P10K Obtaining Ever Growing Palestinian/Israeli Support
Updated 14th May, 2004

Ongoing - May 2004 - by Ken O'Keefe in Palestine

Meetings/Endorsements; Noam Chomsky, Dr. Hanan Ashwari, Dr. Moustafa Barghouthi, Abbas Zaki, Dr. Hani Al-Hassan, Qais Abdul Kareem (Abu Laila), Sakher Habash (Abu Nezar), Diana Buttu, Mayor Fuad Kokaly, Fadwa Barghouthi, Radi Jarai, Samir Rantisi, Ghassan Abdullah, Abu Hzah, Dr. Mohamed Aboshi, Tanya Reinhart along with PNA Ministers Mohammed Hourani, Qadora Fares, Ziad Abu Ein, Jamal Tarifi, Jamal Shobaki along with numerous NGO's, Bir Zeit University and hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian people.

 

Noam Chomsky
Thursday April 29th, 2004

"This (P10K) is a very imaginative, creative, and courageous initiative. If it receives the support it merits it could have a major impact on moves towards reconciliation, peace, and hopes for justice and freedom in this tortured corner of the world." - Noam Chomsky

Abbas Zaki
General Delegate Foreign Relations &
Central Committee of Fatah
Ramallah, Wednesday 12th May, 2004

"The Palestinian Department of Foreign Relations and the Palestinian Legislative Council are ready to support you in everything you need. I have links with Israeli's and we can invite them to participate. If this campaign succeeds, it will finish Palestinian suffering on the ground."

 

 

Dr. Hani Al-Hassan
Presidential Consultant for National Security
Ramallah, Wednesday 12th May, 2004

"We did ceasefire's in the past and we are ready to repeat them. You can count on our full support - no one will be against this."

"Israel is an army running a state - their policies create suicide bombers."

Qais Abdul Kareem (Abu Laila)
Leader of the Democratic Front for the
Liberation of Palestine
Ramallah, Sunday 8th May, 2004

"I think that you have a very important project – to have thousands of people to announce and declare their support for the Palestinian people and to confront the Israelis non-violently. It's very inspiring and I will discuss it with other factions."

"In principle we are against operations against civilians. It's not moral or viable to continue these suicide bombings against civilians. We concentrate on the military and armed settlers, mainly within the 67 borders. Israel publicly rejects ceasefire's, saying it won't negotiate with "terrorists". 100% of the resistance is fighting for justice, not violence itself."

 

Sakher Habash (Abu Nezar)
Leader of National Islamic Front
Ramallah, Saturday 8th May, 2004

"I welcome your idea. This is something new and we deserve to try it."

Diana Buttu
Legal Advisor for the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department Ramallah, Sunday 9th May, 2004

"The ceasefire declared on December 16th 2001 broke down after Israel assassinated Raed Karmi in January 2002."

 

 

Fuad Kokaly
Head of Fatah in Bethlehem & Mayor of Beit Sahour Bethlehem, Friday 7th May, 2004

"I welcome this group. We want this. Occupation destroys the nature of people. This is why there is terror all over the world, because they're not implementing international law. To end terror we should give people their rights."

Awni Mashni and Naj Oudeh
Fatah Members
Bethlehem, Thursday 6th May, 2004

Awni Mashni: "If the Palestinian resistance feels they are alone, they will use weapons, but if the world community comes, then we will use other methods, to peacefully take our freedom."

Naj Oudah: "The apartheid that we face here is worse than in South Africa."

 

 

Jawad Boloss
Attorney for jailed Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouthi
Ramallah, Thursday 6th May, 2004

"I will communicate the P10K plan to Marwan personally and I expect that he will be very supportive."

Tanya Reinhart
Professor of Linguistics at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Saturday 1st May, 2004

"More and more Israelis, who have not lost their conscience, have joined in (non-violent struggle). A huge presence of internationals from all over the world would constitute an enormous push to this struggle, and will give us all a renewed sense of hope. "

"I believe that the solidarity of people all over the world, who unite in a non-violent struggle to protect life and human rights, is indeed the answer to the rule of violence that the world leaders have been imposing."

 

 

Noar
Israeli Refusenik/Anarchists Against the Wall
Tel Aviv, Sunday 2nd May, 2004

Complete support for P10K

Fadwa Barghouthi
Wife of jailed Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouthi
Ramallah, Tuesday 27th April, 2004

"Marwan will say welcome to all these people who will come. This will help us to prove to the world that we have a commitment to ceasefire. He dreams about this and will support it. We await this moment."

 

 

Mahmoud Ziadah - Labour Activist
Carine Metz - External Relations Officer
Democracy & Workers Rights Centre
Ramallah, Tuesday 27th April, 2004

"If the people will come, then I am ready to prepare for the P10K Force to stay here in Palestine. I give my word."

 

Dr. Hanan Ashwari
Ramallah, Monday 26th April, 2004

"I appreciate and support what you're doing, this (P10K) is a great idea. With us, anyone who supports Palestinians and criticises Israel is labeled anti-semitic."

 

 


Left to Right - Jamal Shobaki, Mohammed Hourani,
Ziad Abu Ein, Qadora Fares, Jamal Tarifi, Ken

PNA Ministers Jamal Shobaki, Mohammed Hourani, Ziad Abu Ein, Qadora Fares, Jamal Tarifi & Ken
Ramallah, Saturday 24th April, 2004

Mohammed Hourani: "This is a great and brilliant idea. We want to see how we can implement this idea in a concrete and practical way. We already have people who come, people who have sacrificed their lives and been killed by the Israelis. They come from far places to help us, not as Palestinians, but as people."

Ziad Abu Ein: "Tell the people of the world who love peace that we can create a ceasefire in this holy land, and struggle to bring peace according to international law."

Jamal Tarifi: "This is a great idea. Whatever you need from us, we are ready."

 

 

Radi Jarai
Director General, Palestinian Ministry of Detainees Ramallah, Thursday 22nd April, 2004

"The main reason of the problem is the occupation. We want our right to live in our state in liberty. There will be no objection from the Palestinian people when there is international solidarity with the Palestinian people."

Qadora Fares: "It will help the Palestinian people to have another kind of struggle. When we think we are alone in the world, we think bloodshed and to kill Israeli’s. We have repeatedly asked for international observers to come here. The response continues to be that this is unnecessary."

"We are soldiers for this cause."

 

 

Samir Rantissi
Director of the Palestine Peace Coalition (PPC) & cousin of the recently assassinated Dr. Abdul Aziz Rantissi Ramallah, Wednesday 21st April, 2004

Samir Rantissi has provided P10K his full support, and allowed the use of an office for several days at the Palestine Peace Coalition.

The Palestinian People

It is not an exaggeration to say that the Palestinian people virtually uniformly agree that bringing 10,000 western citizens here is a great and powerful idea. The one thing that is also apparent however, is their tendency to reserve hope for us doing just that. When we look at the historical record of lies that has come from the west it is easy to understand why. - Ken O'Keefe

 

 

Dr. Moustafa Barghouthi
London, February 2004

"You have my full support and assistance."

Dr. Mohammed Aboshi
Palestine Medical Relief Committee
Ramallah, December 2003

"This plan could be something great to help Palestinians."

 

Abu Hzah
Head of Fatah in Qalqilya
Qalqilya, December, 2003

"We dream about this project."

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