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July 3rd
Medical Aid Convoy to GAZA
Sendoff Rally!
Speakers:
MP George Galloway,
Councilmember Charles Barron, Ron Kovic, Rev. Herbert Daughtry, Rev.
Lucius Walker
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Date: |
Friday, July 3, 2009 |
| Time: |
6:00pm |
| Location: |
House of Lord Church
415 Atlantic Ave.
(Between Bond st and Nevins st)
Brooklyn |
| Directions: |
2,3,4,5,B,D,Q,N,R,M to Atlantic/Pacific |
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The next day, July 4th, hundreds of
people from across the United Stats will depart New York to
Egypt, where they will load trucks with millions of dollars
worth of medical supplies and drive it to the besieged people of
Gaza. Weapons made in USA have brought death and destruction to
the people of Palestine. We will be coming to Gaza with medical
aid that saves lives instead.
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June 21th
Protest “Tel Aviv Beach”
celebration of murder and ethnic cleansing in New York’s Central
Park!
Support the Right of All Refugees
to Return Home!
The Tel Aviv Beach in Vienna, to be
replicated in Central Park
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Date: |
Sunday, June 21, 2009 |
| Time: |
11:00am |
| Location: |
Central Park, South Side of Bandshell |
| Directions: |
Enter park
at 69th St on East Side or 72nd St on West Side |
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Central Park is being handed over to Israel for a day to set up
a “Tel Aviv Beach.” The Zionist Tourism Commission says New
Yorkers can “experience the fun and lightheartedness of Tel
Aviv," but in reality the event is a celebration of ethnic
cleansing and genocide.
Join
Al-Awda-NY in protesting this
celebration of atrocity and expulsion! |
May 26th
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MP George Galloway speaks to
Brooklyn
SUPPORT THE CARAVAN & HELP BREAK THE
SIEGE ON GAZA!!!
BUY TICKETS |
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Date: |
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 |
| Time: |
7:00pm |
| Location: |
Widi Catering Hall:
5602 6th Ave, Brooklyn, N |
| Directions: |
R/N to 59th st. or R
to 53rd st. |
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Join Al-Awda-NY, The Arab Muslim
American Federation and the Break the Siege on Gaza Coalition
for A Fundraising Evening for the Viva Palestina Caravan from
the US to Gaza, Called by Ron Kovic and MP George Galloway.
SUPPORT THE CARAVAN & HELP BREAK THE
SIEGE ON GAZA!!!
Caravan will depart from the US 7/4/09 with the goal of raising
$10,000,000 and sending 550 Trucks & Delegates.
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May 17th
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Nakba Rally
The 61st. anniversary of the
Palestinian Nakba.
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Date: |
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 |
| Time: |
2:00pm |
| Location: |
Times Square, W 42nd st. and 7th ave. |
| Directions: |
N,Q,R,S,W,1,2,3,7 to
Times Square (4nd st.) |
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Join Al-Awda: Palestine Right to
Return Coalition and Break the Siege on Gaza Coalition
for the rally of the 61st. anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba.
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Download flyer in Arabic
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March 28th
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Commemorate Yom al-Ard with Palestinian Musical
Folkloric band
Hanin and Al-Awda
Dabeh Troop
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Date: |
Saturday, March 28th, 2009 |
| Time: |
4:00 PM |
| Location: |
5602 6th Ave. Brooklyn, NY |
| Direction: |
Take the N (Express) to 59th St or the R (Local) train to 59th or 53rd St and walk one block East to 6th Avenue |
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A not-to-be-missed performance by Palestinian musical group Hanin. Commemorate Yom al-
Ard and support Palestinian culture and identity!
