane
policies of their government. We call upon their
writers and artists to take a stand with us.

Let the future be bright for both peoples, so that art
and literature may have room to blossom.

Please respond to: 
Artists for Palestine shib-AT-lineone.net

 


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