PRESS RELEASE

Al-Awda Spokespersons Available for Press Interviews Regarding Gaza Strip Settlers' Pull Out

English Press Contacts:

Dr. Jess Ghannam (415) 726-3951
Mrs. Reem Al-Nuweiri (604) 716 8925

Arabic Press Contacts:

Mr. Nader Abuljebain (949) 290-3486
Mr. Musa Al-Hindi (402) 551-0674

August 15, 2005
For Immediate Release

Representatives of Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC), are available for interviews regarding the pending withdrawal of settlers from the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip in Palestine. Contacts above.

We would like to point out that the withdrawal of 8,000 colonizers will not alter the fact that the Palestinian people will still be living as prisoners in the Gaza Strip, with air, land, water, ingress and egress, completely controlled by the Israeli military occupiers.

The withdrawal will also not change the fact that 70% of the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip live there as refugees who have been denied their right to return to their homes and lands.

For 57 years, the dispossession and expulsion of Palestinians from their homes by Zionists, with US support, has shaped the history of the Palestinian people as they remain determined to achieve their inalienable right to return to their homes and lands of origin.

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

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC) is the largest network of grassroots activists dedicated to Palestinian human rights. We are a not for profit tax-exempt educational and charitable 501(c)(3) organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States of America. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to PRRC are tax-deductible. To make a donation, please go to http://www.al-awda.org/donate.html