Saturday, November 24, 2012
Cindy Speaking at Occupy AIPAC in Sacto on Dec 2
It’s
time to expose AIPAC!
It’s
time to tell our elected officials to say NO to the Israel
lobby:
Sunday, December 2, 2012 ◊ 10:00
a.m.-12 noon ◊ Sacramento ◊ Exact location TBA
It’s time to stop $8 million/day of
U.S. taxes going to support Israel’s occupation and
warmongering.
It’s time for Congress to say NO to
the Israel Lobby.
It’s time to expose
AIPAC.
The American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC), part of the Israel lobby, has created an atmosphere
of coercion and intimidation in our country’s political system that works for an
agenda of endless war, Israeli occupation, apartheid, rampant Anti-Arab racism
and Islamophobia.
◊ AIPAC is currently drumming up American support for an attack on Iran, which would cause untold suffering in that country at the cost of billions of US dollars with no conceivable benefit for U.S. citizens.
◊ AIPAC consistently lobbies on behalf of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands,
facilitating the transfer of more than $3 billion in U.S. taxes a year ($8 million per day) in military aid to Israel and ensuring the diplomatic protection that allows Israel to maintain its illegal settlements and apartheid wall, hold Gaza under siege and engage in numerous
other brutal methods of collective punishment deemed illegal under international law.
◊ The Israel Lobby’s promotion of Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism have created an atmosphere in which billions of American dollars can be used to launch wars in the Middle
East and to enforce a system of apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories without
Americans realizing the true human cost of American support for war and aggression.
◊
It’s time to defy AIPAC and
demand a U.S. policy in the Middle East based on respect for human rights and
democracy, not on endless war.
◊ AIPAC is currently drumming up American support for an attack on Iran, which would cause untold suffering in that country at the cost of billions of US dollars with no conceivable benefit for U.S. citizens.
◊ AIPAC consistently lobbies on behalf of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands,
facilitating the transfer of more than $3 billion in U.S. taxes a year ($8 million per day) in military aid to Israel and ensuring the diplomatic protection that allows Israel to maintain its illegal settlements and apartheid wall, hold Gaza under siege and engage in numerous
other brutal methods of collective punishment deemed illegal under international law.
◊ The Israel Lobby’s promotion of Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism have created an atmosphere in which billions of American dollars can be used to launch wars in the Middle
East and to enforce a system of apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories without
Americans realizing the true human cost of American support for war and aggression.
• While every representative can listen to points of view and meet in their office with anyone, attending the AIPAC meeting is a public display of support for war and occupation and gives AIPAC respectability and credibility it does not deserve.
• U.S. tax dollars should be used
for building up our cities here, not supporting the destruction of homes and
farms in occupied Palestine. AIPAC's unconditional support for even
the very worst of Israel's policies is directly contradictory to the values of
peace and fairness that are best for our city, our country and our
world.
• Attending an AIPAC event
implies support for AIPAC’s lobbying to attack Iran. We should be
actively supporting global nuclear disarmament (for all countries, including the
United States and Israel), not threatening others with military action.
• Attending AIPAC events helps
build support for AIPAC's agenda and does nothing to advance a just
foreign policy based on respect for human rights and international law.
For more info:
Sacramento Region Coalition for Palestinian Rights SacReg4PalestinianRights@
Local events: www.sacpeace.org
Local events: www.sacpeace.org
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