Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:27 PM

Pictures of Hundreds of Palestinian children  peacefully demonstrating in Beitlehm against the wall.

 Dear friends,

Palestine Children's Welfare Fund is pleased to announce that it  sponsored an Eid and Christmas party for the children in Bethlehem  during the past week. Hundreds of children attended a balloon party  during which the children held signs in nine different languages  demanding the end of the illegal Israeli occupation and the  dismantling of the apartheid wall. The children received gifts paid  for by some of our generous donors and volunteers and walked the  streets of Bethlehem demanding the end of the occupation and the  freedom to go visit their relatives in other Palestinian towns.

 Muslim and Christian children carried the signs and the balloons  through the streets of Bethlehem and then released the signs and the  balloons with the colors of the Palestinian flags, hoping that a world  deaf to their cries might see the signs and read them. Also, the  children carried signs to thank the various churches around the United  States that supported them during the Christmas holidays and held  events to educate their members on the plight of the children of  Palestine and Bethlehem in particular.

The languages of the signs are spoken by more than 4 billion people,  and the children of Bethlehem hope that at least one percent of these  people might see their pleas.

 This wall has to come down and the occupation must come to an end.  Let the children go to their homes in Palestine.

 If you wish to help us work for the children and with the people of  Bethlehem and Palestine, please feel free to contact us, so we can  provide you with educational material to distribute in your community.

 Thanks for your patience and support

Salamat