Palestine Center Alarmed over Israeli Threats of a “Holocaust” in the Gaza Strip
For Immediate Release
Contact: Samar Assad
(202) 338-1290
Washington, D.C. (February 29, 2008) – The Palestine Center is extremely concerned over a recent threat by Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai of a large-scale invasion on Gaza, the magnitude of which would be a “shoah,” the Hebrew word used to describe the Holocaust.
Thirty-two Palestinians, including ten under the age of 16, have been killed in Israeli strikes against Gaza since Wednesday morning.
For more than eight months, 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have lacked personal security and have experience food insecurity. The Palestine Center calls on the international community, specifically the United States, to bring an end to the Israeli strikes against Palestinian civilians and to avert a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
The Palestine Center is the educational program of the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development, an independent non-profit organization based in Washington, DC. Established in 1991, the Center provides a Palestinian perspective on U.S. policy in the Middle East, with particular emphasis on Palestine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For more information about The Palestine Center and the Fund’s cultural and humanitarian programs, visit The Jerusalem Fund.
