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For Immediate Release
February 7, 2004
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US CAMPAIGN TO END THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION/CFL ALERT: URGE BALANCE ON BIASED
BRIEFING ON ISRAEL’S APARTHEID WALL
On 2/10/04 Dennis Ross and David Makovsky, both biased towards Israel, will be
briefing congress on the apartheid wall being created on stolen Palestinian
land. Please take a moment to let your representatives know that this issue
concerns you and that you are disappointed that the information provided to
congress on Tuesday will not be balanced.
TAKE ACTION
*Rep. Ros-Lehtinen is holding a briefing on Tuesday, February 10, 11:00 AM,
2200 Rayburn House Office Building on “Israel’s construction of a security
fence in the West Bank.” The only presenters at the briefing will be
Ambassador Dennis Ross and Mr. David Makovsky, both of whom work for the
Washington Institute for Near East Policy (a pro-Israeli/Zionist Institute).
Email, call and/or fax the office of Rep.Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chair of the
Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia of the House International
Relations Committee and of other representatives who serve on this committee
and demand that they request a balanced and fair briefing.
TALKING POINTS:
*Briefings sponsored by congress should be balanced and include diverse
perspectives on controversial issues so that our representatives are
adequately informed of policy issues and their implications.
* The briefing sponsored by Rep. Ros-Lehtinen on Israel’s apartheid wall on
Tuesday will be unbalanced because its list of speakers represent the views of
only one partisan organization.
*Ambassador Dennis Ross and Mr. David Makovsky both work for the Washington
Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), an institution founded by staff and
supporters of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which
describes itself as “America’s pro-Israel lobby.”
*Representatives of WINEP, described by some as AIPAC’s “think-tank spin-off”,
are not capable of articulating a balanced view on Israel’s Wall. The list of
speakers should include representatives of organizations that support a US
foreign policy toward Israel/Palestine that is based on human rights and
international law rather than on support for military occupation.
Organizations that are critical of the human rights violations caused by
Israel’s Wall should be invited to address this briefing too.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Office of Rep. Ros-Lehtinen: phone 202-225-3931, fax 202-225-5620. Her foreign
policy legislative assistant is Fred Ratliff. Contact information for other
sub-committee members is below.
OTHER SUB-COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO CONTACT:
Steve Chabot (R-OH): phone 202-225-2216, fax 202-225-3012
John McHugh (R-NY): phone 202-225-4611, fax 202-226-0621
Nick Smith (R-MI): phone 202-225-6276, fax 202 225-6281
Jo Ann Davis (R-VA): phone 202-225-4261, fax 202-225-4382
Mike Pence (R-IN): phone 202-225-3021, fax 202-225-3382
Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI): phone 202-225-8171, fax 202-225-2667
Joseph Pitts (R-PA): phone 202-225-2411, fax 202-225-2013
Katherine Harris (R-FL): phone 202-225-5015, fax 202-226-0828
Gary Ackerman (D-NY): phone 202-225-2601, fax 202-225-1589
Howard Berman (D-CA): phone 202-225-4695, fax 202-225-3196
Eliot Engel (D-NY): phone 202-225-2464, fax 202-225-5513
Joseph Crowley (D-NY): phone 202-225-3965, fax 202-225-1909
Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA): phone 202-225-6111, fax 202-226-0611
Shelley Berkley (D-NV): phone 202-225-5965, fax 202-225-3119
Adam Schiff (D-CA): phone 202-225-4176, fax 202-225-5828
Chris Bell (D-TX): phone 202-225-7508, fax 202-225-2947
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