Some Friends Doing What They Can
Media Release
August 2, 2006
Contact: Mubarak Awad 202 413 6062 Edy Kauffman, 301 728 6886Mohammed Abu-Nimer 703 839 5259
LET US TALK FAST
STOP THE KILLINGS AND START NEGOTIATING
Washington DC. At 2pm today, Edy Kaufman, Mubarak Awad, and Karim Crow handed out Band-aids on their first day of a hunger strike at the US State Department. the Band-aids were attached to an August 1, Washington Post Op-Ed piece published by Jimmy Carter calling for an end to Band-aid treatment by the US administration. The message of the hunger strikers who are Christians, Muslim, and Jewish is: Stop the killing and start negotiations with all the fighting parties.
Mubarak Awad, says “as Lebanese, Israelis, and Palestinians, now living in Washington DC, we call upon Americans of all faiths to show compassion for the victims and ethical concern for the current violence by fasting for peace and justice. The right to life is the most valuable of all.”
Edy Kaufman says “We call on the United States government and all the conflicting parties to talk officially or unofficially to each other instead of trying to kill and injure each other. Talk to Syria, talk to Hezbollah, talk to Hamas, talk to Israel, and talk to Iran. Talk, don't kill. All parties have legitimate grievances and concerns. Deal with them.”
Karim Crow says “We are undertaking a fast despite a heat index of 112 degrees, knowing well that Middle East conflicts will not be resolved by this action alone. Join us in a hunger strike to share in the suffering of hundreds of innocent civilians killed, the wounded, the displaced, those whose livelihoods were destroyed, and those countless children who will grow up with deep traumas.”
For more information: www.nonviolenceinternational.net
August 2, 2006
Contact: Mubarak Awad 202 413 6062 Edy Kauffman, 301 728 6886Mohammed Abu-Nimer 703 839 5259
LET US TALK FAST
STOP THE KILLINGS AND START NEGOTIATING
Washington DC. At 2pm today, Edy Kaufman, Mubarak Awad, and Karim Crow handed out Band-aids on their first day of a hunger strike at the US State Department. the Band-aids were attached to an August 1, Washington Post Op-Ed piece published by Jimmy Carter calling for an end to Band-aid treatment by the US administration. The message of the hunger strikers who are Christians, Muslim, and Jewish is: Stop the killing and start negotiations with all the fighting parties.
Mubarak Awad, says “as Lebanese, Israelis, and Palestinians, now living in Washington DC, we call upon Americans of all faiths to show compassion for the victims and ethical concern for the current violence by fasting for peace and justice. The right to life is the most valuable of all.”
Edy Kaufman says “We call on the United States government and all the conflicting parties to talk officially or unofficially to each other instead of trying to kill and injure each other. Talk to Syria, talk to Hezbollah, talk to Hamas, talk to Israel, and talk to Iran. Talk, don't kill. All parties have legitimate grievances and concerns. Deal with them.”
Karim Crow says “We are undertaking a fast despite a heat index of 112 degrees, knowing well that Middle East conflicts will not be resolved by this action alone. Join us in a hunger strike to share in the suffering of hundreds of innocent civilians killed, the wounded, the displaced, those whose livelihoods were destroyed, and those countless children who will grow up with deep traumas.”
For more information: www.nonviolenceinternational.net
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