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AEI’s Christmas
advocacy action
The Anastas
families (14 persons altogether) have been
imprisoned by the Separation Wall (or Apartheid
Wall, as Palestinians prefer to call it) at
Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem. The Wall has been
erected at a close range along three sides of
the house. The families feel like living in a
tomb. Claire Anastas is a member of the AEI’s
women’s group. We are taking up her case to show
how the Wall influences the daily life of
ordinary Palestinian citizens.
You can help the family by writing a letter to
your government or political party, asking
attention to her case as well as that of the
many other Palestinian citizens affected by the
Wall. For a fact sheet of the Anastas’ family,
photos, a map and a model letter, see the
following links at the AEI’s website…..
Information Package
Fact sheet
Interview Claire
Anastas
Photos
Map
Rachel’s Tomb
Model letter
Anastas family
Dear Sir/Madam,
Hereby we would
like to draw your attention to the consequences
of the Israeli Wall that has been erected on
Palestinian lands.
The route of the
Wall is illegal because it has largely been
built beyond the 1967 borders. At various places
it goes in fact deep into West Bank territory. A
clear example is the Wall built near Rachel’s
Tomb, a holy place which have been unilaterally
annexed by the Israeli government and which has
now become part of a finger-shaped Israeli
controlled area going right into Bethlehem town.
At the human
level, many Palestinian families have been
severely affected by the annexation of Rachel’s
Tomb and the building of the Wall there. A case
in point is the Anastas family house which is
surrounded by walls on three sides. Living in
such conditions is inhuman.
During this
Christmas holiday season, I would therefore
appreciate if you could voice your deep concern
and protest towards the Israeli authorities
about the illegality of the Wall and its inhuman
consequences, and in particular to raise
attention to the situation around Rachel’s Tomb
and that of the Anastas family.
Thank you very
much for sharing my concerns.
Sincerely,
For more
information about the Anastas family:
Fact sheet (http://www.aeicenter.org/aei/newsletter/dec2005/fact_sheet.htm)
Interview Claire Anastas
(http://www.aeicenter.org/aei/newsletter/dec2005/interview.htm)
Photos
(http://www.aeicenter.org/aei/newsletter/dec2005/photos.htm)
Map Rachel’s Tomb
(http://www.aeicenter.org/aei/newsletter/dec2005/map.htm)
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