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Press Conference of Palestinians Calls for Release of All Civilian Hostages in Iraq; More Solidarity Demonstrations Planned
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today in Ramallah, Ikram al-Sabri, the head Mufti of Palestine, along with several other notable Palestinians called for the immediate release of all civilian hostages in Iraq, with particular reference to the four Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) hostages. Ikram al-Sabri said that “there is a duty for all Palestinian people, institutions and…
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Transcript of Palestinian Press Conference Calling for the Release of the Four CPT Hostages in Iraq
Each of the following people spoke in Arabic unless noted otherwise. The following is a transcript of the English translation that was provided by the ISM host. Ikram al Sabri, the head Mufti of Palestine: [Recording starts part way through] “Kidnapping is not a civilised way to resist. The people kidnapped in Iraq used to…
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Parents speaking out to keep alive memory of child killed in Gaza
Photo by Darrell Sapp, Post-Gazette By Gabrielle Banks Originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Cindy and Craig Corrie have been doing speaking engagements a few times per month since their daughter Rachel died kneeling in front of an Israeli Defense Forces bulldozer in Gaza nearly three years ago. The 23-year-old peace activist’s death became such…