1. US CAMPAIGN UPDATE
* January 27th, 2007:
The US Campaign would like
to put out a call for Volunteers to help distribute and gather 25,000
postcards and fliers announcing the June 10th Mobilization during
the UFPJ March on Washington
on January 27th. The
postcards also include political demands which we plan on submitting to
Congress, so we need to get them signed and returned to us as well. If you
would like to volunteer to get signatures at the March, please write to office@endtheoccupation.org
* January 28th, 2007:
Join Josh Ruebner and Noura Erakat for Congressional Advocacy Day
US
Campaign’s Josh Ruebner and Noura Erakat will be giving teach-ins on January 28th
as part of UFPJ’s
Congressional Advocacy Day:
9:30-10:30AM: Mobilize for the 40th
Anniversary of Israeli Occupation
Location: Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School,
4301 East-West Highway,
Bethesda, MD.
Convenient
to the Bethesda Metro Station on the red line metro (please check www.wmata.com for public transportation
options).
Led by Josh Ruebner, Grassroots
Advocacy Coordinator, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
On June
10-11, 2007, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and UFPJ are
sponsoring a mobilization in Washington, DC to protest the 40th anniversary of Israel’s illegal military occupation of the
Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem, and
Gaza Strip.
The
mobilization will include a massive protest, large-scale teach-in, and
grassroots lobbying day. It is expected
to be the largest ever mobilization in the United States in support of
Palestinian human rights and a just peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
Come to
this session to find out more about these plans and how you and/or your
organization can get involved with this historic mobilization.
Click
here for more information about the mobilization.
10:30-11:30AM: Israeli Apartheid: Is Jimmy
Carter Right?
Location: Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School,
4301 East-West Highway,
Bethesda, MD.
Convenient
to the Bethesda Metro Station on the red line metro (please check www.wmata.com for public transportation
options).
Led by Noura Erakat, National
Grassroots Organizer/Legal Advocate,
US Campaign to
End the Israeli Occupation
Former
President Jimmy Carter has stirred up controversy with his new book entitled “Palestine: Peace Not
Apartheid”. In it, Carter claims that Israel is pursuing apartheid policies in the West Bank.
This
workshop will examine Israel’s
policies toward the Palestinian people—living under military occupation in the
West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip; as second-class citizens of Israel;
and as refugees—using an anti-apartheid frame of reference.
The US
Campaign will distribute fact sheets and other resources at this workshop for
you to use in your communities to educate people about the apartheid nature of
Israeli policies toward Palestinians.
 * June 10th -11th, 2007:
The World Says NO to Israeli Occupation!
Mobilization
in Washington, DC
On June
10-11, 2007, the US Campaign and United for Peace and Justice are sponsoring a
two-day mobilization in Washington, DC to protest the 40th anniversary of Israel's illegal military occupation of the
Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem, and
Gaza Strip. Under the banner, "The World Says No to Israeli
Occupation", the US
Campaign and UFPJ will hold a massive rally, teach-in, and grassroots lobbying
day. Get involved today! Click here
to see what you can do!
Your tax-deductible
donation will strengthen our work this year. We have some really exciting plans
for 2007. This month, we'll be launching our new anti-apartheid
framework and plans for a huge demonstration in Washington, DC to protest the
40th anniversary of Israel's
illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem in June. But we can't do it without your
support, so please donate today!
* US Campaign
in the News: Jewish
Telegraphic Agency (JTA) article in response to the January 10th
announcement of the June 10th Mobilization.
* Thanks to the generosity of
you—our supporters—the US Campaign has replanted over
1000 trees in Palestine through our friends at Zatoun during this
holiday season.
* For a limited time, we also have in
stock a beautiful 2007 wall calendar
entitled "The Exodus & the Odyssey". The calendars feature
reproductions of the works of Palestinian artist Tamam Al-Akhal.
The calendar makes a great
holiday gift item. We're selling copies of the calendar for $20 each, which
includes shipping and handling. To order, click here.
