Stop
Settlements!
Boycott and Divest from Settlement
Supporters!
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As it
becomes increasingly clear that our government isn’t going to take real
action to stop Israel’s
settlement projects in the West Bank and East Jerusalem,
we must step up our individual actions to end these abominations. This November, there are several ways to
take action against settlements, including organizing around the Hang Up On Motorola boycott, striking
out the Hebron Fund at the Met’s Citi Field, and convening in Amherst, MA for
a national campus boycott, divestment & sanctions (BDS) conference.
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Become a local Hang Up On Motorola organizer
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Tell
the NY Mets to strike out the Hebron Fund
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Hang Up On Motorola – Stop Settlement Expansion
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Register for the
national campus BDS conference
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Motorola has long supported the Israeli
military and settlement industries and currently provides surveillance
systems and other forms of technical assistance to dozens of Israel’s illegal Jewish-only settlements,
including those in Hebron. Motorola’s surveillance systems allow
settlements to annex increasing amounts of Palestinian land. Join the Hang Up On Motorola boycott to bring more attention to this issue
in your community. You can order a Hang Up On Motorola campaign kit, which includes all the
resources you’ll need, by clicking here.
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The
settlement pictured above is in Hebron,
Occupied West Bank. This settlement’s
use of Motorola’s “virtual fence” prevents the Palestinian who owns the olive
trees in the foreground from tending his crops.
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We’re
also making a special push to get our
campaign and Motorola’s dirty profits into the media by commenting on
technology and consumer blogs with posts about Motorola’s new ‘Droid’ Phone. Motorola’s cell phone division has been
hemorrhaging money and they are pinning their hopes for profit on this one
new product. Simply search the
internet for “Moto Droid Launch” or similar keywords, and then leave a
comment about Motorola’s involvement in Israel’s occupation. Use our talking
points to guide your comment, click here
to download them. Your blog comments
will be even more effective if you include the following link to the Hang Up On Motorola boycott website: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=209. You can also get involved via Twitter. Click
here to follow us on Twitter,
then look for our tweet about Motorola and retweet it or send your own
message to Motorola’s Twitter account.
Strike out the Hebron Fund – End Settler Violence in the
city of “the Friend”
The
Hebron Fund is an organization that provides direct support to some of Israel’s
most violent settlers. Settlers supported by the Hebron Fund routinely
terrorize Palestinians in their fields, on the streets and in their homes –
some have even been convicted by Israeli courts of murdering Palestinians. You can learn more about settler violence
in Hebron by
visiting B’Tselem’s website here. Now the Hebron Fund is hoping to raise money to
increase the settler population of Hebron
at a dinner directly above the Jackie Robinson Rotunda in the Met’s Citi
Field. We’re asking the New York
Mets if Jackie Robinson would approve of a fundraiser for violent racists at
his home field. Click here
to send a letter to the Mets management asking them to boycott the Hebron
Fund’s fundraiser.
National Campus BDS Conference – Nov. 20-22nd
 When Hampshire College divested last
February we knew it was the start of something big. Keep
the momentum of the campus BDS movement growing by supporting or attending
Hampshire Students for Justice in Palestine’s upcoming national BDS Conference. The conference will offer skill building
workshops, strategy sessions and networking opportunities for students from
around the U.S.
to build their own BDS campaigns, click here to
view the full conference agenda. Registration is on a sliding scale and some travel and lodging
assistance is available, click here to register now. For more information, please consult Hampshire SJP’s website here.
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