On Jan. 25, 2008, at 10 AM, a press conference was held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Its purpose was “to launch a campaign to end the Israeli siege and blockade of Gaza,” according to a press release from the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation (MAS Freedom). Speaking at the press conference, inter alia, were the Rev. Graylan S. Hagler, Senior Minister, Plymouth Congregational Church, Washington, D.C. and Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Esq., Partnership for Civil Justice. Later in the day at 4 PM, a rally and demonstration is scheduled in front of the Embassy of Israel, in Washington, D.C. For background on the press conference and on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Israeli Occupied Gaza, please see:
http://masnet.org and http://answer.pephost.org/site/News2?abbr=ANS_&page=NewsArticle&id=8767 and
http://endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=1493 and
http://www.wrmea.com/ and
http://www.ameu.org/index.asp and
http://www.pchrgaza.org/ and
http://rafah.virtualactivism.net/news/todaymain.htm
