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Email: iacenter@iacenter.orgOctober 22, 2000
Dear Friend,
In less than a week, we are sending an emergency delegation to Palestine. The purpose of our delegation, organized by the International Action Center, is to bring back a first-hand report documenting the repression inflicted by the Israeli army inside the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza and inside the 1948 borders of Israel.
The delegation will also bring medical supplies for Palestinian hospitals which have been declared a state of medical emergency due to the heavy casualties inflicted by the Israeli repression -111 Palestinians killed and nearly 4,000 seriously wounded.
To help people here understand the magnitude of the Palestinian suffering it is useful to point out that if the Palestinian casualty rate was applied proportionally to the United States, the number of dead would be 10,000 and the number of wounded would approach 400,000 people.
The Medical Emergency is gravely compounded because Palestinian patients are unable to travel to the hospital and clinics because of Israeli army checkpoints. As shown in the letter from Dr. Mustafa Bargouthi, the paralysis inflicted on the Palestinian Primary Health Care system constitutes a flagrant violation of the human rights of sick and wounded people.
We urgently appeal to you to make a generous financial contribution to the purchase of medicine that will be taken by our delegation to the West Bank and Gaza. It is only the self-sacrifice and generosity of our friends and supporters that allows us to carry out this important work.
As people in the United States we feel a special responsibility to take immediate action. The Israeli aggression is directly financed by the United States at a rate of more than $10 million each day. The whole world is watching to see if the people of this country take the initiative in raising the banner of solidarity with a people who are heroically resisting occupation.
Please join us now in this effort!
Sincerely,
Ramsey Clark
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