[WCUSP] Fwd: Take Action: Help Set Agenda for Bush Visit to Palestine/Israel

[Tura Campanella Cook]

WILPF is a coalition member of the US Campaign to End the Israeli 
Occupation.  Here is a recommended action.

WILPF's ME campaign is urging a similar action to support human rights 
in Gaza.  Branches will receive postcards to sign.  Members-at-large: 
please respond to turacc at earthlink.net (not this message) if you would 
like to receive postcards for our action!

Thank you.
Tura C. Cook

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> From: US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation 
> <uscampaign at mail.democracyinaction.org>
> Date: January 3, 2008 9:32:03 AM CST
> To: turacc at earthlink.net
> Subject: Take Action: Help Set Agenda for Bush Visit to 
> Palestine/Israel
> Reply-To: uscampaign at mail.democracyinaction.org
>
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> Take Action: Help Set Agenda for Bush Visit to
>  Palestine/Israel
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> President Bush will visit the Occupied Palestinian West Bank and 
> Israel on the first leg of a tour of the Middle East from Jan. 8-16.?
>
> According to a White House press release, Bush will meet separately 
> with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and 
> Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
>
> The meetings aim to "follow up on the progress made at Annapolis in 
> helping Israelis and Palestinians to advance their efforts toward 
> peace and achievement of the President's vision of two democratic 
> states living side-by-side in peace and security, as well as encourage 
> Israeli/Arab reconciliation."
>
> TAKE ACTION: Contact the White House and demand that President Bush 
> raise concerns with Israeli leaders about steps that Israel has taken 
> since Annapolis that are inimical to peace.? To take action, click 
> here.
>
> Talking Points:
>
> * Since the Annapolis conference took place on Nov. 28, re-launching 
> Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, the Israeli army has killed 51 
> Palestinians, including 5 civilians, wounded 84, and arrested 175 
> civilians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.? (Statistics compiled from 
> Weekly Reports of the Palestinian  Center for Human Rights, Nov. 
> 29-Dec. 26.)? These Israeli attacks have continued despite an 
> offer?rejected by Israel?from Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on December 
> 18 to negotiate a ceasefire with Israel.? Israel must end its policy 
> of extra-judicial assassinations and military attacks against the 
> Occupied Palestinian Territories. ?????
>
> * On December 23, Israel's Construction Ministry confirmed that its 
> 2008 budget includes plans to build 500 housing units in Jabal Abu 
> Ghneim (Har Homa) and 240 housing units in Ma'aleh Adumim, illegal 
> Israeli colonies in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank. In the Joint 
> Understanding read at the Annapolis conference, Israeli and 
> Palestinian leaders "commit[ed] to immediately implement their 
> respective obligations under the performance-based road map", which 
> includes a complete freeze on Israel's colonization activities.? 
> Israel must end construction in its illegal colonies in the Occupied 
> West Bank and begin dismantling them.
>
> * Israel has maintained its siege on the Occupied Palestinian 
> Territories since the Annapolis conference, resulting in a 
> humanitarian crisis, especially in the Gaza Strip.? In a November 2007 
> report, "Dignity Denied in the Occupied Palestinian Territories", the 
> International Red Cross noted:? "The dignity of the Palestinians is 
> being trampled underfoot day after day, both in the West Bank and in 
> Gaza. Israel's harsh security measures come at an enormous 
> humanitarian cost, leaving those living under occupation with just 
> enough to survive, but not enough to live normal and dignified 
> lives?Only prompt, innovative and courageous political action can 
> change the harsh reality of this long-standing occupation, restore 
> normal social and economic life to the Palestinian people, and allow 
> them to live their lives in dignity."? Israel must lift its siege on 
> the Gaza Strip and the collective punishment of its inhabitants and 
> open Gaza's border to both the free flow of humanitarian aid and 
> trade.???
>
> TAKE ACTION NOW: click here.
>
> US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
>
> DONATE | SUBSCRIBE | UNSUBSCRIBE
>
> ?
>
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