[BAN-Announce] Protests in DC this Weekend

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Subj:    URGENT: Planned Protests in Washington DC this week
Date:   4/8/02 10:59:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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From: Marvin Wingfield <marvinw%20at%20adc.org>
To: "marvinw%20at%20adc.org" <marvinw%20at%20adc.org>
Subject: URGENT: Planned Protests in Washington DC this week
Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2002, 4:40 PM



EVENT 1

TODAY, TOMORROW TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY PROTEST IN
FRONT OF THE ISRAELI EMBASSY

protesting Israeli aggression against Palestinian people


END THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION
END THE VIOLENCE

PEACE AND JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

When: MONDAY- FRIDAY (Except Thursday 4/11 at State Department)

Time: 5:45 - 7:00 PM

Where: Israeli Embassy -
intersection of Van Ness street and Connecticut Ave, NW

Closest metro station is UDC on RED LINE

For information contact: ADC (202)244-2990 or e-mail: organizing%20at%20adc.org

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EVENT 2

REMEMBERING DEIR YASSIN

The Network of Arab-American Alumni & Professionals (NAAP) calls for a
candle light vigil

When: Tuesday, April 9th -
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Where: The Key Bridge

Please bring candles and signs.

On April 9, 1948, commandos of the Irgun (headed by Menachem Begin) and
the Stern Gang attacked
Deir Yassin, a Palestinian village with about 750 Palestinian residents.
In all over 100 men, women, and
children were systematically murdered.

For more information, please contact: naap%20at%20naaponline.org or Hanna at
(202) 256-6063

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EVENT 3

Join Us for
A Silent Vigil in Memoriam of Palestinian Women and Children Victims of
Israeli Aggression

Sponsored by Women for Peace and Justice in Palestine (WPJP)

Co-Sponsors:
Women In Black
M.A.D.R.E.
Palestinian American Women Association (PAWA-Washington, DC)

Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Time: 3pm =AD 6pm
Place: US Department of State, Washington, DC
23rd and C St. NW
Foggy Bottom Metro Stop on the Orange and Blue Lines
Public Parking at 24th St. & Virginia Ave.

Please dress in black.
Mothers are encouraged to bring their children.
Signs memorializing the victims will be provided by
the organizers.


For more information contact:
Washington, DC Area: Dima Zalatimo @ 703-855-5069
New York Area: Aida Qasim @ 201-757-0099
New Jersey Area: Rima Taha @ 609-658-9958, Aida
AlRabie @ 201-638-3904
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EVENT 4

BLACK VOICES FOR PEACE HOSTS 2ND URGENT PROTEST AGAINST U.S./ISRAELI
POLICY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AT STATE DEPARTMENT BLDG,

THURSDAY APRIL 11, 2002 ,
4:00 - 7:00 P.M.,
State Department - 23RD AND "C" STREETS N.W.
(WALK JUST A FEW BLOCKS SOUTH OF THE FOGGY BOTTOM BLUE LINE
METRTO STATION ON 23RD)

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 202-232-5690
VISIT WEBSITE: WWW.BVFP.ORG
WRITE US AT: BLKVOICESFORPEACE%20at%20YAHOO.COM

MASSIVE TURNOUT NEEDED TO LET THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, CONGRESS AND
THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA KNOW THAT THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN
POWELL  IS A FARCE AND HAS NO MEANING IF NO REAL PRESSURE IS PUT ON
ISRAEL BY THE U.S. TO MEET THE FOLLOWING KEY DEMANDS:

1)IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF IDF FORCES FROM PALESTINIAN TOWNS, CITIES
AND REFUGEE CAMPS TO END THE BRUTAL SEIGE OF THE PALESTINIAN
POPULATION

2)AND END TO THE SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS AND RAMPANT
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY BY IDF TROOPS

3)IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE: FOOD,
WATER, MEDICINE AND OTHER ESSENTIALS

4)IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALL DETAINEES AND AN END TO THE BRUTAL AND
INHUMANE TREATMENT OF THOSE HELD BY THE IDF

5)ALLOW MEDICAL WORKERS AND AMBULANCES TO REACH, TREAT AND
TRANSPORT WOUNDED AND SICK PEOPLE TO HOSPITALS AND ALLOW THE
REMOVAL OF THE DEAD AND DIGNIFIED BURIALS FOR THEM/STOP IDF ATTACKS
AND RESTRICTIONS ON AMBULANCES AND MEDICAL WORKERS

6)END THE INHUMANE AND HUMILIATING SEIGE AND HOUSE ARREST OF PA
CHAIRMAN YASSER ARAFAT/END ALL ATTACKS ON HIS HEADQUARTERS AND
OTHER PA AUTHORITY INFRASTRUCTURE

7)SUPPORT THE IMMEDIATE PLACEMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
FORCE TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF PALESTINIANS

8)SECRETARY OF STATE POWELL MUST MEET WITH PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
CHAIRMAN YASSER ARAFAT DURING HIS VISIT TO THE REGION

9)END ALL U.S. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE ISRAEL POLICY OF OCCUPATION,
ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS AND MILITARY VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE/FUND HUMAN NEEDS AT HOME

10)END ALL ATTACKS AND RESRICTIONS ON JOURNALISTS

11)SERIOUS SUPPORT FOR THE SAUDI PEACE PLAN

12)ADHERENCE TO AND ENFORCEMENT OF UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION 1402
AND OTHER RESOLUTIONS TO END THE VIOLENCE AND WORK FOR A POLITICAL
SOLUTION TO END THE CRISIS

FOR A LASTING PEACE AND AN END TO THE VIOLENCE  THE BRUTAL OCCUPATION
MUST END!!

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION MUST STOP IT'S ONE SIDED, DOUBLE STANDARD
RIDICULE, CRITICISM  AND BIAS AGAINST YASSER ARAFAT AND THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE. ARIEL SHARON AND THE ISRAELI MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT HAVE
COMMITTED UNTOLD AND NUMEROUS CRIMES AND ACTS OF TERRORISM AGAINST
THE PALESTINIANS UNDER THE ON-GOING OCCUPATION AND ISRAELI INVASION.
HARDLY A WORD OF DENUNCIATION OF ISRAEL IS HEARD FROM THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA

WE EXPRESS OUR SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLE
AGAINST THE OCCUPATION AND FOR JUSTICE, FREEDOM, STATEHOOD AND
INDEPENDENCE

HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND WOUNDED AND ARE BEING STARVED BY THE
ISRAELI MILITARY INVASION. EVERYONE MUST COME OUT AGAIN TO KEEP THE
PRESSURE ON. THE SITUATION IS VERY URGENT AND CONTINUES TO THREATEN
WORLD PEACE!!!
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FOR DONATIONS TO HELP PALESTINIANS PLEASE MAKE CHECKS TO: UPA

 The United Palestinian Appeal is conducting a fundraising effort to
addresses the
crisis in Palestine by directing donations to West Bank and Gaza Strip
medical facilities responsible for
ensuring that medicine and supplies reach the ill and
injured. Make a difference and donate, here is their web site:
https://www.helpupa.com/contribute.html
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American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Organizing Department
4201 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20008, U.S.A.
Tel: (202) 244-2990, Fax: (202) 244-3196
E-mail: organizing%20at%20adc.org
 Web : http://www.adc.org
            Be Active, Become A Member:
                       http://www.adc.org/membership.html
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