resisting the ongoing nakba- artas

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Artas village, May 2007

Appeal in solidarity of Artas village

Since a few days, the villagers of Artas have organised a protest against the threat of confiscation of their lands and the destruction of trees by Israeli authorities. The alleged plan is to pour sewage from the nearby settlements into the beautiful valley of Artas where are located many agricultural lands from which the villagers depend on.

Yesterday a electric generator surrounded by fences has been built and it is expected that the bulldozer will come to destroy the trees in the following days.

A group of villagers have decided to stand against these new facts of the ground and land grabbing. They stay 24 hours on their land and have set up tents. Artas is an amazingly beautiful village whose landscape is being destroyed.

Please join them in their struggle.

For more information, call Awad: 0598305810.

Artas is located between Bethlehem and Al-Khader, it can be reached easily by service from Bethlehem (cinema service station), or taxi.

Thanks to circulate

Français:

Depuis quelques jours, un groupe d'habitants de Artas, un village magnifique situé pres de Bethlehem resistent à la confiscation de leurs terres et la destruction de leurs arbres par les autorités israeliennes.
Le plan serait de deverser les egouts des colonies voisines dans la vallée de Artas, ce qui serait une catastrophes pour les habitants. La vallée, verte et magnifique, est couverte de terres agricoles.
Depuis trois jours les habitants restent sur la premiere parcelle de terrain menacée, couverte d'abricotiers, 24h sur 24. des tentes ont été érigées. l'arrivée des buldozers est eminente. hier soir les soldats sont venus a 22h30 et nous ont demandé d'arreter de faire de la musique...pour ne pas deranger les colons et nous attirer des ennuis! on aura tout entendu vraiment. cette nuit reste encore d'etre longue autour des feux de camp.