[PAA-Discuss] Take Action: House Resolution Provides Israel Impunity for Gaza Crimes

[Bob Carter]

  Greetings all,
       We have TWO now, Hasan and myself, to visit Rep. Al Green next week. Is anyone else ready?
       Al Green, who is black and should be quite familiar with persecution quotes the bible and speaks about his empathy for the least, the last and the lost. This guy is bought and sold by AIPAC and has no interest in the suffering Palestinians who are among the least, the last and the lost.
     Al Green is comfortable and our visit most likely WILL NOT change his mind about the Israel/Palestine issue, but I still have a few questions for him. He will recognize me and probably will not be anxious to see me but we can still have a civil discussion.
     In defense of Green, he votes progressive most of the time on  other important issues.
     Any more volunteers?         
 
Namaste,
Bob
 
713 771 9439
 
 
       





Bob , Another sad day for America !!! Al Green is my Representative ... I'll be happy to join you to meet with him when he is in town .. Hasan
 


  







Greetings all,
     Please TAKE ACTION and forward to all your contacts. THIS IS SERIOUS. 
     No one, nor any country should be immune from war crimes. The Senate has already passed their dreadful bill which in essence says that use of white phosphorus in the populated area
of The Gaza Strip, the world's largest outdoor prison, is not a war crime. They have truly lost their moral compass. This is outrageous and I am becoming ill.
     If All Green is your representative, let's talk, and maybe we can visit him when he is in town next week.
     CAN WE STOP THE HOUSE BILL?
 
Namaste,
Bob
 
 
 



  






 
This three part action should be acted upon immediately if not sooner .
 
Please pass to all your groups, friends and list-serves.

--- On Fri, 4/22/11, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation <uscampaign at endtheoccupation.org> wrote:


From: US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation <uscampaign at endtheoccupation.org>
Subject: Take Action: House Resolution Provides Israel Impunity for Gaza Crimes
To: bartboyce at sbcglobal.net
Date: Friday, April 22, 2011, 10:34 AM












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April 22, 2011     




Take Action: House Resolution Provides Israel Impunity for Gaza Crimes


Dear Bart,





 

Above: Justice Richard Goldstone and three team members who have recently decried Goldstone's recent op-ed.


The UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict found that Israel committed violations of human rights and international law, war crimes and possible crimes against humanity before, during, and after "Operation Cast Lead," Israel's Dec. 2008 to Jan. 2009 onslaught against the Gaza Strip, which killed more than 1,400 Palestinians.

Even before the fact-finding mission was established, and ever since, the Obama Administration and Congress have worked hard to discredit the UN mission and prevent the international community from acting upon its findings.

Now, the House of Representatives is upping the ante by considering a resolution to withhold payment of U.S. dues to the UN until it retracts the final report of the fact-finding mission.





Bart, please take action right now to prevent this from happening.
Make no mistake about it: this is part of a deliberate, concerted strategy by the United States to throw around its diplomatic weight, shielding Israel from accountability for any outrage it inflicts on Palestinians, no matter how grave.

This campaign against the fact-finding mission reached its fever pitch after its chair, Judge Richard Goldstone, wrote an unfortunate op-ed in which he reconsidered just one of the 36 incidents documented in the 575-page report.  

The three other members of the mission -- Hina Jilani, Christine Chinkin and Desmond Travers -- set the record straight in their own op-ed decrying Goldstone's backtracking, and writing that: 
"There is no justification for any demand or expectation for reconsideration of the report as nothing of substance has appeared that would in any way change the context, findings or conclusions of that report ... Indeed, there is no UN procedure or precedent to that effect." 
That's exactly right, and that's why it is so disturbing that the Senate has already passed a resolution by unanimous consent -- with literally not one word of debate -- calling on the UN to rescind this trailblazing report.  

We still have time, though, to take action to make sure that the House doesn't pass an even worse resolution, and we need your help, to make that happen.  Here's how you can... 




Take Action:1. Send a letter to your representative asking him/her not to support this resolution.    

2. Meet with your representative at home during next week's spring recess.

3. Join our Congressional District Coordinator (CDC) network to help us educate your representative over the long term. 

Thanks for your help.







Mike Coogan
Legislative Coordinator



Josh Ruebner
National Advocacy Director

P.S. -- The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is lobbying strongly to pass these resolutions, and we are the only organization challenging this one. However, our budget is only 0.4% of AIPAC's! Help strengthen the US Campaign and our movement to change U.S. policy, by making a generous, tax-deductible, one-time contribution, or join our Olive Branch Club for recurring donations. Thanks for your support! 



 
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