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The Palestine Center condemns in the strongest terms the killing of civilian activists aboard aid boats destined for blockaded Gaza at the hands of Israeli commandos which took place Sunday evening.

Today, The Jerusalem Fund and its partners, the National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA) Foundation and Physicians for Peace, officially dedicated the Palestine Diabetes Institute in Al-Bireh, Palestine.

Yousef Munayyer Named Palestine Center Executive Director FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Yousef Munayyer ymunayyer@palestinecenter.org (202) 338-1290 WASHINGTON, D.C. (24 September 2009) – The Jerusalem Fund Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Yousef Munayyer as Executive Director of The Fund and its educational program, the Palestine Center. His appointment became official on 24 September 2009. Mr. Munayyer comes to The Jerusalem Fund from the...

President Obama Gives Arab-American Artist’s Painting to Iraq Same Artist’s Work on Display at The Jerusalem Fund FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Samar Uthman suthman@thejerusalemfund.org (202) 338-1958 WASHINGTON, D.C. (31 July 2009) – President Barack Obama gave Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq, a painting by Arab American artist, Helen Zughaib, at the White House during his recent visit. As a gift between the two countries, her painting “Midnight...

Jerusalem Fund Sends $100,000 in Medical Equipment to Gaza For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-11958 Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2009) - The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development (The Fund) purchased medical equipment worth $107,783, which will be used to assist in the relief of civilian victims in the Gaza Strip. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip is the recipient organization of the Fund’s humanitarian...

Israel's Aggression in Gaza must end immediately. The Palestine Center calls on the United States and the international community to end Israel's military onslaught against 1.5 million Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. Israel's current military assault on Gaza is an escalation of its prolonged humanitarian warfare effort which has claimed hundreds of Palestinian lives. The Palestine Center calls on international aid agencies to immediately dispatch supplies and...

Palestine Center Congratulates Palestinian Students For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, D.C. (July 18, 2008) - The Palestine Center congratulates the thousands of Palestinian students who successfully passed the Tawjihi the general secondary examination. According to results published on Friday by the Palestinian Ministry of Education, over 40,000 seniors passed the comprehensive exam, which is mandatory for students who plan to attend college....

Palestine Center Condemns Israeli Aggression against Gaza For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, D.C. (March 3, 2008) - The Palestine Center calls on the international community to hold Israel accountable for its deadly onslaught against Gaza, which left over 100 Palestinian civilians, including children, dead in a five day period. The latest Israeli military aggression against the 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza is part of an ongoing Israeli...

Ali Abunimah Named Palestine Center Fellow For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, D.C. (March 3, 2008) - The Palestine Center welcomes Mr. Ali Abunimah as its non-resident fellow. Mr. Abunimah is an expert on Palestine, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and is the author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse.    Mr. Abunimah co-founded The Electronic Intifada, an online publication about Palestine and...

Palestine Center Alarmed over Israeli Threats of a "Holocaust" in the Gaza Strip For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, D.C. (February 29, 2008) - The Palestine Center is extremely concerned over a recent threat by Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai of a large-scale invasion on Gaza, the magnitude of which would be a "shoah," the Hebrew word used to describe the Holocaust. Thirty-two Palestinians, including ten under the age of 16, have...

Dr. SUHEIR DAOUD NAMED PALESTINE CENTER FELLOW For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, D.C. (September 4, 2007) - The Palestine Center welcomes Dr. Suheir Abu Oksa Daoud as its non-resident fellow. Dr. Daoud is an expert on the Israeli political system and Israel’s Arab citizens. Dr. Daoud is a Palestinian from the western Galilee and holds a Ph.D. in political science from Jerusalem’s Hebrew University. She is a visiting professor of Politics in...

JERUSALEM FUND TREASURER LEADS MEDICAL TEAM TO PALESTINE, INAUGURATES DIABETES CENTER For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, DC (June 6 2007) _ On 23 June 2007, Jerusalem Fund Treasurer Dr. Eid Mustafa will lead a group of 30 volunteer doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals on a 7-day mission to the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Dr. Sari Nabulsi and Dr. Mohayya Khilfeh, both pediatricians and members of the Jerusalem Fund Board of...

PALESTINE CENTER CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION IN GAZA For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, D.C. (November 8, 2006) - The Palestine Center calls on the international community to immediately intervene to protect Palestinian civilians from Israel’s ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip which has lead to the death of 83 Palestinians in eight days. Israel’s 8 November early morning shelling of a residential area in Beit Hanoun in the...

PALESTINE CENTER URGES INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION IN GAZA AND LEBANON For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, DC; July 13, 2006 - The Palestine Center calls on the international community to bring an end to Israel's military escalation against Palestinian and Lebanese civilians. Israel's military campaign has resulted in a large number of civilian deaths and the destruction of vital infrastructure.  In addition to the escalating number of...

Palestine Center Denounces Passage of H.R. 4681 For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington , DC (23 May 2006) - The Palestine Center strongly deplores today's passage of House Resolution 4681, the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006, in the U.S. House of Representatives. The central provision of this resolution prohibits the United States from providing direct assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) unless the U.S. President...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 May 2005 Contact: Samar Assad, 202-338-1290 Samar Assad Named Palestine Center Executive Director The Jerusalem Fund Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Samar Assad as Executive Director of The Fund and its educational program, the Palestine Center. Her appointment became official on 15 May 2005. "The Board thought that Samar's experience with The Fund, her excellent knowledge of the issues, and her background in the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hanan Ashrawi to Brief the Palestine Center Monday April 11 Washington, D.C. (April 4, 2005) - Renowned Palestinian legislator and academic Dr. Hanan Ashrawi will brief and take questions at the Palestine Center from 1:00-2:00 on Monday, April 11, 2005. A light lunch will be provided before the briefing from 12:30-1:00 pm to those registered. In her briefing to the Palestine Center audience and attending press, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi will address the Palestinian...

Hisham B. Sharabi, Ph.D. 1927 2005 On January 13, 2005, the international community lost a leading Arab and Palestinian intellectual and activist. Dr. Hisham Sharabi died in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday evening. He was 78 years old. Born in Jaffa, Palestine, Dr. Sharabi's political activism started at an early age. In 1947, Dr. Sharabi graduated from the American University in Beirut with a B.A. in philosophy and joined the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP). The group's...