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March 19th
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On the Blockade of Iraq/Gaza
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Date: |
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 |
| Time: |
7:00pm |
| Location: |
Solidarity Center, 55 W. 17th St. 5th Floor, Manhattan |
| Directions: |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,Q,N,R,A,V,F, and PATH trains to 14th St |
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Join the International Action Center and Al-Awda NY, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, for a special evening meeting on the anniversary of the occupation of Iraq. Hear from Barbara Nimri Aziz, author of the powerful eyewitness account: "Swimming up the Tigris" about the years of Blockade of Iraq and the impact of 18 years of U.S. war, and hear from Al-Awda NY, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition on the blockade of Gaza today and continuing occupation.
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April 19th
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Support Palestinian Political Prisoners!
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Date: |
Sunday, April 19, 2009 |
| Time: |
4:00 PM |
| Location: |
Solidarity Center, 55 W. 17th St. Manhattan |
| Direction: |
F to 14th St-6th Ave, L
to 6th Ave-14th St, 4/5/6, N/Q/R to 14th St-Union Sq |
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Al-Awda NY and the Jericho Movement mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day with an event of performance,
education, film and more!
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May 17th
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Annual Al-Nakba March, Rally and Commemoration
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Date: |
Sunday, May 17, 2009 |
| Time: |
2:30 PM |
| Location: |
Times Square, 42nd and Broadway, Manhattan |
| Direction: |
1/2/3/7/N/Q/R/S/A/C/E to 42nd St. |
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Join the Break the Siege on Gaza Coalition-NY and Al-Awda NY for a march and rally to commemorate
61 years of displacement and oppression and stand for return and liberation for Palestine!
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May 31st
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A Day of Palestinian Culture and History
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Date: |
Sunday, May 31, 2009 |
| Time: |
TBA |
| Location: |
TBA, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn |
| Direction: |
TBA |
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Join the Break the Siege on Gaza Coalition-NY and Al-Awda NY for an unforgettable cultural
and educational day of music, skits, presentations and more for the whole family!
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March 11th
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Al-Awda NY Open Meeting
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Date: |
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 |
| Time: |
7:00pm |
| Location: |
Center for Constitutional Rights, 666 Broadway, 6th Floor |
| Direction: |
B/D/F/V to Broadway/Lafayette, 6 to Bleecker St. |
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More: |
Learn more about Al-Awda and how you can become a part of its activities and programs!
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March 17th
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Protest Dinner Celebrating the Butcher of Gaza!
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Date: |
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 |
| Time: |
5:00pm |
| Location: |
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 50th St. and Park Ave., Manhattan |
| Directions: |
6 to 51st/E/V to Lexington Ave. |
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Stand in Solidarity with the Palestinian People of Gaza and in outrage
against an elite fundraising dinner ($1,000 a plate) for the Israeli Occupation Forces. Butcher of Gaza, Israeli Occupation Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, will be the featured speaker at this dinner, raising money for the "Friends" of the Israeli Occupation Forces in New York!
Over 1,300 Palestinians were murdered in cold-blood in the recent attacks on Gaza, and thousands more have died before and since due to the IOF's genocidal blockade. This is the criminal behavior which the "Friends" of the IOF want to raise more money to fund!
While New Yorkers lose their jobs and homes in increasing numbers every day, billions of our tax dollars go every year to fund murder and oppression of Palestinians--but for the super-rich dining at the Waldorf, even that's not enough!
While diners inside the Waldorf party to raise money for murderers, an American citizen, Tristan Anderson lies in critical condition from a tear gas canister (paid for with US tax dollars) fired at him during a peaceful protest Friday in the West Bank. A fellow protestor said "He had a large hole in the front of his head, and his brain was visible." (Ha'aretz, 3/14/2009).
This is the kind of cold-blooded murder Palestinians face every day, and which diners at this event want to raise more money for! Join Al-Awda NY, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, to protest
this outrage!
WAR CRIMINALS NOT WELCOME HERE! PROTEST "FRIENDS OF THE IOF"!
