Anarchists Against the Wall

The Anarchists Against the Wall ( AATW ) (Hebrew אנרכיסטים נגד הגדר; German translation of the Hebrew text: anarchists against the fence; partly Anarchists Against Fences ) are a group in Israel that is committed against the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank. It was founded in 2003.

Positions

The group refers to the barrier as the " apartheid wall " and claims that the same only has the occupation of Palestinian territories and ultimately separation of a target. The Anarchists Against the Wall reject the occupation of the Palestinian territories categorically, actively cooperate with parts of the Palestinian independence movement and close joint demonstrations with members of the militant Palestinian organizations PFLP and Fatah is not enough. They emphasize that their direct actions are performed in the Palestinian territories under the leadership of local communities. Furthermore, they explain that it was not a question with them a homogeneous group, but a collection of individuals who represent correspondingly different views. Each self-presentation is subject to this restriction. Consequently, there is no single manifesto. Some refer to themselves as opposed to moderate Zionist left in Israel as a Zionist, which makes them the cooperation with Palestinian village meetings.

History

The Anarchists Against the Wall was founded during a protest camps in Mas'ha of Israeli activists. The camp consisted of Palestinian, Israeli and international activists who wanted to use it against the barrier by the country was occupied by the fortifications should take in the future.

Forms of action

The group protested claims to civil disobedience. The Anarchists Against the Wall use different forms of action, such as the blockade of works or the participation of local Palestinian demonstrations. Other actions include the destruction by Israeli border security systems. In the course of action in 2003, in which the security fence should be broken, an Israeli activists by the Israeli army was slightly injured by a bullet in the leg. On 11 August 2006 an activist of the AATW was seriously injured. During a demonstration in Bil'in an Israeli border policeman shot from a distance 10-20 meters with a rubber-coated steel bullet to the activists Limor Goldstein and hit him on the head, which he suffered brain damage. On February 3, 2007 Main roads were blocked in Tel Aviv with barbed wire from the border fence.

Award

The AATW received the Carl-von- Ossietzky - Medal 2008, because they are " an example of non-violent resistance against the erected by Israel 's separation wall on Palestinian land and for steadfastness in diverse grassroots actions of Palestinians, Israelis and international supporters and supporters against the Israeli loud laudation occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip " stand. They practiced " a culture that anticipates a future together without exclusion and destruction," and demonstrate " aware that living together is possible in freedom and peace."