ACTION ALERT
For Immediate Release
8 May 2005
CFL & AL-AWDA ALERT: STOP DEMOLITIONS
AND LAND THEFT IN AL KHALIL (HEBRON)
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Citizens for Fair Legislation/Al-Awda,
The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
For Immediate Release
May 8, 2005
The Israeli occupation authorities have
issued a decree to build a road, for use by Jews only, through
parts of the ancient city of Al-Khalil (Hebron). The creation
of this Jews-only road, itself another example of a blatant
act of institutionalized discrimination, would result in
the theft of land belonging to several Palestinian families
and the demolition of their homes. Additionally, the areas
that are slated for destruction by the occupation forces
include a Muslim cemetery, the Alsaqawati Muslim Shrine
and the Am Aljadeda Water Spring.
Please take a moment to inform your elected
officials that you are alarmed by such continued deliberate
Israeli attempts at institutionalized discrimination, ethnic
cleansing, the theft of more Palestinian land and the destruction
of holy and archaeological sites.
TALKING POINTS
*Tell your representatives that by building
this additional road for use by Jews only on land belonging
to Palestinians, the Israelis are creating more Palestinian
refugees. There are already more than 5.5. million Palestinian
refugees today because of such Israeli acts. These refugees
have been denied their fundamental inalienable right to
return to their homes and lands. American aid should not
support ethnic cleansing.
*Tell your representatives that the Israeli
authorities are taking measures that clearly show that the
so-called withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is a calculated
cover to facilitate the theft of more Palestinian land in
the West Bank. Currently, there are 8,000 settlers in the
Gaza Strip and over 400,000 living in the West Bank. That
number is steadily increasing.
*Tell your representatives that Israeli
actions, which have been supported by the Bush administration
through our tax dollars, have destroyed the fantasy of a
two state solution, and that the only viable solution that
your elected officials should support is a democratic pluralistic
state in all of Palestine (present-day 'Israel', the West
Bank and Gaza Strip). Such a state would be for all of its
citizens and free of any form of institutionalized discrimination
based on religion.
EMAIL AND OR CALL THE WHITE HOUSE
WHITE HOUSE COMMENTS LINE: 202-456-1111
WHITE HOUSE SWITCHBOARD: 202-456-1414
WHITE HOUSE FAX: 202-456-2461
Citizens for Fair Legislation is a grassroots
organization committed to encouraging a fair domestic and
foreign policy with an emphasis on the US/Arab world.
http://www.cflweb.org
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return
Coalition is the largest network of grassroots activists
and students dedicated to the achievement of Palestinian human rights
with particular emphasis on the rights of Palestinian refugees
to return to their homes and lands.
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return
Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-685-3243
Fax: 360-933-3568
E-mail: info@al-awda.org
WWW: http://al-awda.org |
