Announcement
You are invited to a Press Conference
Thursday, November 17th, 2005
9.00 – 11.00 am
Morrow Room, National Press Club
529 14th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20045
to launch
Open Bethlehem
an international campaign to save the city
An initiative spearheaded by the city’s civil institutions to keep alive
this international religious and cultural treasure
as the illegal* wall surrounding the town is completed
and the existence of this historic city is threatened
Keynote Speaker: Leila Sansour,
… the latest situation … the announcement of new initiatives …
Co-sponsored by the Bethlehem Association:
Speaker Dr. Edward Hazbun
Open Bethlehem website available from 9 November:
For further information contact:
pbourne@igc.org or betsoc@comcast.net
*The building of the wall has been declared illegal by the International Court of Justice in The Hague
