Mission of Solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli members

31/08/2006
Press release
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The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) are sending a mission to Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip to express their solidarity with Israeli and Palestinian members. The mission will inquire into the current situation, on the one hand focusing on the one-month long war between the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and Hezbollah; and on the other, looking closer at the ongoing Israeli military operations in the Palestinian Territories, with special attention to the situation in the Gaza Strip.

The mission will leave for Israel and the Palestinian Territories on 29 August and return on 2 September. The mission will meet with key civil society actors.

The mission is composed by:

 Birgit Lindsnaes, EMHRN Executive Committee member
 David Bondia García, Federación De Asociaciones De Defensa Y Promoción De Los Derechos Humanos
 Marita Roos, EMHRN Project Coordinator
 Sophie Bessis, Deputy Secretary General, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)

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