GAZA SHALL LIVE!

17.05.2008

Forum and concert - May 17th, 2008

19.00

Weltcafe /Schwarzspanierstr.15,
1090 Vienna

60 years
after the massive expulsion of the Palestinians from their home country a
murderous embargo makes 1,5 million people in Gaza struggle for survival.

The
campaign “GAZA SHALL LIVE” calls on the Austrian government and the European
Union to lift the embargo on the Gaza Strip in order to prevent a humanitarian
catastrophe.

Panellists:

Gamal
Elkoudary

Independent
Representative of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Gaza

Karin
Resetarits

Member of
the European Parliament

Fritz
Edlinger

General
Secretary of the Society for Austrian-Arab Relations

Franz
Sieder

Catholic
priest / Amstetten

Viola Raheb

Consultant,
Vienna - Palestine

Peter
Melvyn

European
Jews for a Just Peace – Austria

Paula
Abrams-Hourani

Women in
Black – Vienna

Anas
Schakfeh

President
of the Islamic Community in Austria

Dr. Zuheir
Elwazer, Ambassador at the Permanent Mission of Palestine to the Austrian
Federal Government, is introducing the forum.

The current
situation in Gaza is presented by Hermas Hermas, Coordination in Support of
Palestine.

Concert
performed by

Moufid Nehme, Lebanon

Marwan Abado, Palestine

Presentation
of Palestinian popular dances (Dabke)