Announcing the Peace Cycle
Tour
of the Occupied West Bank
1967 – 2007: The State of Israel has been illegally occupying
internationally recognised
Palestinian territory for 40
years.*
The realities of Israel’s occupation of Palestine?
Mass detentions, indiscriminate killings, denial of food, water and
fuel supplies, roadblocks, checkpoints, destruction
of schools, roads and infrastructure, imprisonment
behind an illegal wall, theft of land and the
demolition of 18,000 Palestinian homes.
“Before
the eyes of the world, the Palestinian civilian
population is scrambling to survive”
The UN Special Co-ordinator on the Middle East Peace
Process
The next Peace Cycle will:
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Send an
international group of people direct to
Palestine to show solidarity and support to
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Raise funds to
help alleviate suffering and rebuild
Palestinian homes.
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Tour the West
Bank on bikes with cyclists from the newly
formed Palestinian Cyclist Club, to witness
the occupation and its effect on daily
life.
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Return via the
European Parliament in Brussels to meet with
MEPs, followed with public and media events
in the UK to speak of what we have seen and
demand an end to this injustice.
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From now until the ride begins
The Peace Cycle will call for people from all nationalities, all
backgrounds, all faiths and none to take part in the
ride, help organise events and raise funds for
humanitarian charity and home rebuilding in the
Occupied West Bank.
Late August/early September 2008
The Peace Cycle will fly direct to Amman, Jordan, for media events
before cycling into the West Bank to commence a
cycle tour with Palestinian cyclists, aimed to
educate participants about the realities of
occupation and to encourage advocacy after the ride.
Mid September 2008
The Peace Cycle will leave Palestine and fly from Amman to
Brussels, where cyclists will meet with Members of
the European Parliament and the media. The cyclists
will then return to London to take part in public
and media events to raise awareness and call for
action to end the occupation.
Exact timescales and itinerary will be finalised in due course.
Real peace can only come from real justice
Join the Cycle for Justice
To register your interest in taking part or to help us plan and
organise Peace Cycle 2008 email:
thepeacecycle@aol.com
* U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 calls for an immediate
withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories
occupied in the 1967 conflict (the West Bank, Gaza
and East Jerusalem), and for
achieving a just settlement of the Palestinian
refugee problem.
Mordechai Vanunu spent 18 years in an
Israeli jail for exposing Israel’s secret nuclear weapons
programme, 12 years of these in solitary confinement. Despite
serving his sentence in full, Vanunu is still being held in
Israel against his will. He describes the Peace Cycle as “a
movement of compassion and hope”.
