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Subject: [HumanRights] Three actions and news and views on Israeli apartheid


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> Yesterday was the (UN designated) International Day of Solidarity with the
> Palestinian People.
>
> ACTION: Palestinians are the Priority Petition
> http://www.petitiononline.com/grosveno/petition.html
>
> ACTION: Submit this piece to your local paper and Write letters of support
> (see link below)
> APARTHEID:  Israelis adopt what South Africa dropped By JOHN DUGARD
> "Many aspects of Israel's occupation surpass those of the apartheid 
> regime.
> Israel's large-scale destruction of Palestinian homes, leveling of
> agricultural lands, military incursions and targeted assassinations of
> Palestinians far exceed any similar practices in apartheid South Africa. 
> No
> wall was ever built to separate blacks and whites."
> http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2006/11/29/1129edcarter.html
> Zionist groups are mobilizing to get letters to attack this article. To
> write letters to support the article, use this link
> http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/letters/sendletter.html
>
> ACTION: Call and support ending the US support for Apartheid Israel, 
> support
> Jimmy Carter in calling what is happening apartheid
> Nancy Pelosi (202) 225-4965 -- a nice staffer will take your message
> The DNC (Democratic National Committee, Gov. Howard Dean) 202-863-8000
>
> Also write letters to your local and national media (newspapers, TV, 
> radio).
>  Insist that they tell the truth.
>
> NEWS AND VIEWS
> Dr. Jeff Halper responds to two Zionists in the Kansas City Jewish 
> Chronicle
> "Security is not the issue; Israel's exclusive claim over the entire 
> country
> west of the Jordan, which leaves no place for the Palestinians, is. Almost
> no element of the Occupation can be explained by security: not the 300-400
> settlements (and they are illegal; the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits 
> an
> Occupying Power from moving its population into an occupied territory - 
> and
> even your government considers the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza
> occupied); not the construction of 29 Jewish-only highways linking the
> settlements to Israel.....more"
> http://tinyurl.com/ydf28y
>
> ICRC report on Palestinian Impoverishment: A growing number of households 
> in
> the Palestinian territories are becoming impoverished, according to a 
> report
> recently completed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
> http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/palestine-news-211106?opendocument
>
> Refugees Are The Key: Israel should admit its historical responsibility to
> the Palestinian people and recognize the rights of the refugees. by SAM
> BAHOUR
> http://baltimorechronicle.com/2006/112706BAHOUR.shtml
>
> Are Israeli actions against Palestinians Genocide?
> http://www.counterpunch.org/christison11272006.html
>
> Muslim lawyer wrongly arrested by the FBI settles case against the US
> government for $2 million
> http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/us-to-pay-2-million-for-false-terror/20061129125409990003?_ccc=3&cid=842
>
> Ten thousand orthodox Jews protest the existence of a "Jewish State"
> http://www.nkusa.org/activities/demonstrations/2006Nov9.cfm
>
> Ali Abunimah and Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi addressed on
> Democracy Now the current situation in Palestine, the role of US policy, 
> and
> former President Jimmy Carter's new book on Palestine. To read the
> transcript or listen to audio:
> http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6128.shtml
>
> Mazin
> http://qumsiyeh.org
> http://www.wheelsofjusticetour.org
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