Santa Catarina will join campaign to send medicine to Palestinians

21/06/2002 - 20h36

Florianópolis, 24 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - The state of Santa Catarina will join a campaign to send medicine to Palestinians injured in conflicts with the Israeli army. Since March, 40,000 people have been injured in the West Bank and Gaza. Governor Esperidião Amin, a member of the state Palestinian People Solidarity committee, after meeting Friday with representatives of the Islamic Society in Santa Catarina, said the moment calls for solidarity and that the conflict had become "dishuman." (AB)