Arab-American Leaders Voice Concerns About US Mid-East Policies

• June 3, 2003
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Washington, DC, May 25th — At a meeting with Bush Administration National Security officials, Arab-American and American Muslim leaders raised serious concerns about Israel’s violations of international and US laws in its attempts to suppress the Palestinian uprising in the Occupied Territories. The meeting, organized by ADC and the Arab American Institute (AAI), was attended by leaders of the major Arab and Muslim American organizations, including ADC President Hala Maksoud. They told Bruce Reidel, Special Assistant to the President on Middle East Affairs, that their communities were outraged by Israel’s brutal actions against Palestinian civilians and the lack of an adequate response from Washington.
ADC President Maksoud said “we strongly communicated that the United States needs to ensure that Israel stop gobbling up Palestinian land by expanding its illegal settlements, no matter what excuses are offered. And we made it very clear that the future of peace in the Middle East depends on the United States doing everything in its power to bring the Israeli occupation, which is the cause of the conflict, to a quick and complete end as demanded by international law.”
The group: