Prof. Moshe Zuckermann Ph.D. Faculty Graduate Program In The Arts, FACULTY OF THE ARTS, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel. Tel: (972)-3-6409731 Fax: (972)-3-6409464. Email: mzucki@post.tau.ac.il. http://www2.tau.ac.il/Person/art/researcher.asp?id=afdgigdjc
http://www.humanrights-in-israel.ch/
Out of a sense of shared responsibility and in the spirit of Jewish tradition - because the occupation is destroying the lives of the occupied and the souls of the occupiers.
Appeal to the Israeli government:
We the undersigned Jews want the Israeli occupation, settlements and blockade of Palestinian territories to come to an end. We call for humane living conditions and security for all the people in Israel and Palestine.
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The first signatories:
- Rochelle Allebes, Zürich, CH
- Rachel Babecoff, Genève, CH
- Gaby Belz, St. Gallen, CH
- Shelley Berlowitz, Zürich, CH
- Judith Bernstein, München, D
- Guy Bollag, Zürich, CH
- Michel Bollag, Zürich, CH
- Tsafrir Cohen, Jerusalem, IL / Berlin, D
- Dr. Ernest Goldberger, Tel Aviv IL
- Batja und Chanan Guggenheim-Ami, St. Gallen, CH
- Evi Guggenheim Shbeta, Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam, IL
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- Dorrie Iten-Gilden, Uster, CH
- Philippe Lévy, Bern, CH
- Prof. René Levy, Mézières, CH
- Dr. Rachel Livné-Freudenthal, Jerusalem, IL
- Hanno Loewy, Hohenems, A
- Miriam Victory Spiegel, Zürich, CH / New York, USA
- Raffael Ullmann, Zürich, CH
- Prof. Rolf Verleger, Lübeck, D
- Jochi Weil-Goldstein, Zürich, CH
- Dr. Samuel Wiener-Barraud, Hombrechtikon, CH
- Prof. Moshe Zuckermann, Tel Aviv, IL
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and the organisation:
Jewish Voice for a Just Peace between Israel and Palestine (Switzerland) |
Jewish Appeal addressed to the Israeli Government
At a press conference held in Berne (Switzerland) on Monday, March 2, 2009 a
worldwide appeal launched by concerned Jews for an Israel that respects human
rights has been presented. "Out of a sense of shared responsibility and in the spirit of
Jewish tradition – because the occupation is destroying the lives of the occupied and
the souls of the occupiers" the following appeal is addressed to the Israeli
Government: "We the undersigned Jews want the Israeli occupation, settlements and
blockade of Palestinian territories to come to an end. We call for humane living
conditions and security for all the people in Israel and Palestine”.
It is the wish of the twenty three personalities from Switzerland, Germany, Austria
und Israel who first signed the appeal that in the coming three years as many as
possible of the estimated 13 millions Jews of the world sign this appeal, which will be
available in eight languages on
www.humanrights-in-israel.ch
. They expect that the
The 23 first signatories are. Rochelle Allebes (Zurich, CH), Rachel Babecoff (Geneva, CH), Gaby Belz
(St. Gall, CH), Shelley Berlowitz (Zurich, CH), Judith Bernstein (Munich, D), Guy Bollag (Zurich, CH),
Michel Bollag (Zurich, CH), Tsafrir Cohen (Jerusalem, IL / Berlin, D), Dr. Ernest Goldberger (Tel Aviv,
IL), Batja und Chanan Guggenheim-Ami (St. Gall, CH), Evi Guggenheim Shbeta (Neve Shalom/Wahat
al-Salam, IL), Dorrie Iten-Gilden (Uster, CH), Philippe Lévy (Berne, CH), Prof. René Lévy (Mézières,
CH), Dr. Rachel Livné-Freudenthal (Jerusalem, IL), Hanno Loewy (Hohenems, A), Miriam Victory
Spiegel (Zurich, CH / New York, USA), Raffael Ullmann (Zurich, ZH), Prof. Rolf Verleger (Lübeck, D),
Jochi Weil-Goldstein (Zürich, CH), Dr. Samuel Wiener-Barraud (Hombrechtikon, CH), Prof. Moshe
Zuckermann (Tel Aviv, IL). Organisation: Jewish Voice for a Just Peace between Israel and Palestine
(Switzerland)
Contact Person: Jochi Weil-Goldstein, Goldbrunnenstrasse 131, CH-8055 Zurich,
phone 0041 44 462 20 03 (p) /0041 44 242 72 44 (office, afternoon)
e-mail :
j.weil@bluewin.ch
Berne, march 2,
2009
Israeli Government will gradually implement the initiative.
The appeal was initiated by Jochi Weil-Goldstein (Zurich). Together with former
Ambassador Philippe Lévy (Berne) and Shelley Berlowitz (Zurich) of the Jewish
Voice for a Just Peace between Israel and Palestine (Switzerland) he explained at
the press conference the motivation and the background of the initiative.
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