(HACER CLIC SOBRE LA IMAGEN PARA AMPLIARLA Y FACILITAR SU LECTURA)
UNA MANIFESTACIÓN EN JERUSALÉN DE JÓVENES ÁRABES E ISRAELÍES A FAVOR DE LA PAZ Y EL ENTENDIMIENTO ENTRE LOS DOS PUEBLOS
El diario digital israelí HAARETZ.com publicó el pasado día 15 un editorial sobre la manifestación que tendría lugar en Jerusalén en el mismo día 15, la cual ha sido convocada por juventudes de las dos etnias que abogan por la paz y la convivencia entre los dos pueblos, representando la primera manifestación conjunta de las dos etnias en veinte años y a la que asistieron unas dos mil personas. Esta manifestación es una réplica, en cierto modo, a la que tuvo lugar en Jerusalén día 1 del pasado mes de junio, Día de Jerusalén, a la que asistieron más de 40.000 personas, mayoritariamente jóvenes de las juventudes de la ultra derecha israelí, precursores del racismo y actitudes ante palestinas.
Como dato sugestivo de todo lo que se está moviendo en Israel, reproduzco íntegramente el Editorial de Haaretz.com que es muy elocuente e ilustrativo del objetivo de la manifestación y de la controversia política que anida en el seno de Israel.
Quienquiera que prefiera el texto del Editorial de Haaretz traducido al español, o a cualquier otro idioma, puede recurrir al traductor de este blog.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 19 de julio de 2011.
Daniel Garzón Luna
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The other Jerusalem march
The Friday march is meant to be a joint demonstration by the peace-seekers of both Israeli and Palestinian nations.
Haaretz Editorial (15-07-2011)
On Jerusalem Day last month, tens of thousands of youngsters active in the religious Zionist movement marched from the city's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood to the Western Wall Plaza in what is known as the Flag Parade. Some turned the march into a frightening demonstration of nationalism, racism and violence.
Today, this route will be followed in reverse by another march that is the opposite of the rightists' march. Instead of calling for death (to the Arabs ), it will raise a joint cry for life - for an end to the occupation and recognition of Palestinian independence.
The march is a joint venture of the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement, which emerged from the weekly protests against the settlers in Sheikh Jarrah, and the popular committees of the Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem. It is meant to be neither a Palestinian demonstration in which some Israelis participate, nor an Israeli demonstration in which some Palestinians participate. Rather, it is meant to be a joint demonstration by the peace-seekers of both nations.
This Jerusalem March has special importance because of its timing. When the Knesset is legislating more and more laws aimed at restricting the right to protest, this march will be an important challenge to them. When the government is insisting that Palestinians recognize Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people, and thereby thwarting any chance of holding peace negotiations, this demonstration will challenge the stasis.
After citizens of Arab states proved how correct and effective nonviolent protest can be, today's march will try to apply this principle to the battle for the rights of the Palestinian people as well. And at a time when Israel is closing itself off to a world that is growing ever more condemnatory of its behavior, this march can demonstrate that, in spite of everything, there is also another Israel from which other voices can still be heard, voices different from those of the anti-democratic nationalists who have lately been producing a vociferous, almost unanimous chorus.
It must be hoped that this march will pass peacefully, and that right-wingers will not try to sabotage it. Responsibility for ensuring this happens rests with the police. It must also be hoped that the march will indeed serve as a milestone for all those who seek peace and favor nonviolent protest, Israelis and Palestinians alike.
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