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- 'Musa al-Hindi
Delivers Speech on Right Of Return in Vancouver'
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On Thursday, July 29, the
Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG) held a forum featuring
Al-Hindi at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre
campus. Itrath Syed, a PSG member and a New Democratic
Party candidate in the recent federal election, chaired
the event and introduced Al-Hindi, a member of Al-Awda,
the Palestine right to return coalition.
Musa al-Hindi’s presentation was an incisive look at the
plight of Palestinian refugees, and an inspirational
report on their resilient movement to achieve justice.
One self-described Zionist in the audience asked about
the refugees accepting compensation instead of return
and was flatly rebuked, as al-Hindi noted that under
United Nations resolution 194 and international law
Palestinians in the diaspora are entitled to
compensation and return.
The following evening, Friday, July 30, al-Hindi was a
keynote speaker at a successful fund-raising dinner for
the Palestine Community Centre in Vancouver attended by
over 100 people. The centre is less than a year-old, but
has already become a hub for the local community as well
as for grassroots activist organizations in the city,
providing services such as English and Arabic language
instruction and citizenship exam preparation.
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