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March 4th
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COMMUNITY MEETING OPEN TO FAMILIES, CHILDREN, PARENTS and YOUTH
with Break the Siege on
Gaza Coalition
www.bsg-ny.org
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Date: |
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 |
| Time: |
7:00pm |
| Location: |
1933 Bath Ave., Brooklyn - Between 19th and 20th
Aves. |
| Direction: |
D trains to 20th Ave. |
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Israeli leaders promise more
aggression and destruction.
Commerce, employment, food,
medical/emergency supplies all stopped because of the siege.
Join us at the third Break the
Siege on Gaza Town Hall Meeting so we can find ways to break the
blockade of Gaza and help Palestinians recover from the
devastation.
Join a Committee and make a
difference!
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February 26th
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Speaking Panel and Discussion...
Palestine
before and after Zionism & the Gaza crisis
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Date: |
Thursday, February 26th |
| Time: |
6:30pm |
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Location: |
Aronow Theater
NAC Building - First floor
City College of New York
136th st. and Convent ave.
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| Direction: |
Trains: A,B,C,D to 145 st. | 1 to
137 st. (City College) |
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Speakers:
Rabbi Dovid Weiss: Activist
and the spokesman for Neturei Karta International: Orthodox Jews
against Zionism. Weiss is against the philosophy of Zionism, and
against the State of Israel and its actions.
Father George Makhlouf: A
Palestinian refugee, who lived under the occupation. A peace
activist and a member of the Antiochian Orthodox Clergy of North
America.
Shiekh Mustafa Elazabawy:
Imam of City Hall Masjid, vice president of Masjid Manhattan. He
has been working with the community for two decades.
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For more information:
www.GUPS-USA.org
February 8th
Tamim Al-Bargouthi Performs
for Gaza
Poetry in Support of Gaza!
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Date: |
Sunday, FEBRUARY 8th, 2009 |
| Time: |
4:00pm |
| Location: |
55 Washington Square
South |
| Direction: |
Trains: R,W to West 8th | A,C,E,F,V,D to West 4 |
All proceeds will direcetly benefit the
people of Gaza through Takaful Palestinian Refugee Support Network
and Islamic Relief.
January 29th
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Protest
against American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Benefit
Dinner
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Date: |
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 |
| Time: |
6:00pm |
| Location: |
Broadway between 45th and 46th |
| Direction: |
Trains: L,N,Q,R,W,4,5,6 to Union Square |
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On January 29th there will be a
benefit dinner for AIPAC, who has been paying alot of money to
cover and hide the Israeli crimes against the innocent
Palestinian civilians. From December 27th until January 17th
Israel has murdered more than 1,300 innocent civilians, where
more than 50% of them were children and women. More than 5,500
other civilians were wounded 60% of them are women and children.
And the mass destruction of houses, mosques, schools and UNRWA
compounds, along with the crucial siege that Gaza is suffering
from for more than 2 years.
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January 23rd
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COMMUNITY MEETING OPEN TO
FAMILIES, CHILDREN, PARENTS and YOUTH
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Date: |
Friday, JANUARY 23, 2009 |
| Time: |
7:00pm |
| Location: |
1933 Bath Ave.,
Brooklyn - Between 19th and 20th aves. |
| Direction: |
D trains to 20th ave. |
January 19th
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VIGIL & MARCH FOR JUSTICE
IN GAZA
NEW YORK Joins National
Days of Action in Honor of Reverend
Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.
OPEN FOR ALL Led By Women & Children
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Date: |
Monday, JANUARY 19, 2009 |
| Time: |
4:30pm |
| Location: |
Union Square. 14th st.
Then march to the Washington Square Park |
| Direction: |
Trains: L,N,Q,R,W,4,5,6 to Union Square |
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- Stop the War and Siege of
Gaza!
- End All U.S. Aid to
Israel!
- SUPPORT PALESTINIAN RIGHT TO SELF DEFENSE
RESTORE THE PALESTINIANS OF GAZA TO
THEIR RIGHTFUL HOMES
- End the Israeli Occupation of Palestine!
