FEBRUARY-MARCH 2016 NEWS

Congressional Briefing Calls on US Leaders to Challenge Israeli Settlement Expansion and Annexation of Palestinian Land

WASHINGTON, DC—On Tuesday, Feb. 23, a delegation from the Bethlehem district in the occupied West Bank told a packed room of congressional staffers what daily life is like under the Israeli occupation and argued that Israel’s ongoing, illegal annexation of Palestinian land and settlement expansion are obstacles to any just resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. More than 45 staffers from the offices of 29 representatives and 9 senators attended the briefing at the Rayburn House Office Building, along with 25 representatives from Middle East peace and justice groups. 

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Full house at congressional briefing
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Mr. Shukri Radayda
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Mr. Fahmi Manasra
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Rev. Michael Yoshii introducing the panel
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Prof. Kifah Manasra
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​Wadi Foquin spokesperson Fahmi Manasra was interviewed on Florida radio station WMNF on Feb. 22, just before the congressional briefing.
​To hear the 23-minute interview, go to http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_160222_110617_radioactivityM1_348.
​The program starts at 31.27 minutes.
​Photo by WMNF

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In the press

The West Bank Village of Wadi Foquin: Trying to Survive, Huffington Post, Mar. 4, 2016

Palestinian officials describe fallout from Mideast conflict, Alameda Journal, Feb. 24, 2016

Soccer and Settlements, The Hill, Feb. 23, 2016
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Rev. Susan Wilder (moderator)
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Wadi Foquin mayor Ahmad Sokar
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Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe
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Friends of Wadi Foquin steering committee members with Rev. Yoshii and Prof. Manasra: Janet Lahr Lewis (far left), Jean Hart (3rd from right), Rev. Naomi Southard (2nd from right), and Julie Harris