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November 24th, 2015 
Awake Goy CITIZENS’ ARREST WARRANT FOR TZIPI HOTOVELY
Tzipi Hotovely, Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, you are hereby commanded to be brought for trial before a jury of the people.
Tzipi Hotovely is charged with the following crimes:
Colonialism. Colonialism is a serious crime under international law. Tzipi Hotovely is one of the leading promoters of the settler movement in Israeli politics. Coordinator of the Likud campaign in the settlements, Hotovely has declared on multiple occasions that “this land is ours. All of it is ours.” In violation of Article 46 of the Hague Convention and Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Hotovely is directly involved in the Israeli government’s promotion and building of settlements in the West Bank.
Hotovely is the ranking full-time diplomat representing Israeli colonialism (Benjamin Netanyahu is foreign minister in addition to being prime minister). Israeli colonialism includes the appropriation of Palestinian water resources and aquifers, land theft, property destruction and home demolitions, collective punishment, murder, torture, and mass incarceration against the Palestinian people. Israeli colonialism denies the right of return to seven million Palestinian refugees.
Inciting colonial violence. “It’s time to change the rules of the game and annex all the Jewish communities,” Hotovely has said, referring to West Bank settlements. “All of the land belonged to the creator of world and when he wanted to, he took from them and gave to us.” And: “My position is that between the sea and the Jordan River, there needs to be one state only—the state of Israel, which has an Arab minority. There is no place for an agreement of any kind that discusses the concession of Israeli sovereignty over lands conquered.” These incendiary statements have provoked increasing levels of violence by Israeli soldiers, police, and settlers.
Since October 1, 91 Palestinians, including 18 children, have been killed by Israeli fire. 1458 have been shot by live Israeli ammunition, and another 1070 shot with rubber-coated steel bullets; 300 have suffered fractures and bruises from assaults by soldiers and settlers; 6400 have suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Hovotely has fully participated in the activities and decisions of the government she represents, urging that “The government of Israel must…return to the policy of assassination” of Palestinians.
Hovotely urges the annexation and domination of Palestinian holy places. She called for the flying of the Israeli flag over Haram al-Sharif (“It is my dream to see the Israeli flag at the Temple Mount”), labeling the holy site the “center of Israeli sovereignty.”
Apartheid. Apartheid, the institutionalized and systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over another, is a crime against humanity. It includes measures calculated to prevent a racial group from participating in the political, social, economic, and cultural life of the country. Hotovely’s government enacts these measures through restrictions on Palestinian movement, checkpoints, roadblocks, and segregated roads that apply only to Palestinians. The Israeli segregation wall divides Palestinians from their land, while networks of settlements further segregate Palestinians from each other. Meanwhile, Israeli settlers in the West Bank enjoy the full privileges of Israeli citizenship regardless of location; the status accorded them as Israeli Jews ensures them free movement, access to water, education, and full rights, and freedom from military law. The school systems are almost completely segregated with vast disparities in resources between Israeli and Palestinian schools.
Palestinians are subject to administrative detention without charge or trial on a routine basis by Hotovely’s government. They face military courts that convict 99.74% of Palestinians who come before them. Israelis, on the other hand, face civil courts that provide a range of protections and rights not available to Palestinians. Membership in Palestinian political parties, posting on Facebook and other social media sites, gathering in large groups, calling for the freedom of Palestinian political prisoners, attending demonstrations and giving media interviews are all punishable by administrative detention or imprisonment via the military courts.
Hotovely has worked to expand and deepen the apartheid system, including working with groups— including those labeled terror organizations, such as Lehava—to prevent marriages between Jews and Palestinians.
In recognition of the severity of these offenses, we are hereby conducting a symbolic citizens’ arrest.
Executed this 22nd day of November, 2015, in Oakland in the State of California.
Source Article from http://www.sott.net/article/307120-Bay-Area-activists-stage-citizens-arrest-of-Israeli-Foreign-Minister-Tzipi-Hotovely-at-West-Coast-Ha-aretz-conference
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