Russell Tribunal on Palestine resistance Ken Loach a video from RussellTribunalPalestine

Wednesday 4th March 2009
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine was launched today at a press
conference chaired by Stéphane Hessel, Ambassador of France. The initiators, Ken Coates, Chairman of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, Leila Shahid, General Delegate of Palestine to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg and Nurit Peled, Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, discussed the history and reasons on why they called for the creation of this Tribunal. Speaking for the Organising Committee, the former Belgian Senator Pierre Galand explained how it will work. Amongst more than a hundred international personalities who have given their support to this Tribunal, Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Raji Surani, Jean Ziegler, François Rigaux, Jean Salmon and François
Maspero were present to give encouragement.

In the tradition of the Russell Tribunal on War Crimes in Vietnam, the Russell Tribunal on Palestine is a citizens initiative that aims to reaffirm the primacy of international law as the basis for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and at raising awareness of the responsibility of the international community in the continuing denial of the rights of the Palestinian people.

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine will base its work on Experts and Witnesses Committees that will establish the factsand build up the legal arguments that will be presented to the Tribunal. National Support Committees will contribute to the preparation of experts reports, promote popular mobilisation and media coverage and participate in fundraising. We can already count on strong support from the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Portugal, Ireland, Lebanon, Algeria, Australia, Italy, South Africa, Egypt and, of course, from Israel and Palestine.
Further contacts are under way for the creation of such Committees in other countries and continents.

Once the accusation has been fully prepared and the witnesses
summoned, the sessions of the Tribunal will be organised at the
beginning of 2010 in several major capitals. A jury made up of
well-known personalities who are respected for their high moral
standing will consider the reports and hear the witnesses for and against.

The jury will announce its conclusions which, we are persuaded, will attract widespread international public and political support, thereby contributing to a just and durable peace in the Middle East.

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[Janba32]

Ken Loach speaks the truth. Sadly there are those who do not want to hear the truth.

As a Jew and as a supporter of human rights for everyone, I am in complete agreement with him. Loach didn't say it is OK to slaughter Jews or to slaughter anyone. What he is reminding the tribunal is that there is a difference between the actions of the oppressor & the oppressed. When the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto rose up against the Nazis oppressors they were right just as the Palestinians are right.

[camvox]

ken did not stop israeli film from being shown. this would be an unprincipled move against freedom of speech which never happened. Ken did manage the festivaal organisers to return a lousy £300 grant to the israel embassy though. those awful war criminals.

[WarrenChristianXVIII]

It's very clrear , I don't recall Israeli people living there forever , it was occupied in 1948 and the people on the Holly land ( Muslims , Christian , Jew wahtever ) have the right to defend it , Hell ! if anyone claim a thing on my land I'll kill him immediately !

[zagi1able]

fuck israel

[AaronDiMaria]

I liked Blair....

[Souray4ever]

I hope but the zionist control everything. They will do anything to cover and back them up

[hooknosehowie2]

i hope the criminals bush and cheney and blair get hung !!!