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San Jose Peace Community members detained in Tel Aviv airport
Colombia Support Network / Friday 12 October 2007
 

The Colombia Support Network (CSN), has received word form the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado that two members of the Peace Community, Arley tuberquia and Martha Vásquez, were detained by the Israeli secret service in the Tel Aviv airport. They had arrived to participate in the Grace Peace Pilgrimage from Eilat, over Bethlehem to Jerusalem. These members of the Peace Community, itself a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, apparently are being treated by the Israelis as terror suspects. They are, of course, in no sense terrorists. They have been the sister community of Dane County,Wisconsin for many years. The San Jose Peace Community is totally committed to peace and rejects arms.

Please write Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to tell him that Peace Community members are not terrorists and that Arley and Martha should be released immediately and send a letter to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging her to press the Israeli authorities for the immediate release of these Colombian pilgrims for peace.

Please send copies of your letters to your Representatives in Congress and urge them to write to the Israeli authorities.

Your Senators and Representatives : See CSN Action Center

US Secretary of State www.state.gov,
Tel (202) 647 4000

Prime Minister’s Office,
Website: http://www.pmo.gov.il,
E-mail: pm_eng@pmo.gov.il

Meir Sheetrit,
Ministry of the Interior,
Tel: 972-2-6701411,
Fax: 972-2-6701628,
Website: http://www.moin.gov.il

Colombia Support Network,
P.O. Box 1505,
Madison, WI 53701-1505,
phone: (608) 257-8753,
fax: (608) 255-6621,
e-mail: csn@igc.org
http://www.colombiasupport.net