On Monday January 19th, 2009, people all across the United
States will
celebrate the life, legacy, and birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther
King, Jr., who was assassinated by a racist's bullet on April
4th,
1968. Dr. King was one of the foremost leaders of the Black
civil
rights movement in this country, an organizer extraordinaire for
peace
and justice, and an eloquent orator who challenged racism,
injustice,
and oppression everywhere.
Approximately 1,400 Palestinians have been slaughtered since the
Israeli Massacres of Gaza began 17 days ago, with over 4,600
injured
and the Massacres by the Zionist Israeli State Continue Unabated
as
the world watches in silence & complicity.
The thousands and thousands of Black civil rights organizers and
activists, with Dr. King as one of their representatives, were
people
of courageous action, many of whom gave their lives to the
struggle
for Black liberation, and they would not have stood idly by
while this
new war on the Palestinians is being waged. |
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January 7-11th
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flyer!
January 3rd
Stop Massacres in Gaza & Break the Siege!!
More than 350 Palestinians were murdered in 2 days. 1,600 wounded!
After the huge demo on last Sunday, where more than 4,000 people
showed support, and the other demos during this week, let's keep the
street shaking!!
Act now before it’s too late!
Protest against the Israeli genocide against Palestinians!
Stop U.S. support to Israel!
January 3rd. - 1 pm
Times Square, 42nd and 7th ave.
Followed by a march to the Israeli mission.
Trains: N,Q,R,S,W,1,2,3,7 to Times Square
We must act now, before the massacres continue! Over 360 people were
killed in Gaza since Saturday, December 27 in a series of Israeli
attacks - with US-made and paid for weaponry - upon the Palestinian
people. These cold-blooded killings come on top of a siege on Gaza
that has killed hundreds by depriving them of medical care, deprived
Gazans of electricity, power and fuel and attempted to strangle the
life of the Palestinian people in Gaza.
The people of Gaza are standing steadfast in the face of these
massacres but our voices must be heard to demand an immediate end to
the massacres and an end to US aid to Israel! The Israeli military
is promising more massacres - we must say no NOW!
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Endorsed by:
Al-Awda: Palestine Right to Return Coalition-NY
Arab Muslim American Federation
MAS-NY(Youth Center), National, Queens, NJ, Yonkers
The General Union of Palestine Students
Bayan-USA
Islamic Society of Bay Ridge
Salam Church
International Action Center
Brooklyn Cultural Center
Hudson Valley Islamic Center
December 12 Movement
New York City Labor Against the War
DRUM
Troops Out Now Coalition
Pakistan USA Freedom Forum
International League of Peoples Struggle
Dawoud Mosque
Muslim Alliance in North America
Masjid Al-Taqwa
Islamic Circle of North America
F.I.S.T
**Download flyer!
**Download
flyer 11x17
Photos of our previous 4,000-people demo!
December 28th
ALL OUT!
EMERGENCY PROTEST!
MASSACRE IN GAZA - OVER 200 MURDERED
PROTEST - Sunday, December 28, 2008
2:00 PM
Rockefeller Center - 50th St. and 5th Ave.
March to Zionist Consulate - 42nd St. and 2nd. Ave
NYC!
We must act now, before the massacres continue! Over 200 people were
killed in Gaza on Saturday, December 27 in a series of Israeli
attacks - with US-made and paid for weaponry - upon the Palestinian
people. These cold-blooded killings come on top of a siege on Gaza
that has killed hundreds by depriving them of medical care, deprived
Gazans of electricity, power and fuel and attempted to strangle the
life of the Palestinian people in Gaza.
The people of Gaza are standing steadfast in the face of these
massacres but our voices must be heard to demand an immediate end to
the massacres and an end to US aid to Israel! The Israeli military
is promising more massacres - we must say no NOW!
ALL OUT TO PROTEST THE MASSACRES IN GAZA!
