Action Alert Tel Aviv ISM Activist Held in Detention

international | anti-war / imperialism | press release

Friday August 06, 2004 00:36

by International Solidarity Movement

Action Alert Tel Aviv ISM Activist Held in Detention

Action Alert:
ISM Activist Held in Detention; To Be Deported

Action Alert:
ISM Activist Held in Detention; To Be Deported
Your calls make a difference!
Italian woman, Giulia Palego is being detained at the Tel Aviv, Ben
Gurion airport. She has been told that she is "not welcome" in
Israel and will be deported tomarrow, Friday at 4:00pm.
Giulia is 25 year-old student from Ancona, Italy who recently
graduated with a degree in psychology. She has been to Israel and
Palestine twice before and was an activist with the International
Solidarity Movement, (ISM). Giulia had planned to join the ISM
Freedom Summer Campaign and stay one month in Israel/Palestine.
Giulia arrived today at approximately 2:00pm from Ancona, Italy.
She was detained upon arrival without any explanation. She was not
told anything for nine and a half hours. At 9:30pm she was informed
she could not enter Israel and would be deported Friday at 4:00pm.
Tomarrow a human rights activist will be threatened with
deportation. She is being barred from entering the country because
she is associated with an organization that works to expose the
injustices of the Israeli occupation and because she had planned to
march, peacefully in protest of the Wall, recently ruled illegal by
the International Court in The Hague.
Giulia Palego should be allowed entry into Israel and Palestine.
Please contact via phone, fax or e-mail the following officials and
demand that the Israeli government allow Giulia entry. Demand that
they end their illegal policy of detaining and deporting those who
stand for justice and decency:
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,
Fax: +972 2 6705475
Telex: 25279 MPRES IL
E-mail: pm_eng@pmo.gov.il
Salutation: Dear Prime Minister
Spokesperson of the Prime Minister
Foreign Minister Silwan Shalom sar@mofa.gov.il
Fax: 011-972-2-530-3367
Email: sar@mfa.gov.il

Minister of Interior: Avraham Poraz
(fax: +972-2-5666376)(fax: 972-2-6701628)(fax: 972-2-6701585)
Email: sar@moin.gov.il

Minister of Justice: Enav Golomb
State Attorney's Office
Fax: 011-972-2-646-6655

url for nearest Israeli Embassy:
http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/israel.htm

In addition, please contact your local Israeli mission and inform
them that the world is watching and demand that the Ministry of the
Interior abort this illegal deportation of a non-violent
humanitarian activist.

The contact details for Israeli Missions around the world are as
follows:

• Australia: 02 6273 1309 / 1300
• Canada: 613 567 6450
• France: 01 40 76 55 00
• Germany: 0228 934 6500
• Ireland: 01 668 0303
• Netherlands: 070 376 0500
• New Zealand: 04 472 2362 / 8
• UK: 020 7957 9500
• USA: 202 364 5500
Your calls, e-mails and faxes make a difference for Giulia and all
of us who work for justice!

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