RAMALLAH, January 2222, 2007, (WAFA)-International Solidarity Movement (ISM) said Monday that a youth band will perform the popular Russian folk song 'Katyusha' at Huwwara checkpoint on Wednesday 24th January at 12 noon.

In a statement, ISM pointed out that the band, in its performance of 'Katyusha" draws parallels between the persecution and ghettoization suffered by Jews in Eastern Europe under the Nazi regime and the current suffering of Palestinians.

"This project expresses the will of most Palestinians and represents their rejection of the Occupation without sacrificing their children or themselves," ISM said.

'Katyusha', a popular Soviet Second World War love song, was composed and written by two Russian Jewish musicians. The song was popular among Russian Jews who settled in Israel after the Holocaust in the late 1940s and 50s as it reminded them of their homeland.

M.H.(13:55 P)(11:55 GMT)