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GAZA SHALL LIVE!


17. May 2008

Forum and concert – May 17th, 2008, Vienna

Forum and concert – May 17th, 2008

19.00

Weltcafe /Schwarzspanierstr.15, 1090 Vienna

 

60 years after the massive expulsion of the Palestinians from their home country a murderous embargo makes 1,5 million people in Gaza struggle for survival.

The campaign “GAZA SHALL LIVE” calls on the Austrian government and the European Union to lift the embargo on the Gaza Strip in order to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.

Panellists:

Gamal Elkoudary

Independent Representative of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Gaza

 

Karin Resetarits

Member of the European Parliament

 

Fritz Edlinger

General Secretary of the Society for Austrian-Arab Relations

 

Franz Sieder

Catholic priest / Amstetten

 

Viola Raheb

Consultant, Vienna – Palestine

 

Peter Melvyn

European Jews for a Just Peace – Austria

 

Paula Abrams-Hourani

Women in Black – Vienna

 

Anas Schakfeh

President of the Islamic Community in Austria

 

Dr. Zuheir Elwazer, Ambassador at the Permanent Mission of Palestine to the Austrian Federal Government, is introducing the forum.

 

The current situation in Gaza is presented by Hermas Hermas, Coordination in Support of Palestine.

 

Concert performed by

Moufid Nehme, Lebanon

Marwan Abado, Palestine

 

Presentation of Palestinian popular dances (Dabke)