About

The Coalition for Palestinian Rights (CPR) is a Minnesota based coaltion that includes many Twin Cities activists and groups that are in solidarity with Palestinian rights. It was agreed that the CPR would support and work towards the following:
1) The application of international law and requirement that Israel abide by such law, including:
a. U.N. Resolutions 194 (Right of Return)
b. U.N. Resolution 242 and 338 (End Israeli occupation of West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem)
c. International Court of Justice ruling – in particular the advisory opinion of 2005 declaring the Wall illegal
d. Geneva Convention and other applicable Human Rights laws (including among other things, treatment of civilians in occupied territories (assassination, imprisonment, torture) and import of settlers into that territory)

2) The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination including:
a. Respect for their democratic choices
b. Right to a viable state

3) End to Unconditional Military Aid to Israel, with some of the conditions including:
a. Application of point #1 above.
4) General support for Divestment movements happening around the world to end funding for Israeli apartheid.

Please contact us at Coalition_for_Palestinian_Rights@yahoo.com

Join our announcement list at  CPRMN-Announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Participating Organizations include:

Al-Asqa Foundation

American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee – Minnesota Chapter

Anti-War Committee

Arab Community Center

Direct Action to Stop War & Occupation

International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN)-MN

Jews For An End To The Occupation (JFAETTO)

Middle East Peace Now — Florence Steichen, 651-696-1642 steichenfm@usfamily.net

Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign (MN BBC)

National Lawyers Guild – Minnesota Chapter

Palestine-Israel Justice Project of the Minnesota United Methodist Church

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) U of MN

Women Against Military Madness

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom