Internationals Held Illegally

May 6, 2002
We are being held hostage by the State of Israel, without due process, without free access to a lawyer or a hearing. Nathan Musselman, Nathan Mauger, Tom Kaoutsoukos have begin a hunger strike in conjunction with Trevor Baumgartner, Huwaida Arraf and Jo Harrison who are in their 5th day. Today, 2 of them were hospitalised and despite the fact that blood test show their blood sugar level is dangerously low, they have been returned in to detention. Are demands are clear. We want to leave this country voluntarily and we want a letter from the Ministry of Interior stating that we are not being deported and that there are no prohibitions on future travel to Israel. We will continue our strike until our demands are met.
We are putting out a call to all those who stand for freedom and democracy to take action and help in the case of the internationals who are being held illegally by Israeli forces in Palestine and Israel. NONE of the internationals has so far been arrested, yet already at least two of them have been deported with NO due process. The rest have been denied access to legal aid and have been denied any information as to their ultimate fate. The men are being held at Kiryat Arba, an illegal settlement in al-Khalil (Hebron) where their lives are in danger at this very moment due to the volitale situation brought about by IDF actions recently. We URGE everyone to flood the embassies/ consulates with calls/ emails, showing up in person if needed to express their concern about this blatant violation of international law. If any country other than Israel was doing this, all states involved would have condemned the action. Why the double standard? In particular , the United States government is WELCOMING the Prime Minister of a state that HOLDS U.S. NATIONALS AGAINST THEIR WILL ILLEGALLY!!! Contact whatever media you can and blast the United States on this!