SABRA AND SHATILA COMMEMORATIONS

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21 August 2001 
For Immediate Release 

ACTION: SABRA AND SHATILA COMMEMORATIONS 
BOYCOTT ISRAEL: REMEMBER SABRA AND SHATILA 

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition calls on its 
members, supporters and all people of conscience to take part in 
events scheduled around the globe in September to commemorate 
the 19th anniversary of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacres. 
These events will draw the public's attention to the plight of 
Palestinian refugees, Israel's human rights abuses and the suffering it 
inflicts on the Palestinian people. 

The events will reaffirm the inalienable right of Palestinian refugees to 
return to homes and lands from which they were expelled in 1948 and 
thereafter. By highlighting the unity of the Palestinian people, the 
events are also intended to show unqualified solidarity with our 
people in occupied Palestine who continue to suffer human rights 
abuses under Israeli occupation. 

Invited speakers for the forthcoming events include survivors of the 
Sabra and Shatila massacres, and national and international figures. 

In the US, commemorations have so far been scheduled in the North 
East (New York City), Mid-West (Chicago), northern California (San 
Francisco), The South (Atlanta Georgia and Austin Texas). 

For regular updates on regional events, please visit 
http://al-awda.org. 
To inform us about events in your area, please send a message to 
prrc-events2 at mail.com 


In September 1982, approximately two thousand innocent Palestinian 
and Lebanese men, women and children were killed in the refugee 
camps of Sabra and Shatila in Beirut. These massacres were 
financed and supported by Israel whose military surrounded the 
camps and occupied Beirut at the time. 
Israel's current elected prime minister, Ariel Sharon, was defense 
minister in 1982. He was recently indicted for war crimes and 
genocide specifically for his role in the Sabra and Shatila massacres. 

The ongoing Al-Aqsa Intifada began in September 2000 following 
Ariel Sharon's provocative visit to Islam's holiest site in Jerusalem. 
In the face of Israel's massacres, ethnic cleansing, expulsions and 
terror, the Al-Aqsa Initifada and the earlier 1987-93 uprising 
demonstrate the determination and resilience of the Palestinian 
people in their struggle for liberation from occupation. 
They also reaffirm the inalienable right of Palestinian refugees to 
return to their homes of origin and to full restitution of all their 
destroyed and confiscated properties as enshrined in the Universal 
Declaration of Human Rights, International Law and by UN 
resolutions. 
Ariel Sharon is reportedly visiting New York City on September 23. 

GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION 

To join an Al-Awda/PRRC grassroots action committee currently 
mobilizing for September 22-23 events in your region please visit: 
http://www.al-awda.org/committees.htm. 

To help establish Al-Awda/PRRC action committees in your area, 
please send a message to: 
prrc at mail.com 
indicating your location. 

CALL FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CO-SPONSORSHIP 

Groups wishing to co-sponsor the September regional events or to 
inquire about similar activities in their areas are requested contact us 
at prrc-events2 at mail.com.  
A complete listing of organizations that have already endorsed the 
regional events will be published as it becomes available. 

CALL FOR DONATIONS 

To help defray costs, please address donations to: 

PRRC, The Palestine Right To Return Coalition 
P.O. Box 1172 
Orange, CT 06477 
e-mail: prrc at mail.com 
Web: http://al-awda.org 
Fax:717-832-1123 

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition is the largest 
network of grassroots activists dedicated to Palestinian human 
rights. 

To sign Al-Awda's petition to terminate US aid to Israel go to: 
http://al-awda.org/terminate_aid_petition.htm 


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