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For Immediate Release
January 31, 2004
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CFL ALERT: ASK YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDEMN ISRAELI VIOLENCE THAT HAS LEFT
OVER 38 PALESTINIANS DEAD IN THE PAST FOUR WEEKS.
Ask your representatives to speak out against Israeli crimes. Yesterday, the
State Department issued a statement condemning the suicide bombing in
Jerusalem that left 10 Israelis dead. Yet in the last 4 weeks, over 38
Palestinians civilians were killed by the IOF, 314 were injured and over 600
left homeless in Gaza. The Bush administration refuses to admonish the
Israelis over their indiscriminate killings of scores of innocent men, women
and children. We call on people of conscience everywhere to contact their
representatives and ask that they take a principled and educated stand in this
conflict. Condemning Palestinian attacks on Israelis while ignoring Israeli
attacks against innocent Palestinian civilians is not helpful and will do
nothing to advance the cause of peace in the region.
TAKE ACTION:
*Ask your representatives why they remained silent as the IOF killed 38
Palestinians, maimed another 314 innocent civilians and left over 600
Palestinians homeless in the last two weeks alone. Ask why, as an “honest
broker,” the United States refuses to condemn the atrocities perpetrated
against Palestinians.
*Tell your representatives that unfettered U.S. support for Israeli crimes
will affect how you vote in the next election. For the sake of domestic
security, this country cannot afford to support regimes like Israel which show
such a blatant disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians. Ask your
elected officials if they have the will and courage to speak out against
Israeli oppression.
*Tell the President and your representatives that going to war against Iraq
over WMDs that might not have existed while ignoring known Israeli WMDs is a
double standard that we can no longer afford. Remind them that as we wage our
war against terror, we cannot expect Arab and Muslim nations to take us
seriously and assist us if we have one set of demands for Israelis and another
for Arabs and Muslims.
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WHITE HOUSE FAX: 202-456-2461
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