(E/25/2001)

BADIL Resource Center
16 April 2001
For Immediate Release

Starting with this March issue, AL-MAJDAL is published in magazine format and the editorial team at BADIL is assisted by a new editorial advisory board composed of Palestinian and international experts and activists in the global right-of-return network. We thus hope to increase the relevance of AL-MAJDAL as a tool for information and sustained advocacy for Palestinian refugee rights at a time when increased violence and the intransigence of Israel's Sharon government have created a situation where immediate protection needs of the Palestinian people, rather than negotiations about a just and durable solution of the historical Israeli-Palestinian/Arab conflict, have moved into the forefront of public debate. In the context of the prolonged emergency situation in the 1967 occupied territories, only an active and worldwide right-of-return network can ensure that the Palestinian refugees' rights of return and restitution will remain on the agenda of international policymakers. AL-MAJDAL is dedicated to, and aims to serve, all those who share with us in this effort.

AL-MAJDAL, Issue No. 9 includes:

• "Facing the Right of Return": update on activities in the framework of the Campaign for the Defense of Palestinian Refugee Rights
• International (Refugee) Protection: "Palestinian Refugees and the al-Aqsa Intifada" (BADIL Report); summary and analysis: the Report by the UN Special Commission of Inquiry; the "Mitchell" Committee and the "Or" Commission of Inquiry inside Israel
• In Memoriam: Palestinian victims of Israeli violence
• Background: Venues for Prosecuting Individuals Charged with International Crimes (BADIL Legal Unit)
• Feature: "Seven Day Horror; How the Sabra and Shatila Massacre was Buried with the Victims" (Rosemary Sayigh)
• Refugee Assistance: UNRWA and al-Aqsa Intifada
• Refugee Voices: "Palestinian Kids Express their Anger and Frustration to UN Officials" (Aidun-Lebanon)
• BADIL Resources
• Document Section

Note: Due to the fact that delivery of AL-MAJDAL has been delayed, Issue No. 9 will be made available on our website (pdf format) in two to three days. For subscription orders, please send a check of U.S.

$20 (or equivalent in your local currency) to BADIL Resource Center, address below.

PO Box 728, Bethlehem, Palestine; tel/fax. 02-2747346; email: info@badil.org

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