Plan of the Campaign

The Campaign sees that the Wall Israel is building in the West Bank is a political wall based on the racist imperialistic thought. The Campaign rejects the idea of “security” propagated by Israel as the main reason for the building of the wall, since we see that the wall allows Israel to control almost half of the lands of the West Bank. Moreover it accomplishes political goals creating a reality on the ground that makes any demands of Palestinian givens mere dreams “as they are viewed in Israel”. The Wall draws boarders on the land and takes over the main water sources and agricultural lands in the West Bank and places the Palestinians in Ghettos; racist with gates that are under the control of the settlers. The Wall destroys economic establishments and deprives Palestinians from work and education. In brief the Wall not only cancels the possibility of the establishment of a Palestinian state, it also cancels the possibility of a Palestinian existence on this land

In Egypt the issue of the Wall is still an issue based on sympathy and not on knowledge or awareness of the issue of the wall, its damage and the danger of the victory for the fascist and racist mentality over the Arab and Egyptian awareness and culture. The establishment of such principals will establish political and cultural ideas that present an obstacle to progress, development and change in the Arab societies and aggravate tendencies that will not only adversely affect the region but humanity as a whole.

The group working on this Campaign has chosen a specific time line for the Campaign to coincide with the period during which the International Court of Justice in The Hague is studying the case. The verdict, whatever it comes out to be, will be a motivation for the continuation of the campaign against fascism and racism. In the case of a positive verdict, awareness will be the new beginning for work and the crystallization of strategies and the achievement of new gains, to the contrary of the sympathy based on a absence of facts which will make this a victory that will end the issue, which is not a true matter. Awareness, in the case of a negative verdict will make us more determined to continue the struggle to the contrary of a verdict of this king that is accompanied only which will cause a situation of frustration. Let the Campaign start with the Land Day March 30, as a tribute to our Palestinian people’s struggle and end with the anniversary of the disaster on May 14/15 making it a memory that will incite us into a continuation of our work aiming at ending fascism and racism.

Operational Method of the Campaign

• The main operational method of the Campaign is based on the execution of the set plan through a division of labor among the largest number of individuals willing to participate, through communication and without a dependence on meetings except among the members organizing a particular event.

Decisions will be taken by a majority vote through personal communication

• The Campaign will work on communicating with all possible committees and establishments that work or would like to work for the Palestinian issue. We will support, and receive support from said organizations and work along side them.

• The Campaign views itself as a part of the propaganda against the wall since the advertising of such efforts will gather strength to inform about the issue and point out its danger and the public’s rejection of the wall. The Campaign therefore is interested in revealing its efforts and its work

• The Campaign is looking to get adequate financing from one or more parties with attempts at self financing through some of the revenues of the Campaign (T-shirts, CDs… ECT), personal funds of the participants, collecting donations from the audience of the various activities. This campaign will endorse financial transparency through publishing its budget on its web site and updating it on a weekly basis. In the case of a surplus existing at the end of the Campaign, it will be returned to the sources of finance in proportion to their donations. The share belonging to the personal contribution of the campaign’s volunteers will be re directed to the support of similar efforts dealing with the same issue.

• A list of contributors will be published on the web site along with a note of acknowledgement to all who participated in effort or financial resources to the Campaign.

Goals of the Campaign

The goals of the Campaign is raising awareness in Egypt about the issue of the Wall and its effects, and supporting the different efforts around the world that are working to stop the Wall, through:

• Providing documented information about the wall.

• Presenting the issue in a clear and documented way.

• Mobilizing the different efforts against the building of the Wall.

• Publishing data and information as widely as possible both in and outside Egypt.

• Supporting the network of alliances working against the wall.

Target Audience

The target audience of the Campaign can be divided into the following main categories:

• The public opinion in Egypt

• Some participants in decision making in Egypt

• The public opinion in Europe

• Some participants in decision making in Europe

Mediators

• Journalists and writers

• Public personalities (artists-businessmen-thinkers)

• Diplomats

• NGOs

Strategies

The Champaign uses four different strategies to reach the targeted parties:

• An information service about the Wall and its effects

•  Advertising against the Wall

• Supporting and networking with any individual initiatives with regards to the same issue

• Wide scale advertising of the Campaign

Campaign Slogans

The Egyptian Campaign adopts the same slogan that was adopted by the Campaign against the Apartheid wall in Palestine which is “Stop the “and all other slogans that will branch from the main slogan that will denounce the Wall and its effect

Activities