Professors for a Strong Israel
Statement to the Press - 20 December 2004
Re: The "Eviction and Indemnity Law" - an immoral proposal for ethnic cleansing
Professors for a Strong Israel agrees with the head of the Binyamin Regional Council, Pinchas Wallerstein, that the "Evacuation and Indemnity Law" ("pinui-pitzui") is an immoral proposal for ethnic cleansing. Like Mr. Wallerstein, we see only one common denominator in the Sharon-Peres government: a lust for razing Jewish communities and evicting Jews from their lands. Under the circumstances we predict that thousands will be willing to go to prison in order to put a brake on the dangerous plan espoused by the two leftists and their government.
We expect of the attorney general and of the legal establishment that they will declare that the cleansing of populations from their homes on an ethnic basis is unacceptable and illegal, even when the population is Jewish. Their silence in the face of this transfer law will damage heavily the rule of law in Israel, even as the norms of democracy are being trampled.
Dr. Ron Breiman, Chairman of PSI
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