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Jul 13th, 2005 - 11:58:17 |
Itai Roffman
Second page of the petition 
Jul 13th, 2005 - 11:54:34 |
Itai Roffman
First Page of Ragar Petition to the UN 
Jul 13th, 2005 - 11:22:41 |
Itai Roffman
International Petition signed for helping Ragar Village sent to Kofi Annan UN Secretary General from the 12th Annual International Conference on Ecology of War & Peace/ The International Youth Conference on Conflict Resolution - St. Petersburg, Russia, May 2004 see word document as follows:
19/5/04
Cc: Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace
Dear Mr. Kofi Annan,
We write to you on behalf of the 1,900 inhabitants of the ragar village, a Syrian village until the 1967 war, being under full Israeli rule in the years 1967-2000. In the year 2000 after the retreat of Israel from southern Lebanon, the village was divided by the United Nations into two parts: 2/3 in Lebanon and 1/3 in Israel. The new border was set in accordance with the 1923 maps of the former Britsih and French mandate areas, not reflecting the interest of the villagers. As a result of that act, a fence and a checkpoint gate were set in the southern entrance to the village, and the lives of the Ragar villagers became unbearable.
Since the year 2000 the Ragar villagers continuously suffer from deprivation of their basic needs and their human rights are badly effected, as the Israeli government regards the Lebanese side of the village a dangerous zone, especially due to the possible free access of the militants of southern Lebanon to this region.
As a result, Israeli medical and technical services do not reach 2/3 of the Ragar village, Israeli ambulances fear to enter the Lebanese area in this village, damaged infrastructure is not repaired and the people suffer. There are no services to deal with traumas related to bombing in the area, and the villagers have to face daily military and police searches at the Israeli checkpoint as they go to school or to the fields outside of the village, the unemployment rate of the make work force has increased to 40% and the grim financial situation affects all aspects of life in the village.
Therefore, we, the international community represented in the conferences together with the village council, ask you, Mr. Secretary General, to take action to reverse this tragic mistake of border lining and to unify the Ragar village including its lands under one govermental municial authority.
Hoping for your support, many thanks
From all the participants of the International Conference on Conflict Resolution and the First Youth Conference of the Ecology of War and Peace
St. Petersburg, Russia May 2004
Jul 5th, 2005 - 18:11:59 |
Itai Roffman
Gorilla named Michael proves need for his legal standing personhood rights in a court of law by proof of capacity to giving testimony, in American Sign Language, of his mothers murder in Africa. Michael Gorilla ( 1973 - 2000 ). See this heart tearing testimony on video at:
http://www.koko.org/world/michael_story_vid.html
More info on subject can be found on the "project documents" section (see chimpanzee personhood & legal standing link for the factual theoretical 2012 supreme court case of Evelyn Hart) 
Jul 5th, 2005 - 17:44:56 |
Itai Roffman
Dream comes true for Ragar children!!!
JGI Austria/Ragar Village Peace Program 2005
A letter for JGI Austria:
Great news! After discussing with all the children of Ragar what they needed
most in their lives today - with your donation - they all said a days field
trip far away from the village to feel freedom for the first time, to have
fun, play in the play ground, and go on a Safari to see wild animals of
Africa roaming free. So, we made their wish come true!!! We planned
everything months in advance and arranged for a field trip for all of
Ragars' 200 young children on Thursday the 7th of April to the
Tel-Aviv Safari Park.
The Ragar village council got four big buses rented and all the kids ready
for the wonderful day ahead. They had to drive for over three hours from
Ragar in the northern border to Tel-Aviv on the central Israel coast. The
kids saw the Mediteranian sea for the first time and saw the Israeli
landscape in all its spring beauty. First, the kids stopped off for
breakfast at the Rochtchild Botanical Gardens along the way and reached the
Safari Park at 13:00 hours. The children were joined by about 25 adults
along with my father and I. We were fortunate to have the Safari zoo
Director Mr. Yehuda Bar so kindly donated all the entrance fees at no charge
at all for Ragar. With your donations we could get the children on the
road! - My father will send you all the recepts shortly. The kids all had
tremendous fun driving through the 2 km long Safari tour and saw all the
African wildlife running free almost like real Safari.
At the end everyone went to the closed part of the park to see the
chimpanzees, Orangutans and gorillas in their enclosures, the children were
taught to say hello to the chimps on the way and had much fun talking to
them. The kids were excited extremely to play in the play ground at the park
and spent a long while going on the rides, it is obvious they had such great
fun for the first time.
Melissa, you made these childrens dream come true, Ragar village can't find
the words to thank you. In their lives of uncertainty you gave hope. Thank
you.
The peace letters you sent and an Indian peace pole will be given at the
"Ragar JGI Austria Peace Program Conference 2005" at the end of this month
>in the village. We hope to hear from you very soon. Can't wait for Jane to
hear the news!
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www.janegoodall.at
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