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Press Release: Washington Talks Unlikely To Succeed
September 1, 2010
The Obama administration is hosting a new round of peace
talks between The Palestinian Authority and Israel tomorrow September 2, 2010.
This comes in the midst of accelerated demolitions of Palestinian homes in
Jerusalem and Al-Naqab (Negev) and renewed promises by top Israeli officials to
accelerate settlement building on occupied Palestinian land. Al-Awda, The
Palestine Right to Return Coalition, which has members in almost all states in
the U.S. and in several other countries around the world, sees the basis of
these negotiations as well as the measures taken by the Israeli government as
detrimental to the talks and any future peaceful settlement.
Al-Awda has taken the following position on the new talks:
a.. The talks are doomed to fail if they follow earlier
patterns and focus that have plagued such talks for the past 20 years.
b.. The talks will only succeed and produce a real,
lasting, just and secure peace if they are based on the respect and
implementation of fundamental individual and collective human rights,
international law, and UN resolutions which affirm such rights and laws.
c.. First and foremost, the inalienable, natural, legal,
historical and non-negotiable rights of 7.2 million exiled and internally
displaced Palestinians to return to their homes and lands with compensation
must be implemented.
d.. Israel should return to its original owners all private
and public Palestinian land it has occupied and confiscated since its creation
in 1948.
Al-Awda believes that one democratic state over the entire
land which includes present day Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, is the
only viable and realistic solution to this conflict and to preserve the rights
of all of its citizens. Israel has created a situation on the ground that makes
it impossible to have two states to exist side by side. In addition, the
Palestinian population inside Israel is an integral inseparable part of the
Palestinian people. They must be recognized by the international community as
equal citizens in a one future state. Any future state will have to reject all
forms of racism and discrimination and implement democratic values for all its
citizens regardless of color, faith or race. These are the only viable basis
for a just, lasting and secure peace for all.
Contacts for media interviews
Name: Dr. Jess Ghannam Tel. 415-726-3951 Email:
[email protected]
Name: Mr. Marwan Ahmad Tel. 602-330-6795 Email:
[email protected]
For other information:
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://www.al-awda.org
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC) is
the largest network of grassroots activists and students dedicated to education
and 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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Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition | PO Box 131352 |
Carlsbad | CA | 92013
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