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Subject: Emergency Gaza Relief Fund
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED](Please read, respond and forward) For Immediate Release 7 October 2004 Urgent: Emergency Gaza Relief Fund A massive military operation by Zionist occupation forces against the people of Northern Gaza has been underway for the past nine days. Since the night of Tuesday 28 September 2004, Israeli military forces carried out a wide-scale, open-ended attack on the Strip. So far, this attack has resulted in the death of eighty-one Palestinians, including 20 children. More than 270 have been injured including 90 children. Numerous homes and private property have also been destroyed due to the invaders' use of disproportionate force, including air force and heavy tanks. Jabaliya refugee camp, Beit Hanun and Beit Lahia are under attack and have sustained heavy casualties and damage. An estimated 5000 families have been trapped in their homes, where they continue to subsist on meager quantities of water, food and medical supplies. Medical and humanitarian aid workers are being denied entry, and more than twenty employees of UNRWA have been detained by the invading troops. ACTION REQUESTED Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition has set up the Emergency Gaza Relief Fund. We call on all people of conscience to donate to the fund. Any amount you donate is important, will be directed to the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees (UPWC) for distribution to the victims who need all the help to get through the coming months. Please make your donation checks or money orders payable to "Al-Awda" or "PRRC". Write "Emergency Gaza Relief Fund" in the memo section, and send your donation to: Al-Awda PO Box 131352 Carlsbad, CA 92013-1352, USA You may also use your credit card to donate online at: http://al-awda.org/donatenow/ Al-Awda/PRRC is a non-profit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to PRRC are fully tax-deductible. __________________ Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition PO Box 131352 Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.al-awda.org Fax: 1-802-609-9284 This alert has been posted at: http://www.al-awda.org/urgentemergencygazarelieffund/ and http://www.al-awdacal.org/alert-Gaza_Relief.html 2003 Al-Nakba Awareness and Al-Awda Activism Year: See http://Al-Awda.org Contact congress and elected officials often: http://cflweb.org/congress_merge_.htm For other ways to help, see http://BoycottIsraeliGoods.org Yahoo! Groups Links ----- End forwarded message ----- -- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/MknplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VTJP/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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For Immediate Release 7 October 2004 Urgent: Emergency Gaza Relief Fund A massive military operation by Zionist occupation forces against the people of Northern Gaza has been underway for the past nine days. Since the night of Tuesday 28 September 2004, Israeli military forces carried out a wide-scale, open-ended attack on the Strip. So far, this attack has resulted in the death of eighty-one Palestinians, including 20 children. More than 270 have been injured including 90 children. Numerous homes and private property have also been destroyed due to the invaders' use of disproportionate force, including air force and heavy tanks. Jabaliya refugee camp, Beit Hanun and Beit Lahia are under attack and have sustained heavy casualties and damage. An estimated 5000 families have been trapped in their homes, where they continue to subsist on meager quantities of water, food and medical supplies. Medical and humanitarian aid workers are being denied entry, and more than twenty employees of UNRWA have been detained by the invading troops. ACTION REQUESTED Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition has set up the Emergency Gaza Relief Fund. We call on all people of conscience to donate to the fund. Any amount you donate is important, will be directed to the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees (UPWC) for distribution to the victims who need all the help to get through the coming months. Please make your donation checks or money orders payable to "Al-Awda" or "PRRC". Write "Emergency Gaza Relief Fund" in the memo section, and send your donation to: Al-Awda PO Box 131352 Carlsbad, CA 92013-1352, USA You may also use your credit card to donate online at: http://al-awda.org/donatenow/ Al-Awda/PRRC is a non-profit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to PRRC are fully tax-deductible. __________________ Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition PO Box 131352 Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.al-awda.org Fax: 1-802-609-9284 This alert has been posted at: http://www.al-awda.org/urgentemergencygazarelieffund/ and http://www.al-awdacal.org/alert-Gaza_Relief.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. Click Here! --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 2003 Al-Nakba Awareness and Al-Awda Activism Year: See http://Al-Awda.org Contact congress and elected officials often: http://cflweb.org/congress_merge_.htm For other ways to help, see http://BoycottIsraeliGoods.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoycottIsraeliGoods/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ |
