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Socialist Outlook no. 56, Summer 2002 · 284 words

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Many experience of this work, one young man said: "Every Arab knows this work." They wondered whether these wet oo on CH because of their experience of being turfed out of jobs that were supposedly permanent but had proved to be At the time of the first Intifada, when the borders with the Weat Bank were closed, workers who had jobs WAC in Israel could not get to work. This created a shortage tion - though without delinite charges.

asked the International Organisation to intercede Unfortunately the ILO responded sinenuously that WAC was not "a work ers' organisation", therefore, they could bot heip Trades Council in vindon wrote in support c responded that if they had Jews and evidence that 'the situation' changed then they would recoasider their deciPerhaps the real point is that the ILO doa't want to do not meet A sain call for retraint and junice: the relentless grotsh of settlements never stopped refusal of the reservists to together, as equals in their serve in the occupied territo- joint ries. It was inspiring to sce Arabs working glimpse of a possible future. we got was when a man with struggle against the [email protected])

ment which is with them, recognising the courage of their stand against the injustice and raciem whith is a cancer in Israel soch *Mi paricular, thosa who suffer imprisonment as a result of their refusal should receive letters which show that there is an International moverent growing which supports their stand At the time of writing two members of the Forum, Yigal Rosenberg and Yair Hilou, have been given their fourth and fith terms of imprisonment. Send letters of support to them via the Forum (e-mail :

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