Category: Statements
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USPCN Endorses Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign
Building upon the USPCN Popular Conference 2010, and its National Call to Action, the US Palestinian Community Network is pleased to announce its endorsement of the Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign. MN Break the Bonds Campaign (MN BBC) is a movement advocating for the state of Minnesota to divest from Israel Bonds in solidarity with…
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Closing Statement of USPCN Second Popular Palestinian Conference
Oct 29-31, 2010 It is our responsibility as Palestinians in the shatat to strengthen and institutionalize our popular movement. We unequivocally believe that empowered democratic participation at the grassroots level is the only way to safeguard our self-determination and advance the struggle for Palestinian liberation and the Right of Return. During the three days of…
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Call for International Solidarity
Click here for Arabic translation below We are calling on our international allies to take action in support of long-time peace and human rights activists who have come under attack for their work against U.S. occupation and military intervention abroad. Take action now and sign the letter using our online form! On September 24th, 2010,…
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USPCN denounces FBI attacks on Palestinian, solidarity and antiwar activists
The US Palestinian Community Network denounces the FBI raids on anti-war, Palestine solidarity and Palestinian activists that took place in several U.S. cities on Friday, September 24. 2010. We are appalled at this gross violation of First Amendment Rights as well as the human and civil rights of social justice activists who speak for justice…
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The whole truth to the masses – the whole truth for Palestine: USPCN on Abbas’ alleged meeting with Palestinian community in the US (English and Arabic)
On Thursday, September 23, a number of media reports appeared in the Arabic-language press discussing a meeting between the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mr. Mahmoud Abbas and representatives of the Palestinian community in the United States. We in the US Palestinian Community Network, in the interests of the whole truth and in defense of…
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Remembering Sabra and Shatila – on the Road to Return
It has been 28 years since Israeli forces and their allies killed close to 2000 Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians, and Kurds in the camps of Sabra and Shatila on the outskirts of Beirut. Despite the passage of time, the screams of the victims of the massacre for justice and accountability continue to resound through the collective…
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Eid Greetings from the US Palestinian Community Network
The US Palestinian Community Network sends its greetings upon this Eid to our people in the refugee camps, and under siege in Gaza, to the families separated by the Apartheid wall, to our people in Haifa, Shafa ‘Amr, Um el-Fahm and throughout our occupied homeland, to our communities in exile and to all of our…
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Sign on to Statement: Palestine is Not for Sale!
Please sign below to endorse this statement against the negotiations! Also, click here to read about the September 2 Washington, DC press conference against the negotiations and click here to sign on to the Arabic-language letter against the negotiations. The US Palestinian Community Network calls upon all organizations, associations, and Palestinian and Arab community groups,…
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Sign Arabic-language petition against negotiations!
The following Arabic letter is a petition from the Palestinian people and communities around the world against the so-called negotiations scheduled to take place in Washington, DC on September 2, 2010. The letter confirms full and unconditional rejection of these negotiations and the threat they pose to the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights, in particular, the…
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The US Palestinian Community Network mourns Abu Obeida Omran, from the village of Burin
The US Palestinian Community Network expresses its feelings of great sadness and grief on the loss of the Palestinian community activist and leader Abu Obeida Abdel-Salam Omran, of the village of Burin, who lived in Houston, Texas. He died on Friday, August 13, 2010 of his injuries suffered as a victim of an attempted robbery…