INTERNATIONAL
SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
www.palsolidarity.org
July
23, 2002
For
Immediate Release
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[OCCUPIED
RAMALLAH] Over 40 foreign
civilians confronted the Israeli army outpost in Ramallah today
in protest of the brutal Israeli attack on Palestinian civilians
in Gaza City yesterday and calling for an end to the Israeli occupation
of Palestine. The demonstrators, representing the United States,
England, France, Puerto Rico and Japan, carried black flags with
the words "Gaza 23.07.02" painted on them. Four of the
black flags were planted into the ground around the Israeli tanks,
as the protestors chanted and waved Palestinian flags.
A group
of the protestors also scaled the walls around the army post carrying
buckets and cans of paint. One armored personnel carrier and one
Israeli army truck were doused with red paint, while the words
"Murderers" and "US $" were painted on another
armored personnel carrier.
Pictures
and video footage available.
For more
information, please call:
Huwaida at +972-52-642-709 or +972-67-473-308
***Press
Statement***
In the
aftermath of Israel's brutal attack on unarmed civilians sleeping
in their homes in Gaza, we, members of the international community,
can no longer stay silent. We are citizens of the United States,
Puerto Rico, France, England and Japan, and have come to Palestine
because the Palestinian struggle for freedom has touched all of
us deeply. Because the United States has blocked all attempts
at international intervention, we have come to stand with the
Palestinian people. We are here to show that this conflict is
not about Arab vs. Israeli or Muslim against Jew. We are here
to stand for justice, human rights, and international law in the
face of a brutal, cruel, military occupation.
We are
marching today to register our outrage at the mass murder of Palestinian
civilians by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza City yesterday,
and also against the daily humiliation, torture, and murder that
have become the daily routine for Palestinian people under this
occupation. We are marching for the children killed, the homes
demolished, the infrastructure destroyed, and the hope lost. We
call on people everywhere, who crave justice, to join us.
