n his decision, Einhorn said that the proceedings must be terminated because of the government's refusal to disclose evidence favorable to the immigrants in compliance with his June 2005 pre-trial order to disclose evidence regarding Hamide and Shehadeh;s alleged support for the Popular Liberation Front for Palestine.

Hamide and Shehadeh have been in deportation proceedings for 20 years and their case has reached every level of federal court, including the U.S. Supreme Court. The government has been seeking to deport Hamide and Shehadeh since January 1987 based on their alleged support for the PFLP, a group within the Palestinian Liberation Organization. The decision comes just after the January 26, 2007 20th anniversary of the arrest of the Los Angeles Eight.

Judge Einhorn wrote in an 11-page opinion that begins with a poem that "the attenuation of these proceedings is a festering wound on the body of respondents and an embarrassment to the rule of law." He held that the government violated Hamide and Shehadeh's right to due process by subjecting them to a 20-year deportation proceeding, while at the same time being unprepared to prosecute the case.

Since 1987, the government has argued that Hamide and Shehadeh's activities protected by the First Amendment like distributing newspapers, participating in demonstrations and organizing humanitarian aid fund raisers for Palestinians in the Middle East warrant deportation

San Francisco attorney Marc Van Der Hout of the law firm of Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, who has been representing the LA8 on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild since the case began in 1987 stated:

"Judge Einhorn's decision is important not only for Hamide and Shehadeh but for all immigrants in this country who want to be able to express their political views. The decision makes clear that the government cannot blatantly refuse to comply with an immigration judge's orders and that the government cannot continue to try to deport these permanent residents who did nothing but try to advocate for Palestinians right to a homeland - hardly a revolutionary belief in the 21st century."

David Cole, of Georgetown Law School who has been, along with Van Der Hout, co-lead counsel for the LA8, on behalf of the Center for Constitutional Rights, since the case began, stated:

"For twenty years the government has been attempting to deport these individuals for political activities that would clearly be protected if they were U.S. citizens. We hope that the government will now move on and focus its efforts on real terrorists and not political activists."

Ahilan T. Arulanantham of the ACLU of Southern California, also co-counsel on the case, stated:

"The message from this decision is clear: The government should spend its resources on genuine threats to our national security instead of targeting law-abiding immigrants who have done nothing wrong."

Leonard Weinglass of Chicago Seven fame, has also been representing the LA 8 since 1987.

Late last year, Aiad Barakat, another member of the LA8, was sworn in as a U.S. citizen in Los Angeles after a similar 20-year battle against the government's attempts to deport. Three other members of the LA8 have also obtained their permanent residency.


http://www.committee4justice.com/los_angeles_eight.php

Khader and his son

Michel and his sons Ibrahim and Rami

Besides, to where would you deport them?

“Israel” does not allow Palestinians to return to their homes.




JOIN US IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ISRAELI APARTHEID TERRORISM

Take Action, sign on to the letter at http://www.cflweb.org/ political action and tell Congress to stop using your tax dollars to support apartheid terrorism.

For further political action and information see:

http://www.palestinesolidaritymovement.org/ --- http://www.cnionline.org --- http://www.endtheoccupation.org/ --- http://www.stopthewall.org/ --- http://www.rachelcorrie.org/action.htm --- http://www.astandforjustice.org --- http://bigcampaign.org.uk/


Important informational websites:

http://www.voicesofpalestine.org/ --- http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/ --- http://www.washington-report.org/index.htm --- http://www.al-awda.org/ --- http://www.palestineremembered.com/index.html --- http://electronicintifada.net/new.shtml --- http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/mideast/palestine/ --- http://www.stop-us-military-aid-to-israel.net/ --- http://zionismexplained.org/ --- http://www.pchrgaza.org/ --- http://www.rafah.vze.com/ --- http://rafah.virtualactivism.net/news/todaymain.htm --- http://www.americanintifada.com/ --- http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ --- http://www.ussliberty.org/ --- http://www.nowarforisrael.com --- http://www.ipsc.ie/ --- http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/ --- http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/ --- http://www.ipc.gov.ps/index.asp --- http://www.imemc.org/ --- http://www.stopaipac.org/ --- http://www.monabaker.com/ --- http://kurtnimmo.com/ --- http://www.rense.com/ --- http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/index.php --- http://www.a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/ --- http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/ --- http://www.democracynow.org/index.pl --- http://bodyontheline.blogspot.com/ --- http://peacepalestine.blogspot.com/ --- http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/


