PRESS RELEASE: GIPP Delegations Break Israeli Imposed Siege



2002-04-12
(April 12th, 2002): Four groups here as part of the Grassroots International Protection for Palestinians – GIPP, have today succeeded in breaking the Israeli imposed siege on the West Bank. The delegates from France, Belgium, Brazil and Iceland, including members of parliaments and other governmental officials, entered Ramallah and held a demonstration near the Palestinian Authority headquarters, where Yasser Arafat is currently imprisoned.

Other GIPP delegates who are under siege with Arafat inside the compound also took part in the demonstration, from the other side of the Israeli tanks and soldiers that surround the area.

The GIPP continues its activities and calls for people to come to Palestine in solidarity with Palestinians. Given the existing situation GIPP is the only form of international protection that Palestinians are given – and at no time has it been more necessary then now.

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