Al-Awda Shocked by Gruesome Murder of Abu Obeida Omran
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition is shocked,
saddened and outraged at the gruesome and tragic murder of Abu Obeida Abdel
Salam Omran. On Friday August 13, 2010, Abu Obeida was deliberately run over
and dragged with a car apparently during an attempted robbery at one of his gas
stations in Houston Texas. The alleged killers were arrested by police after
they fled the scene. Abu Obeida died that night from the injuries he had
sustained during the attack. Abu Obeida is originally from the village of Burin
near Nablus on the West Bank. He was 42 years old, married with two sons, Abu
Obeida and Abu Ali Mustafa, and a daughter, Maryam. His wife is expecting
another child.
Abu Obeida was a young man full of energy. He was actively
involved in building Al-Awda's chapter in Houston which he founded. He was a
successful businessman and a leader in the community. He took part in the Viva
Palestina US convoy to Gaza in 2009, and actively helped with employment,
housing, financially or other ways all of the Palestinian refugees who recently
arrived in Texas from Al-Waleed camp in Iraq. Abu Obeida was a dedicated
activist for his people's right to return to their original homes and lands
from which they have been dispossessed by Zionist forces and the Israeli state
beginning in the 1948 era. He was in his first year of service as a member of
the national coordinating committee of Al-Awda and was responsible for the
external affairs of the organization. He strongly believed in strengthening,
expanding and consolidating efforts in Al-Awda, and was working with colleagues
in Texas to develop chapters of the organization in four other cities in that
state. In addition to several other projects, Abu Obeida was most recently
organizing with colleagues in Texas and elsewhere a conference to take place in
Houston in October 2010 to advance the campaign for one democratic state in all
of Palestine with the restoration and implementation of Palestinian rights in
full. Abu Obeida and his leadership will be sorely missed by all those who knew
him.
We extend our deepest condolences to Abu Obeida's family,
friends and our community. We have lost a comrade and share in your grief.
May he rest in peace.
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Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-918-9441
Fax: 760-918-9442
E-mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://al-awda.org/
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC) is
dedicated to advocacy for the restoration of Palestinian human, national,
legal, political and historical rights in full with particular emphasis on the
right of Palestinians to return to their homes and lands of origin from which
they have been dispossessed since 1948. PRRC is a not for profit tax-exempt
educational and charitable 501(c)(3) organization as defined by the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States of America. Under IRS guidelines,
your donations to PRRC are tax-deductible. To donate, go to
http://www.al-awda.org/donate.html and follow the instructions. To become a
member, go to http://www.al-awda.org/membership.html
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