ADC Press Release: Hunger Strike Begins This Weekend (fwd)

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Subject: ADC Press Release: Hunger Strike Begins This Weekend

ADC Press Release: Hunger Strike Begins This Weekend

Washington, DC, October 25, 2000 - Twenty Arab Americans will be
starting a hunger strike in LaFayette Park on October 28, 2000.  They
will be joined by other Arab Americans from California, Florida,
Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, New York, Maryland, Virginia, and
Washington, DC.  The Hunger Strike will commence Saturday, October 28,
2000 at 10:00 a.m. and will end on November 3, 2000 at 10:00 a.m.

The Hunger Strikers hope that this expression of solidarity will help
humanize the plight of the Palestinian people who are being subject to
brutal Israeli attacks and occupation of their land.  This is a struggle
for basic human rights, freedom, and an end to 33 years of occupation
and 50 years of dispossession.

Dr. S.M. Budron, of the Arab Americans for Peace and Justice, organized
and planned this event.  Dr. Budron emphasizes that now is the time for
all peace loving Americans to protest the blatant injustices against the
Palestinian people.  Over the past four weeks, more than 120
Palestinians have been shot dead and 3,500 injured by Israeli soldiers,
policemen and armed settlers.  That is a massive loss for a Palestinian
population of 4 million living under Israeli control.  Silence at this
critical time is tacit approval. Therefore, we invite you to lend
support to the national hunger strike in front of the White House.

When:   October 28, 2000 - November 3, 2000
Time:   10:00 a.m.
Where:  LaFayette Park (Across from the White House)


The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and the Arab
Americans for Justice and Peace lend their full support to the Hunger
Strike.  For further information, please contact ADC (202) 244-2990 or
check our website at www.adc.org

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