Sunday, September 17, 2006
The New England Committee to Defend Palestine is advertising a fund-raiser for tonight. In fact, it's happening at this moment [emphasis mine]:
The New England Committee to Defend Palestine and Jericho Boston Invite you to
A Benefit for Palestinian Political Prisoners
Featuring:
*Ahmad Kawash, Palestinian refugee from Lebanon, and other Palestinian speakers
*Myriam Ortiz, Puerto Rican independentista and member of Jericho Boston
*Kazi Toure, former political prisoner and National Co-Chair of the Jericho Movement
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When: Sunday, September 17, 6:00 p.m.
Where: Encuentro-5, 33 Harrison Ave. 5th Floor, Boston (near the Chinatown stop on the Orange Line T) Suggested Donations: $15 - $20
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In September, 1970, over 3000 Palestinian refugees in Jordan gave their lives in a revolutionary uprising against the repressive "US" and Zionist puppet government of the Jordanian monarchy. In September, 1982, "Israel," in an effort to crush Palestinian resistance in Lebanon, slaughtered over 2000 refugees in Sabra and Shatila. In September of 1993, the official signing of the Oslo Accords gave recognition to the theft of more than 78% of Palestine and created an infrastructure for settlement expansion in all the remaining land. In September 2000, "Israel" murdered 13 Palestinians, marking the beginning of the Al Aqsa Intifada.
Zionist aggression over the past months in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, is a continuation of "Israel"'s 70 year assault on the people of Palestine and Lebanon. By late August, more than 200 Palestinians had been killed and hundreds wounded in this latest period of escalated attacks.
Although the Zionists have intensified their assault on Palestinians because of their defeat in Lebanon, 2006 marks an important turning point in the history of regional resistance to this aggression--the rise of a more and more united regional movement to reclaim sovereignty over Arab land by Palestinian, Lebanese, and Iraqi resistance fighters.
Over the past few months, resistance movements in Palestine and Lebanon have acted with extreme courage. The Popular Resistance Committees in Gaza captured an "Isreali" soldier in order to press for the release of Palestinian political prisoners, who number more than 10,000 and now include over 65 elected leaders. Hizbollah captured two "Israeli" soldiers to press for the release of Lebanese political prisoners.
Join us for an evening in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance.
All proceeds will go to Palestinian political prisoners and their families.
We all know what "political" prisoners are -- terrorists. No one is in jail in Israel for publishing bad poetry. And how, pray, will they get this money over there? And who will receive it? And how do we know it won't get into the hands of terrorists? Obviously, the NECDP doesn't care (well, they do, but in the wrong way), but we, and Federal Law, should. Are the right people listening? Do they care?
Recall that it was some folks from NECDP that got in the now infamous tussle with our friend Seva.
Update (9:28pm): I have had it confirmed that Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party candidate for Governor, Grace Ross, was in attendance at this event. This after a morning appearance at a local Synagogue! Further, our friend Seva was assaulted in the hallway outside the venue. More details to follow soon!
