Virginia, 3/18/07.--The Palestinian American Congress congratulates all Palestinians at home and in the Shatat on the formation of a unitary Palestinian authority in the West Bank and Gaza. The Zionist lobby in America is mobilizing to continue the siege on the people of Palestine who live in the illegally occupied areas. We salute countries like Norway who took the courageous step of recognizing the new unity government and extending aid. We call on all Palestinian Americans and all people of conscience to mobilize and disseminate information to media and all elected officials and candidates for office to:
a) Support the Palestinian struggle for freedom and self-determination including the right of refugees and displaced Palestinians to return to their homes and lands, the right to live in equality and justice without discrimination based on religion, and the right to be free from occupation and oppression.
b) Support an immediate lifting of all remaining sanctions, embargoes, and financial restrictions on the Palestinian society under occupation. This includes releasing the Palestinian tax money illegally held by Israel. For those who insist on putting conditions on Palestinians under occupation, they should be called upon to demand at least the same conditions from the occupiers (renouncing violence, accepting previous agreements, recognizing Palestine).
c) Support the Palestinian Civil Society call to action which includes boycotts, divestment and sanctions on Israel until it complies with human righst and international law (see full call to action at http://www.pacbi.org/boycott_news_more.php?id=66_0_1_0_M and http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/968.shtml )
We also call on all activists to join in these critical initiatives:
1) Mobilize and attend the PAC national convention to be held in Connecticut June 2-3 (email media@pac-national.org if interested to attend and we will send you details)
2) Mobilize and attend the national march and rally in Washington organized by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (see http://www.endtheoccupation.org for details)
3) Mobilize for the 60 year anniversary of the Nakba (literally the Catastrophe as it commemorates the ethnic cleansing of 70% of the native inhabitants of what became Israel). PAC and other organizations and individuals are planning a Palestinian national conference and a number of other events.
Media contacts http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/contact/media.asp
http://capwiz.com/adc/dbq/media
Congressional contacts http://www.house.gov
media@pac-national.org
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