OPEN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN

* LAND DEFENSE DAY *

To repair and rebuild the damage done to our lands by Israeli army bulldozers. The bulldozers destroyed ancient olive groves when it began construction on the "patrol road" in the north of Bethlehem, which will in fact create a physical border between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

Starting point: St. Anthony Society Square, Bethlehem

Date: Saturday 8 June, 1996

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Transportation from Jerusalem: A bus will leave from the parking lot of the Bell Park at 2:00 p.m.

Please join us in large numbers, to express your support for the people of Bethlehem and your opposition to the confiscation of Palestinian land.

For more information, please contact:

Jamal Salman, Secretary of the Bethlehem Municipality: 741377, 741323, 050374339

Land and Water Establishment: 812364, 824559, 050219747

Alternative Information Center: 241159

Organized by: The Committee for the Defense of Bethlehem

(formerly the Bethlehem Committee for the Defense of Land)

Directions to St. Anthony Society: Coming from Jerusalem on Hebron Road, just after Rachel's Tomb, veer left to Manger Street (toward Manger Square and the Nativity Church). After approximately 150 meters, on your left you will see the Paradise Hotel. Take the first left after the Hotel. St. Anthony Society, an old building surrounded by trees, is located just 100-150 meters down this road on the right.