Canadians Already In The Streets Over Lebanon... Anything Happening Here ?

[WillyT]

Link: http://stopdestroyinglebanon.com/WarOnLebanon/nfblog/?page_id=12

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[Tom Joad]

1. YES!! A CALL BY BAY AREA JEWS: Break the Siege on GAZA and LEBANON

Join us for a rally…
MONDAY JULY 17, 2006, AT NOON
ISRAELI CONSULATE, 456 MONTGOMERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO

A CALL BY BAY AREA JEWS: Break the Siege on GAZA and LEBANON
BEFORE OUR EYES, the people of Gaza and Lebanon are being brutally and collectively punished by Israel. Israel is using a single captured Israeli soldier as a pawn to employ its enormous military might and terrorize an entire people.

The humanitarian situation in Gaza, already dire from 39 years of occupation, and a recent Israeli blockade of basic supplies, is now desperate .Israel’s bombing of power stations and bridges and cutting off fuel supplies in Gaza deprives people of electricity, refrigeration, pumped drinking water, and sewage disposal. The relentless deadly attacks by the Israeli military are compounded by the threat of epidemics and starvation.

Presenting this as an isolated hostage-taking incident ignores Israel's regular abduction of Palestinians from their homes. Israel holds over 9,000 Palestinians in prison, including almost 400 children. Thousands of these prisoners are held in "administrative detention" without charges or trial. They too need to be returned to their families.

With the recent arrest of 64 members of the Palestinian Parliament and many members of the Palestinian cabinet, Israel is also using this opportunity to wage an assault on Palestinian democracy. All of this is being done with diplomatic support and $3 billion in tax-funded annual aid to Israel from the U.S. government.

Since then, more than 90 civilians in Gaza and over 60 in Lebanon have been killed in Israel’s escalation of the situation through the continued siege on Gaza and the wide scale bombing of civilian targets in Lebanon that threatens to spark a regional war thus endangering the safety and lives of all people living in the region.

As Jews, we cannot and will not remain observers of crimes committed in our name. We call on other Jews and all people who believe in justice and peace to take a principled stand against this brutality.


MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD! JOIN WITH US TO PROTEST THE SIEGE OF GAZA--

Organized by: Break the Silence, Jewish Voice for Peace, Jews for a Free Palestine
http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

[WillyT]

2. Very Cool, Thanks !!!

Photo: JVP members Hilda Silverman and Tanya Reinhart at Israeli Consulate protest in Boston, Wednesday, July 12, 2006.

With daily news of more civilians being hurt and killed, we need you now more than ever!

JOIN JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE, JEWS FOR A FREE PALESTINE, AND BREAK THE SILENCE
for a Jewish-led rally to PROTEST ISRAEL'S ONGOING ATTACK ON GAZA

Monday, July 17, at noon
Israeli Consulate
456 Montgomery (cross street Sacramento, near Montgomery BART station), in San Francisco

Various groups have been organizing protests at the Israeli Consulate, but this one is led by a coalition of Jewish organizations to make the point that it's NOT a Jewish value to terrorize an entire people! Invite your Jewish and non-Jewish friends to JOIN US on Monday at noon!To contribute to an ad in this week's SF Bay Guardian (go here to see full page) and to defer other costs of the rally, as well as a (different) national JVP ad in The Nation, please see the attached ad, or go here.or for more info, 510-465-1777.

Link: http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/publish/article_659.shtml

Thanks for the info!

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