Israeli terrorism in pictures …
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14069.htm

Christian organizations that oppose the Zionist apartheid terror regime:
http://www.cmep.org/ --- http://www.hcef.org/ --- http://www.hcsn.org/ --- http://www.al-bushra.org/ --- http://www.cpt.org/hebron/hebron.php ---

Jewish organizations that oppose the Zionist apartheid terror regime:
http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/ --- http://www.nkusa.org/ --- http://www.nimn.org/ --- http://www.jewsnotzionists.org/ --- http://www.btselem.org/English/index.asp --- http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ --- http://www.icahd.org/eng

The Israeli lobby AIPAC counts on your ignorance. Iraq, Palestine, Neoconservatives - how all of it ties together can be found in this report entitled "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy". A condensed version can be found here at the London Review of Books.
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/print/mear01_.html

Sign the Petition Opposing An Attack on Iran! http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/iran

What CNN and FOX would rather you not see or know anything about… http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_mar2003.htm

Note: The mainstream media refuses to address and fairly report on the tragic events in the Holyland which is Palestine, this in spite of the fact that it is the most important issue on the global stage.

Resist The Corporate Owned Pro-War Zionist Media’s 24/7 Campaign To Brainwash And Manipulate The American Public. Render Them Irrelevant. Get Your News Uncensored and Unfiltered From Independent Sources.

http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/indx.php

http://www.democracynow.org/index.pl Listen to Amy Goodman’s show everyday… a must.

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/index.html

http://www.freespeech.org/fscm2/genx.php?name=home

http://www.americanfreepress.net/

http://www.counterpunch.org/

http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

http://www.imemc.org/

Important and Vital: Find A Pacifica Network Station Near You. Listen to Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and support the station that carries it…
http://pacificanetwork.org/radio/content/blogsection/7/83/


SPOON-FED NEWS CAUSES BLINDNESS

FOX and CNN 24 / 7 propaganda machines are undermining objective media.
Take action: Call your cable provider and tell them to carry the Al Jazeera Channel on “basic cable”.
“If everybody watches CNN, what does CNN watch? The Al Jazeera Channel.”
Friends of Al Jazeera
http://www.friendsofaljazeera.org/
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage


BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT PARTIES SUPPORT ISRAELI APARTHEID TERRORISM AND THEIR MEMBERS RECEIVE MONEY FROM AIPAC INFLUENCED PRO WAR PRO ISRAEL PACS.

See AIPAC Influenced Pro-Israel, Pro-War PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates…

http://www.washington-report.org/index.htm

Vote for the Party of Peace and Justice. The
Green Party USA … http://www.gp.org

See the Stop AIPAC site… http://www.stopaipac.org/
It bears mentioning that no Green Party USA candidate is supported by the Neo-con pro war AIPAC lobby. See http://www.gp.org


The Israeli lobby counts on your ignorance. Iraq, Palestine, Neoconservatives - how all of it ties together can be found in this report entitled "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy". A condensed version can be found here at the London Review of Books.
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/print/mear01_.html

David Ben-Gurion told Nahum Goldmann, the president of the World Jewish Congress:
“If I were an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country . . . We come from Israel, but two thousand years ago, and what is that to them? There has been anti-semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that?”


Must reads: Beyond Chutzspah, Finkelstein. A Pretext For War, Bamford. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, Simons. Must see: Rachel - An American Conscience, Barakat.
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