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Invitation for Press Conference: 50 MPs/MEPs leave to Gaza
The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) will hold a press conference tomorrow Wednesday, in which it will announce the launch of a parliamentarian trip to Gaza that includes tens of MPs/MEPs from across Europe. The press conference will be conducted at 12 PM, at M ROOM Portcullis house in the British Parliament in london.
The delegation trip to Gaza is part of a series of actions carried out by ECESG and the Palestinian Return Center in the UK and Europe. For an entire week, actions and events for Palestinian victims will be carried in remembrance of the victims killed in the past 60 years especially Gaza.
Gerald Kaufmann, MP would be chairing the conference which will state the aim of the visit. Other participating MPs will speak as well.
The
largest Parliamentarian Delegation from across Europe is preparing to leave to
the besieged Gaza Strip within 2 days. The delegation will aim at looking
at the realty and the humanitarian conditions resulted in the Israeli war and a
4-year siege.
In press statement, The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) said
it has finalized all needed arrangements and fully coordinated with the
Egyptian Foreign Ministry concerning the visit of the MEPs and MPs delegation
to Gaza via Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza."
ECESG pointed out that the delegation consists of 50 MPs/MEPs. The
parliamentarians represent twelve European countries whom of which will be members
of the European Parliament and former ministers. They will investigate and see
the ramifications of last onslaught perpetrated against the Gaza civilians.
The delegation will meet with Egyptian officials and the Secretary General of
the Arab League, Amr Moussa, to discuss the humanitarian condition in Gaza
Strip, especially in light of the continued siege which Israel has been imposed
for years.
The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza organized various
Parliamentarian delegations that visited Gaza however this one is considered to
be the largest delegation visiting Gaza.
For
more information:
The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza
info@freedomforpalestine.org
Contact: 00447908200559
00447728021097
Palestine Memorial Week starts on Wednesday, 13th January
In commemoration of the victims of Gaza and also in remembrance of six decades
of brutality against the Palestinians, The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC),
Palestinian Forum in the UK, European Campaign to End Siege on Gaza, Islamic
forum of Europe (IFE), Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS), Muslim
Association of Britain (MAB), Islamic Human Rights Commission in Britain
(IHRC), Russell Tribunal, Student Council Goldsmith University and Action
Palestine will be holding a number of events between 13th to 19th of January
2010.
The key event within the week will be on Wednesday, 13th January at
Friends House, London Euston from 6:30 to 9:30. The initiative will focus
on the suffering endured by Palestinians over the past 60 years
especially during the recent war in Gaza war.
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Baroness Jenny Tonge and Lord Nazir Ahmad Ahmed will be part
of the event where they will speak about the disaster in Gaza and Palestine.
Palestinian Ambassador in the UK, Manuel Hasasian and General Director of the
Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), Majed Al-Zeer will also share their thoughts
during the conference. Representatives of participating organizations will also
take part and provide their support and solidarity for the Palestinian people .
Ken Loach, famous British Film Director who has many extensive and fascinating
cinema productions like Poor Cow, Family Life, Looking for Eric,
It's a Free World..., Tickets and many more, will join the speakers
where he will express his view on the suffering of Palestinians.
A detailed presentation on the conditions in Gaza by Middle East Expert Peter
Eyre will highlight the violations committed by Israel. Frank Barat, Russell
Tribunal Palestine coordinator in London will speak about the many progressive
steps taken towards prosecuting Israeli war criminals.
A Palestinian survivor from Gaza, Rawad Hamad and Ewa Jasiewicz Free Gaza
Coordinator who worked and lived in Gaza for some time will take part in the
activities.
A Palestinian woman, Om Kamel, whose house was destroyed many times over in
Occupied Jerusalem, is expected to be among the key speakers. A gallery on
Gaza's recent conditions and the last onslaught will be placed in the venue.
PRC and the participating organizations placed a half page in the guardian
Monday 11, Jan 2010. On Tuesday, 12 Jan 2010, another add will be placed in the
independent. The ads include pictures and information about the dilemmas in the
Gaza Strip and what happened last year.
Endorsed by, Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Friends of Al Aqsa, Labour
Friends Of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME), Free Palestine Movement (FPM)
and International Solidarity Movement (ISM).
The ad can be seen in the link below: http://www.prc.org.uk/newsite/en/centre-activities/94-lobbying-a-delegations/418-palestine-memorial-week-qhalf-page-in-thegurdianq
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