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LOCAL Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL--COMMEMORATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTIFADA--TUES, SEPT. 28TH

Palestine Solidarity Group-Chicago invites you to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the Palestinian Intifada (Uprising) with a
candlelight vigil in downtown Chicago. Join us to say STOP U.S. AID TO ISRAEL, END THE OCCUPATION NOW, TEAR DOWN THE APARTHEID WALL, and
FREEDOM FOR THE PALESTINIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS; and to support the Palestinian struggle for their legitimate political rights of return, self-determination, and liberation.
Palestine Solidarity Group-Chicago invites you to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the Palestinian Intifada (Uprising) with a
candlelight vigil in downtown Chicago. Join us to say STOP U.S. AID TO ISRAEL, END THE OCCUPATION NOW, TEAR DOWN THE APARTHEID WALL, and
FREEDOM FOR THE PALESTINIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS; and to support the Palestinian struggle for their legitimate political rights of return, self-determination, and liberation.

WHEN: Tuesday, September 28th,
from 5 PM to 9:30 PM

WHERE: 830 N. Michigan Avenue (the southwest corner of Pearson and Michigan Avenues--Pearson is less than a block north of Chicago Avenue)

The current Palestinian Intifada began on September 28th, 2000, in the Israeli occupied territories of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and
Jerusalem; and even in the 1948 territories, where over 10 Palestinians (all with Israeli citizenship) were killed in protests as well.

Over 3,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military in the last 4 years, with almost 50,000 injured. Almost 9,000 Palestinians are political prisoners, including many women and
children, incarcerated for their political beliefs and activities in the legal and moral struggle against the illegal Israeli occupation
of Palestinian lands. Many of these prisoners were on hunger strike for almost a month in August of 2004 to protest the international
human rights abuses committed against them by the Israeli prison authorities.

Israel's Apartheid Wall is completed in many areas, and still under construction throughout the Palestinian territories. It divides the
Palestinians from each other, expropriates more land, and makes it difficult for Palestinians to access their own farms, schools, natural resources, especially water, and medical facilities. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) condemned this barrier to peace as illegal under international law and a gross violation of
international human rights. The U.S., as usual, passed a Congressional resolution condemning the ICJ ruling.

The Israeli government has been oppressing the Palestinian people for over 56 years, and has been free to do so because of the political, diplomatic, military, and financial support that it receives from the U.S. taxpayer. The Intifada, the Palestinian resistance against racism and occupation, must be supported as it
leads the way for a united Palestinian people in quest for peace and justice.


Email info (at) psgchicago.org for more information, and check out the Palestine Solidarity Group's website at www.psgchicago.org.
 
 

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