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Palestine Center Condemns Israeli Aggression against Gaza

Monday, March 3, 2008

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 campaign of collective punishment, which has created a dire humanitarian situation and caused the breakdown of vital sanitary services, electricity, water and a critical shortage of food and medicine.

The Palestine Center urges U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to demand that Israel end its military campaign and to allow international humanitarian organizations to work freely in Gaza so that food, medicine and other basic needs are delivered. Secretary Rice should exert equal time and effort during her trip to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory to secure the safety and well-being of Palestinians.

The Palestine Center is the educational program of the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development, an independent non-profit organization based in Washington, DC. Established in 1991, the Center provides a Palestinian perspective on U.S. policy in the Middle East, with particular emphasis on Palestine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For more information about The Palestine Center and the Fund's cultural and humanitarian programs, visit The Jerusalem Fund.

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