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May 18: Mass Protest for Palestine in Orange County
Mark 60th Year of Al-Nakba
End the Occupation! Support the Right of Return!
60 Years of Forced Exile - Time for Return!

Sunday, May 18, 2pm
512 S. Brookhurst St., Anaheim 92804
(Corner of Brookhurst & Orange)
Map and driving directions

Endorse May 18 Protest

Download Protest Flyer    Al-Awda Flyer

For more info call 213-251-1025 or email answerla@answerla.org. 

Join anti-war, community and progressive organizations, including the ANSWER Coalition, for a very important mass protest for Palestine on the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba ("Catastrophe").

Millions of Palestinians are refugees with an absolute, inalienable right to return to their homes in historic Palestine. Although the Palestinian right of return has been enshrined in international law, the U.S. and Israeli governments have resisted all efforts to make the right of return a reality. Instead, they have killed, bombed, starved and attacked the Palestinian people and their just struggle for national liberation at every turn. 

Car Caravan to Mass Protest

The May 18 protest in Anaheim was initiated as part of the 6th Int\'l Al-Awda Convention. The Convention will take place in Orange County from May 16-18. After the event closes, hundreds of people from the convention will participate in a car caravan with Palestinian flags from the convention site to the protest. There, they will join many hundreds more people at this mass protest action. We encourage you to attend the Convention (click here to register), but even if you do not, please meet us at the protest site at Brookhurst and Orange. May 18 will be the only major Southern California protest to mark the 60th year of Al-Nakba. Show solidarity with Palestine on May 18 in Orange County, the heart of Southern California\'s Arab and Muslim communities.

Speakers from Palestine & Local Community Leaders

Speakers at the May 18 Mass Protest include special guests from Palestine, Bishop Atallah Hanna, Chief Justice Dr. Sheikh Taiseer Al-Tamimi, and others, in addition to local community activists and leaders.

Protest called by Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Palestinian American Women Association, Free Palestine Alliance, National Council of Arab-Americans, Middle East Cultural and Information Center-San Diego, Arab Community Center of the Inland Empire, ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid-Southern California, Palestine Aid Society, Palestinian American Congress, Bethlehem Association, Al-Mubadara-SoCal, Union of Palestinian American Women, Birzeit Society, El-Bireh Society, Arab American Friends of Nazareth, Ramallah Club, International Action Center, Students for Justice in Palestine at CSUSB, UCLA & UCR, Students for International Knowledge at CSUSB, Muslim Students Association at Palomar College, UCSD & Mira Costa, and the Arab American Council. Endorsers welcome.

Click here to register for the Al-Awda Convention

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A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Act Now to Stop War and End Racism
213-251-1025
http://www.answerla.org
answerla@answerla.org
137 N. Virgil Ave., #201
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Join us every other Tuesday for the ANSWER activists meetings!