 * The US
Campaign issued an action alert and press advisory coinciding with the
publication of former President Jimmy Carter’s new book entitled “Palestine: Peace Not
Apartheid”.
Click here for
ideas on how you can use Carter’s new book to raise awareness in the United
States of Israel’s apartheid policies toward Palestinians.
2. MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
* January 27th, 2007: UFPJ’s Bring the
Mandate for Peace to Washington
DC Rally and March
Join United for Peace and Justice in a
massive march on Washington,
D.C., on Saturday, January 27, to
call on Congress to take immediate action to end the war.
On Mon.,
January 29, we'll take our message directly to individual members of the
Congress during our Congressional Education Day.
Click here to see what you can do to make
this a success! *January 27th, 2007: FEEDER
MARCH: Contingent for Justice in the Middle East: Palestine, Iraq,
Lebanon
The
Contingent will be gathering at 9th and 0 St, NW at 11 am on January 27th. We
will then proceed to walk down 7th
Street through Chinatown
(where there will be significant traffic on Saturday) to the Capitol where
folks will be gathering for the UFPJ rally east of the Capitol.
Supported
by: Coalition for Justice and Accountability, Adalah-NY, Palestinian American
Congress, and Connecticut United for Peace http://tinyurl.com/ybxnsl
* The US Campaign to End the
Israeli Occupation would like to highlight to its member groups an
accomplishment of Americans United for
Palestinian Human Rights (AUPHR), a member group, that has recently
published a book now available on Amazon
called “Dangerous Omissions: How US Media Perpetuate the Palestinian-Israeli
Conflict”.
A brief book description: “The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is at the
center of one of the most strategically important regions of the world. For
anyone who has looked at the headlines, stories and editorials on
Palestine-Israel and wondered what they were missing, this book has the
irrefutable answers. Through a yearlong study of a major American newspaper,
readers will learn how the news and editorial coverage of the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict falls far short of numerous journalistic
standards. Dangerous Omissions is must reading for those concerned with peace,
justice, and that bastion of democracy, a free press.”
6. RESOURCES &
EDUCATION
* Tell
Amazon.com to Treat Carter’s Book Fairly
Online
giant favors hostile review, omits former president's latest book from
bestseller list
Berkeley, CA – More than 10,000 customers of
Amazon.com signed an online petition threatening to close their accounts and
take their business elsewhere if the Internet shopping site continues to
present a new book by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in an unusually
negative light. Read the petition in full here: http:///www.petitiononline.com/Amazon07/
The
petition, posted at http://www.petitiononline.com/Amazon07
accuses Amazon of treating Carter's Palestine:
Peace Not Apartheid unfairly by posting a lengthy and unabashedly hostile
review on the page where it lists the book, in a section normally reserved for
short, even-handed descriptions of the title in question.
*
January 18th – 31st,
February 1st – 9th, 2007: 22 City Tour with
Combatants for Peace
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom is pleased to
announce that our 22-city speaking tour with Combatants for Peace will launch today in Atlanta, Georgia.
The tour will then proceed to metropolitan areas across the country: Raleigh, New York City, Philadelphia, New Haven, Bridgeport, Amherst, Albany, Providence, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Chicago, St. Louis, Columbia, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Portland, Eugene and
finally Seattle.
The
Combatants for Peace movement was founded in 2005 by Israelis and Palestinians
who were once actively involved in perpetuating the cycle of violence. They
decided to put down their weapons, and to fight instead for peace through
dialogue, reconciliation and educational outreach. In addition to organizing
countless meetings between Israeli and Palestinian veterans, the Combatants for
Peace have worked together to raise the consciousness in both larger Israeli
and Palestinian societies of the aspirations and fears of those on the
"other side," and in so doing to create partners in dialogue. For
tour schedule, click here
(http://ga3.org/btvshalom/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=4964489)
* February 5th, 2007:
Women in Black-Los Angeles
invites you to join in a silent vigil at the performances of the Israeli
Philharmonic at Disney Hall
Monday,
February 5th, 2007 6:30pm-8:00pm
Tuesday,
February 6th, 2007 6:30pm-8:00pm
See our
letters to the Israel and
L.A. Philharmonic Orchestras on our website at http://www.wib-la.org/
Our letter to the Israel Philharmonic asking them to publicly oppose Israel's occupation of Palestine was signed by 800 supporters
worldwide.
