ACTION ALERT
For Immediate Release
August 6, 2004
Demand Immediate Reopening of
Rafah Borders
Update
On August 6, Israeli Occupation Forces
allowed people stranded on the Rafah borders to cross into
the Gaza Strip. The UN radio reported that the borders were
still closed to Palestinians trying to leave the Gaza Strip.
The border will continue to be closed for all Palestinians
under the age of 35.
We continue to monitor this outrageous
situation.
Demand Immediate Reopening of
Rafah Borders
28 July 2004
For Immediate Release
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return
Coalition is deeply concerned by the humanitarian situation
on Rafah's borders which have been completely sealed off
for 10 consecutive days by the Israeli occupation army.
According to the Palestine Center for
Human Rights and other human rights organizations, and Palestinian
and other officials, not a single Palestinian child, woman,
man, elderly or sick person has been able to return from
Egypt to the Gaza Strip. Denying entry to more than 9000
of the civilian Palestinian population represents another
addition to the serious and gross violations of international
law and human rights that Israel has been persistently committing.
Al-Awda demands that the US government
request Israel reopen the Rafah borders immediately. We
urge all people of conscience to contact their congressional
representatives by phone, fax and email to demand that their
representatives pressure the Bush administration to act.
To find out who your congressional representatives
are and their contact information, please go to: http://congress.org/congressorg/home.
To reach the capitol switchboard, use toll free 1-877-331-2000.
TALKING POINTS
- For 10 consecutive days, the Israeli occupation army
has kept closed the Rafah borders.
- Not a single Palestinian child, woman, man, elderly
or sick person has been able to return from Egypt to the
Gaza Strip.
- Freedom of movement is a right Israel continuously
and systematically denies to Palestinians.
- Denying entry to more than 9000 of the civilian Palestinian
population represents another addition to the serious
and gross violations of international law and human rights
that Israel has been persistently committing.
- Israel's continuing racist efforts to drive the Palestinian
people from their homes and lands in order to create a
"Jewish Only" entity, must be met with international
outrage and actions for its grave violations of fundamental
and inalienable human rights.
- Urge your congressional reps to VOTE AGAINST all US
financial support to Israel while Israel continues to
engage in a consistent pattern of abuse of fundamental
and inalienable human rights.
- Involving the American people in funding Israeli abuses
of international law and human rights is unacceptable.
The US should cease all funding to Israel now.
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
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Coalition (PRRC) is the largest network of grassroots activists
and students dedicated to Palestinian human rights. We are
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