American Muslims for Palestine - NJ Chapter

AMP is an American organization founded by Americans in 2006. Our sole purpose is to educate the American public and media about issues related to Palestine and its rich cultural and historical heritage. We work to put a human face on Palestinians so the public will come to know them as people with the same aspirations, hopes and dreams for freedom and justice that we as Americans hold dear. We al

so work to educate the public and media about Israel’s occupation of Palestine, the last and longest-lasting occupation in the world. We shed light on the plight of the more than 7 million Palestinian refugees, the largest and longest-lasting group of refugees in the world. We work to highlight Israel’s flagrant and continual violations of international law and human rights abuses of Palestinians in the construction of settlements, the apartheid wall and the more than 600 checkpoints, obstacles and other barriers to the freedom of movement. We expose Israel’s denial of civil rights to its Palestinian citizens, including a segregated school system, the denial of services to Palestinians living in so-called ‘unrecognized villages,’ and the prohibition of certain fields of study and careers. We do all this in the fervent belief that when Americans come to know about Israel’s occupation of Palestine and how our tax dollars support it, they will not stand for it and will pressure Congress to create a more balanced Middle East foreign policy that grants equal rights for everyone who lives in the Holy Land. We are a strictly American organization working for Americans in America. All of our fundraising is conducted within the United States; all of our funds and work is kept within the US. We are not affiliated with any mosque or other Islamic organization.