Contact us
at womeninblackla@gmail.com or at (323) 993-3322
* June 21st-24th,
2007: Free
Minds, Free People: A National Conference in Education for Liberation
Free Minds, Free People is a national conference whose aim is to bring together
teachers, youth, parents, researchers and community-based educators from across
the country to begin building a movement to develop and promote Education for
Liberation. Education for Liberation is an umbrella term used to describe the
work of people who are trying to link education, social justice and activism.
This conference is being organized by The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, the Chicago
Freedom School Project, and the Education for Liberation Network and the University of Chicago’s Center for Urban School Improvement.
For more information on how to apply, see the attached Call for Proposals.
Questions? Call 212 283 7044 or email freeminds@brotherhood-sistersol.org.
* The Palestine Freedom Project is seeking
interns, for academic credit or stipend, for Spring 2007. Interns will join existing volunteers in
conducting critical research, developing resources, and expanding PFP's
international activist network. These
positions offer significant opportunities for personal and professional
development as interns gain hands-on grassroots organizing experience. For more information on internships with PFP,
visit www.pfproject.org/intern.html.
4. OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
*
Spring – Fall 2007 Schedule: March 17th -31st; May 26th-June
9th; July 28th-August 11th; November 3rd-17th:
Interfaith
Peace-Builders Delegations to Israel/Palestine
Interfaith
Peace-Builders (IFPB) sends delegations to Israel
and Palestine
so that US citizens can see the conflict with their own eyes. Participants have
the opportunity to learn directly from Israeli and Palestinian nonviolent
peace/human-rights activists, to spend time in Palestinian and Israeli homes,
and to experience the situation of Palestinians living under military
occupation. For more information, contact the IFPB office directly by phone
(202-244-0821) or email (middleeast@forusa.org
)
* June 2nd – 20th,
2007: Zajel
International Voluntary Work Camp
An-Najah National
University is pleased to invite youth and
adults up to 35, to take part in the “Step in the right direction” summer work
camp. This project has been designed to provide international students and
professionals the opportunity to meet and discuss the Middle
East conflict, share ideas, enhance practical skills, foster
relationships, and give assistance to members of the Palestinian community.
The
international summer work camp, “Step in the right direction”, will bring
together 25 young people from around the world who are interested in helping
create a better world. We are specifically targeting people who are working
with organizations led by young people that address humanitarian issues and
social justice. We strongly encourage highly motivated and serious young men
and women to apply.
For more
information, please click here (http://youth.zajel.org/summer_camps/camp2007/announcing.htm)
* MECA
Delegation August 2007: Come with MECA to Palestine/Israel!
For
seventeen years, MECA has taken small groups to the West Bank, Gaza
and Israel. MECA staff and local guides introduce you to
activists, journalists, aid workers, teachers, social workers and others living
under occupation. We’ll stay with our “Ibdaa family” in Dheisheh refugee camp,
and visit other MECA partners and friends throughout Palestine/
Israel.
For
information, please contact:
Deborah
Agre or Josie Shields-Stromsness deborah@mecaforpeace.org,
josie@mecaforpeace.org
510-548-0542
* Volunteer
in Tel Rumeida!
Tel
Rumeida Project is an organization solely for work purposes (i.e. it is not
an organization for its own sake.) Therefore, volunteers are expected to
be able to function well with instruction and independently. Volunteers will be
working in the neighborhood of Tel Rumeida, Hebron, keeping a presence on the streets to
prevent against settler attacks and soldier/police harassment of the
Palestinian residents who live in the neighborhood. For more information, please
see http://www.telrumeidaproject.org/Volunteer.html
Occupation
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The US
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policies that sustain Israel's
39-year occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, and that deny equal rights for all.
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