رسالتان متبادلتان ( حول الشأن الفلسطيني ) بين الدكتورة خديجة صفوت والسيد أندرو سميث
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الدكتورة خديجة صفوت ، غنيّة عن التعريف ، أكاديمية ومناضلة سودانية ملتزمة بقضايا الشعب السوداني الأهم وبنضاله المستمر منذ عقود من أجل الخبز والحرية والديمقراطية والكرامة وإنجاز مرحلة التحرر الوطني ، كما أنها مدافعة شرسة ومتمكنة عن القضية الفلسطينية وحق الشعب العربي الفلسطيني بالتحرير والعودة وتقرير المصير ، وبالتأكيد منحازة إلى محور المقاومة .
تقيم الدكتورة خديجة في المنفى البريطاني بعد أن ضاق وطنها بها ، وبعد أن حالت الدكتاتوريات المتوالية في السودان الشقيق بينها وبين أن تمارس حياتها الطبيعية كمواطنة تحمل فكرا مستنيرا ، وهذا ليس بغريب في بلادنا العربية و ( دول العالم الثالث بشكل عام ) .
أما السيد أندرو سميث ، فهو وكما يبدو أحد أعضاء البرلمان في المنطقة التي تقطنها الدكتورة خديجة (Member of Parliament for Oxford East )
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1 ) رسالة الدكتورة خديجة صفوت الى السيد أندرو سميث
From: khadiga safwat
Sent: 20 April 2016 10:57
To: SMITH, Andrew (MP) [email protected]
Subject: Help save two Palestinian villages
khadiga safwat
38 anchor court york place
St. Clements
Oxford Oxfordshire
OX4 1AA
Dear Andrew Smith MP,
The Israeli army is about to demolish two Bedouin villages and evict the residents to make way for new villages on the same sites with similar names, but restricted to Israeli citizens with Jewish nationality only.
The bulldozers are ready to move in any day now – the only thing that could stop them are international protests, especially from Members of Parliament and from the UK government.
Susiya is a village of 250 Palestinian Bedouin in the West Bank. The Israelis plan to flatten the whole village to make way for the expansion of an illegal Israeli settlement with a similar name, Susya.
Um Al Hiran is a village on 500 Israeli Bedouin inside Israel. The Israelis plan to demolish the whole village and build a Jewish-only village on the ruins of Um Al Hiran with a similar name, Hiran.
The Bedouin – who are Israeli citizens – have made it clear they do not object to Jewish Israelis moving next door – there is plenty of room in the Negev desert – but cannot see why their village needs to be demolished and why the two communities cannot live together as neighbours.
I would like you to urge the Foreign Secretary to protest in the strongest terms to the Israeli government:
* That the threat of demolition should be lifted and the present population of these two villages should be allowed to continue living there, free of building restrictions
* That the policy of denying services to Bedouin villages, demolishing permanent buildings and relocating Bedouins to townships should be abandoned
There are an estimated 200,000 Bedouin in Israel and over 50,000 in the West Bank, many still engaged in their traditional livelihood of herding sheep, but also many Bedouin doctors, lawyers and teachers who continue to live in traditional villages, despite the denial of basic services such as electricity, water and metalled roads and the repeated destruction by Israeli army bulldozers of schools, kindergartens and clinics – many funded by international donors such as the UK – as well as Bedouin homes and animal shelters.
Yours sincerely,
khadiga safwat
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2 ) ردّ السيد أندرو سميث على رسالة الدكتورة خديجة
Dear Khadiga
Thank you for your email about house demolitions in the occupied Palestinian territories. I share your concerns, and the issue of infringement of Bedouin rights is one I have raised previously. It is unacceptable and it is right that pressure is brought to bear on the Israeli government.
I have long advocated a two-state solution with a viable independent Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel. This will require an end to illegal Israeli settlements and to the demolition of Palestinian homes and other restrictions on the Palestinian population.
I have written to the Foreign Secretary pressing the points you raise, and I will get back to you as soon as I receive a reply.
With best wishes
Andrew
Rt. Hon. Andrew Smith MP
Member of Parliament for Oxford East
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