• One of the responsibilities of our Association is to educate the public about the plight of our families and relatives in the Holy Land. This is a difficult task with our limited resources. We urge all members to do what they can by writing to the administration and the press. In this section we will publish selected letters or articles from  Association members and others that address this issue. All letters and articles published here reflect the opinion of the writers only, they do not reflect the position of the Association unless clearly indicated.
  
  

Letters to the Administration and the Media:

• We have seen that letters to the U.S. State Department have been effective when sent in sufficient numbers. Now is the time to let the Bush administration know that this is an issue that he and his staff will have to deal with, this is an issue about which U.S. citizens are concerned. We ask all of our members, to send letters and faxes to the U.S. State Department demanding that the Bush administration use its influence to halt all land confiscations and seizures by Israel in the Occupied Territories.  Talking points for Letters:

• 1. Israel has already confiscated more than half of the land in the West bank and Gaza.
  
  2. The confiscation of land deprives farming families of their only means of supporting themselves. It also sections and isolates all the Palestinian cities.
  
  3. International law and Human Rights accords outlaw the confiscation of land by an occupying power, and land confiscation creates "facts on the ground" that
  prejudice negotiations in Israel's favor.
  
  4. Many of the families whose land has recently been confiscated have deeds    proving their ownership that go back to the Ottoman Empire.
  
  5. The U.S. must use its influence to insure that international law is observed and justly administered in Israel/Palestine.

• President George W. Bush,
  The White House
  1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
  Washington,    DC 20500
  
   Tel. 202-456-1414 Email: president@whitehouse.gov
   
• US Secretary of State Colin Powell,
  Department of State,
  2201 C St. NW
  Washington DC 20520
  
  State Dept.: Tel.: 202-647-4000, fax: 202-736 4461
                               Email:   secretary@state.gov
   
• The Honorable (Name of Your Congressman)
  Rayburn Building,
  Washington,  D.C. 20515
  To get the exact address, phone number and e-mail go to: www.house.gov
   
• The Honorable (Name of Your Senator)
  To get the name and exact address, phone and e-mail go to: www.senate.gov
   
• The Media and Newspapers:
  Go to FAIR Media Link website. It contains addresses and e-mail contacts of major US television, radio, newspapers and magazines. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting offers well-documented criticism of media bias, not only on the Middle East.  http://www.fair.org/media-contact-list.html#Network%20television
  

READ THESE GREAT LETTERS & ARTICLES:

• Letters to Administration.  Read letters from the Association to U.S. Secretary Collin Powell, Presidents George Bush and Bill  Clinton. 

• Letters & Articles in the Press. Letters and articles sent to and in the Media.

• Presentations and Speeches.  Presentations and Speeches made by Patriarch Sabbah, Association members and others.