Join the Popular
Conference for Palestinians in the U.S.
Chicago, Illinois
08/08/2008
www.palestineconference.org
Efforts to convene a popular
conference for Palestinians in the United States on August 8, 2008
continue unabated. It has been little over a year since the call for
a popular conference for the Palestinian people in the US was
circulated. Since then, the response has been, for the most part,
enthusiastic. More meetings were convened. More ideas were
exchanged. Students, youth, workers, housekeepers, artists, and
teachers who spearheading this endeavor recognize the imperative of
holding a community-wide meeting of Palestinian Americans for the
purpose of making our community’s contribution to the Palestinian
struggle more effective and united.
TAKAFUL: Family to
Family Sponsorship Project
Support a Palestinian Refugee Family in Gaza today
For $100 per month / $3 per day
Your donations go directly to needy families as direct Financial
support
Contact us: 1-800-856-8147
www.refugeesupport.org
info@refugeeupport.org
Click
here to sponsor a family now!
Through Family Sponsorship, your family now has the unique
opportunity to help alleviate the suffering of impoverished families
in Gaza Strip, Palestine, and show solidarity to those who are
impacted the most by the dire humanitarian crisis.
Family sponsorship is a community development initiative that
aims to change lives by delivering long-lasting, self-sustaining
improvements to help lift generations out of poverty. Your
sponsorship will empower parents and children caught in the cycle of
poverty.
With your support of $3 per day, delivered in direct monetary
assistance (Cash), you are giving your sponsored family the option
of sustaining essential life needs, be it food, health, education or
merely coming out of crisis.
Your own family will experience the joy of building bridges with
your sponsored family as you begin to build a relationship with
them. Your children will learn invaluable lessons about caring,
sharing and selfless kindness. You will have the option of
contacting your sponsored family, and even visiting them as a show
of your solidarity with their struggle for dignity, national and
human rights.
Family-to-Family sponsorship aims to alleviate the suffering of
impoverished families, and provide minimum support to the family
unit to sustain itself.
The network also aims to help the families further by supporting
education related projects that would provide an incentive for
children and youth to continue their educations with the Back to
School Schoolbag & Tools program and the Kasid University
scholarship program. Please see our website for more details.
Click
here to sponsor a family now.
Please Visit
Our Website
for other Projects: Back to School Schoolbag, Kasid University
Scholarship Fund
ABOUT US:
The Palestinian Refugee Support Network is located in the US,
Canada, Europe and Palestine. The project is being launched in the
United States & Canada by
Al-Awda, the
Palestine Right to Return Coalition - New York; Al-Awda
Vancouver;
New
Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine,
and Palestinian Orphan Association in Germany. Both Al-Awda New York
and New Jersey Solidarity are tax-exempt, non-profit organizations
in the US. Al-Awda Vancouver is a non-profit organization in Canada.
Palestinian Orphan Association is a registered organization in
Germany (Weisen Kinder Helfe Palestina e.V).
Our main goal is to develop the family-to-family sponsorship
project (Takaful) in coordination with Al-Karmel Cultural and Social
Development Association, and Hanan Cultural and Social Development
Association in Gaza Strip, Palestine.
The network aims to work with civil organizations in the Arab
world and internationally in order to support Palestinian refugees
in their just struggle for independence, sovereignty,
self-determination & the right to return.
The network aims as well to develop a solid basis for solidarity
with the Palestinian people based on their national and human
rights.
Al-Karmel & Hanan Cultural and Social Development Associations
serve primarily children, women, youth and the disabled, especially
those in the most poverty stricken remote communities in Gaza. Since
1993, Al-Karmel's main work has been focused on the economic,
education, cultural and social progress and the overall alleviation
of suffering in marginalized and deprived communities.
Visit our Websites
www.refugeesupport.org
www.al-awdany.org
www.newjerseysolidarity.org
www.alkarmelgaza.org
www.hanancoo.org
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