[WCUSP] Fwd: [Action Alert] After Beit Hanun, Before Olmert's Visit: Demand US Diplomacy Now!

[yvonne simmons]

--- Brit Tzedek v'Shalom <info at btvshalom.org> wrote:

> Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:45:14 GMT
> From: "Brit Tzedek v'Shalom" <info at btvshalom.org>
> To: "Yvonne Simmons" <roweenayvonne at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Action Alert] After Beit Hanun, Before
> Olmert's Visit: Demand US Diplomacy Now!
> 
> AFTER BEIT HANUN, BEFORE OLMERT'S VISIT: DEMAND U.S.
> DIPLOMACY
> NOW!
> 
> Dear Yvonne Simmons,
> 
> In the wake of the deadly IDF attack on Beit Hanun,
> and in
> anticipation of Prime Minister Olmert's visit to the
> U.S. on
> Monday, now is the time to contact President Bush
> and demand
> vigorous U.S. diplomacy to end the violence in Gaza
> and renew
> the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians.
>
[http://ga3.org/campaign/olmert_visit/wwxin6izh5bkejw?
> ]
> 
> Yesterday, with American media focused on election
> results, 19
> Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children,
> were killed in
> an apparently errant Israeli shelling of a
> Palestinian apartment
> complex in Beit Hanun, Gaza. Though Israeli
> officials have
> expressed regret over technological problems that
> led to the
> attack, the shelling triggered immediate calls from
> Hamas
> political chief in-exile Khaled Meshal for renewed
> terrorist
> attacks inside of Israel. This attack further
> exacerbates
> ongoing tensions between rival parties Hamas and
> Fatah inside
> Gaza that risk breaking out in a full-fledged war
> that could,
> yet again, engulf the entire region in conflict.
> 
> President Bush has the opportunity this Monday to
> demonstrate
> American leadership by working with Israeli Prime
> Minister Ehud
> Olmert to end the violence in Gaza and negotiate a
> full
> ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians.
> Discussions
> between the two should also include: restarting the
> peace
> process between Israel and the Palestinian
> Authority, freezing
> Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank,
> increasing
> humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, and
> opening the Gaza
> border crossings.
> 
> On election day, Americans across the country
> expressed their
> desire for the U.S. to think afresh about foreign
> policy,
> especially in the Middle East. Tell President Bush
> to take the
> first step by ending six years of U.S. neglect in
> the
> Israeli-Palestinian conflict and pursuing vigorous
> diplomacy
> now!
>
[http://ga3.org/campaign/olmert_visit/wwxin6izh5bkejw?
> ]
> 
> L'shalom,
> 
> Diane Balser, Chair of Advocacy
> Steve Masters, Co-Chair of Advocacy 
> Rob Levy, Washington Representative
> 
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>
http://ga3.org/campaign/olmert_visit/wwxin6izh5bkejw?
> 
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> INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND VIA THE WEB:
> If you have access to a web browser, you can take
> action on this
> alert by going to the following URL:
> 
>
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> 
> 
> Your letter will be addressed and sent to:
> President George W. Bush 
> 
> ----THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT IN YOUR NAME----
> Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted
> here],
> 
> As an American Jew, I am deeply concerned over the
> ongoing
> violence in Gaza, including the errant IDF attack on
> Beit Hanun
> that killed 19 Palestinian civilians, as well as its
> consequent
> impact on Israel's security. In your meeting with
> Israeli Prime
> Minister Olmert, I urge you to work with him to end
> the violence
> in Gaza and renew the peace process between Israel
> and the
> Palestinians.
> 
> Though Israeli officials have expressed regret over
> technological problems that led to the attack, the
> shelling
> triggered immediate calls from Hamas political chief
> in-exile
> Khaled Meshal for renewed terrorist attacks inside
> of Israel.
> This attack further exacerbates ongoing tensions
> between rival
> parties Hamas and Fatah inside Gaza that risk
> breaking out in a
> full-fledged war that could, yet again, engulf the
> entire region
> in conflict.
> 
> You have the opportunity to demonstrate American
> leadership by
> working with Prime Minister Olmert to end the
> violence in Gaza
> and negotiate a full ceasefire between Israel and
> the
> Palestinians. Your discussions should also include:
> restarting
> the peace process between Israel and the Palestinian
> Authority,
> freezing Israeli settlement construction in the West
> Bank,
> increasing humanitarian aid to the Palestinian
> people, and
> opening the Gaza border crossings.
> 
> On election day, Americans across the country
> expressed their
> desire for the U.S. to think afresh about foreign
> policy,
> especially in the Middle East. Please take the first
> step by
> showing real movement towards peace in your meeting
> with Prime
> Minister Olmert. 
> 
> ----END OF LETTER TO BE SENT----
> 
> Sincerely,
> Yvonne Simmons
> 
>
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