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Palestinian Rights Committee
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The Palestinian Rights Committee is an affiliate of Upper
Hudson Peace Action and supports the Upper Hudson Peace Action
statement Peace for
Israel and Palestine.
Members of the PRC hold a variety of opinions
about how exactly to best to resolve the conflict. Last June, when the
PRC sponsored a rally on the 40th anniversary of the 1967 war, we called
for:
(1) An end to US military, economic, diplomatic, and
corporate support for Israel's illegal military occupation of the
Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem.
(2) A change in US policy to one
that supports a just peace between Palestinians and Israelis based on
equality, human rights, and international law, and full implementation
of all relevant UN resolutions. |
Monthly Meeting
The Palestinian Rights Committee meets in Albany on the second
Wednesday of each month at 5:30 PM. Phone Tom at 453-8874 for location
and directions. Email List
The PRC also maintains an Internet information exchange. To
subscribe to this email list click this link or copy it into your web
browser:
http://groups.google.com/group/palestinianrightscommittee
Brief History of the PRC
Middle East
Speaker Available
Paul Rehm, a
member of Peace Action’s Steering Committee, has made numerous trip to Palestine as delegate with
the Christian Peacemaker Team living and
working in the West Bank city of Hebron
Photos from Gaza Invasion
Vigil
December 6, 2009 |
Ongoing activities
include:
- A vigil held each March to commemorate
the life, work and death of Rachel Corrie, a young American crushed to death
in Gaza in 2003 by an American-made, 70 ton Israeli bulldozer as she tried
to block the demolition of a Palestinian home.
More information on Rachel Corrie:
http://www.rachelcorriefoundation.org/
http://rachelcorrie.org/action.htm
http://rachelswords.org/
- An annual Children's Memorial Day
Flower Vigil to mourn the more than 1000 Palestinian and Israeli children
killed since the Fall of 2000. Participants bring a flower to symbolize both the fragility and beauty of
life. Each name is read. The flower vigil is intended to unite Jews, Palestinians, and
others who hope for peace.
- Traveling to Israel/Palestine to visit
and work with peace groups, friends and relatives.
- Speaking in public to share our
experiences in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
- Supporting Palestinian, Israeli and
American groups struggling non-violently for peace with justice.
- Obtaining first hand information about
the conflict and sharing it as widely as we can.
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