DUers: Please post PEACE ACTIONS here.

[EFerrari]

My home is safe, today. My city is safe, today. Oh, we may get rolling brownouts but that won't kill us although, we are high on the "you may be next" natural disaster list. Yes, the criminal negligence of this administration will visit New York City for the forseeable future, and the Gulf Coast, too. Any of us could be next.

The corporate media is running pictures of the devastation in Lebanon as if it's a county fair and our service men and women in Afghanistan and in Iraq are only ignored a little less than the veterans who are home now, fighting a repulsive system to get the care and the support they earned at a cost we can only try to imagine.

If you know of any peace actions, please post them here. Please take the debate elsewhere. Here, I'm looking to find out who is active and to compile a list of actions we can take. I'm going to do some research tonight and will post if I can find any thing.

No time like the present. :hi:




peace.

Beth

[SammyBlue]

1. Short of open revolution, the only thing productive we can do

is vote these fuckers out of vote.

Marches, vigils, rallies mean nothing and get dismissed by the very people we try to influence.

We are on the outside looking in and the insiders are a tight group of self-serving nazis.

But I would love to hear what others say, because I am at wit's end.

[EFerrari]

2. First they ignore us . . .

:hi:

[DYouth]

14. Greens are the only ticket for that it seems

Well them and the -- what -- 7 Democrats that voted against the "bomb Lebanon to kingdom come for all we care" resolution?

I think we're going to have to do something besides just straight vote, because that's something that just won't do.

[EFerrari]

19. This goes way beyond party to conscience.

And here at DU, we're in good company.

:)

[EFerrari]

3. From Code Pink Women for Peace:

"The people of the Middle East are suffering once again as militarists on all sides have launched yet another devastating round of violence -- this time between Israel and Lebanon. Each bomb dropped, each child killed, represents our collective failure to live together as a human family, and the ascendance of irrational militarism over the values of empathy and compassion."

http://www.codepinkalert.org/article.php?id=1101

[EFerrari]

4. From Amnesty International: Israel-Lebanon: Stop killings of civilians

Israel-Lebanon: Stop killings of civilians


Amnesty International is gravely concerned that civilians continue to bear the brunt of the mounting tension between Israel and Lebanon. In the past week some 300 Lebanese civilians, including dozens of children, have been killed and hundreds injured in a large-scale bombing campaign by Israeli forces, who have also deliberately targeted and destroyed dozens of bridges, roads, powers stations, the airport and port, and other civilian facilities and infrastructure.

The Israeli air strikes have forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes and thousands more are at risk as the Israeli army has warned the population in certain areas to leave, but at the same time it has bombed the roads and bridges out of the areas, trapping civilians there.

Hizbullah’s armed wing, for its part, has killed 15 Israeli civilians, including three children, and injured hundreds in rocket attacks into Northern Israel, as well as 14 soldiers. Such attacks have caused substantial damage to homes and other civilian properties in towns and villages in Northern Israel.

Amnesty International has called on the UN Security Council to adopt urgent measures to address such blatant violations of international law, which include war crimes, and to protect the civilians – as it is they, mostly Lebanese but also Israeli civilians, who are paying the heaviest price.

http://web.amnesty.org/pages/lbn-210706-action-eng

[EFerrari]

5. From Human Rights Watch. Easy Targets: Violence Against Children Worldw

Summary and Recommendations

The global scandal of violence against children is a horror story too often untold. With malice and clear intent, violence is used against the members of society least able to protect themselves—children in school, in orphanages, on the street, in refugee camps and war zones, in detention, and in fields and factories. In investigating human rights abuses against children, Human Rights Watch has found a disturbing but persistent theme—in every region of the world, in almost every aspect of their lives, children are subject to unconscionable violence, most often perpetrated by the very individuals charged with their safety and well-being.

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/children/1.htm

What You Can Do
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/children/action.htm

[Just Me]

6. VOTE OUT THE THUGS!!! THEN, DEMAND JUSTICE!!!

Take fifteen minutes A WEEK to write your congress-critter and demand the rule of law be applied to those who defrauded a nation, embezzled our tax money to their cronies, AND PROVE THEIR SERVICE IS TO ALL OUR INTERESTS, NOT THEIRS.

/rant

[EFerrari]

7. Step by step. Thanks, Just Me.

:kick:

[Just Me]

21. As a former attorney, the torture of drawn out litigation against the weak

,...until they were too worn down to fight,...'caused me to quit that form of advocacy.

Watching the neoconsters manipulate the system,...just disgusts me because,...the rule of law is the anchor to civility and democracy.

Moreover, these "crazies" are the same ones initiated within and beyond the Nixon administration. They have NO respect for the rule of law, let alone the interests of ANY people. They are power-mongers, worse than a mafia or cult.

If only a brave prosecutor, a strict Judge and a reasoned jury would take them down. But, these f*ckers, they've spent a whole life manipulating all of the above because,...because,...they are amoral power-mongers/oppressors/supremists/dictators.

They are evil people.

[EFerrari]

29. I agree. I've watched them degrade everything we hold dear.

And so, that why I wanted to show me and us that this latest carnage isn't inevitable. Hard to find people who have their hats on straight but, it's our turn.

Let's get busy.

:hi:

[berni_mccoy]

8. Cease fire, negotiate peace. Then the following

One country alone can not wipe out terrorism. The rest of the Arab nations will not let Israel wipe out every citizen in Lebanon trying to do so.

What will happen to survivors of the slain innocent civilians of Lebanon? Will they be likely to join an organization like Hezbollah?

When will the violence stop?

Then answer is to stop the violence. To get the governments to work together to stop terrorism. One country alone can not wage a "war on terror". The stopping of terrorism is something that requires universal enforcement of laws by all governments. And that requires an end to violence.

[bloom]

9. nice pict.

right now - my peace action is to avoid the anti-semitism threads.

:yoiks: :o :patriot:

[EFerrari]

11. I think that's a good start.

:)

:hi:

[Melissa G]

10. Pray, Every day..hold those who work for Peace in the Light..

Let peace ripple out from your own Heart...
It is the place you have the most ability to effect change.

Speak Truth to Power.

Breathe Deep...

Love..

and

Never Ever Give Up!

[EFerrari]

12. We never give up!

:grouphug:

[Swamp Rat]

13. Happy to get you the 5th rec.

:hi:

[EFerrari]

15. Thank you, Swampy. The early peace bird catches

the best seats.

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

17. I'm a peace rat

And I just caught two wedges of Brie, a baguette, and a liter of Belgian ale! :9

[struggle4progress]

16. Spiritual Matters: No social justice, no spiritual peace

By Gordon Jackson
Special to the NNPA from the Dallas Examiner

DALLAS (NNPA)-Gadflies: large flies, like the horsefly, that bites livestock - they carry a reputation of tremendously annoying people and rousing them from complacency ...

"We've never lost a battle we've fought, we've never won a battle we didn't fight," Jackson said. "Whenever the playing field is even and the rules are public, and the goals are clear, and we show up, we can win" ...

"Many of you have excuses. Talking about 'Well, we have to do things differently,'" Sharpton said. "Yet, when we examine what you do, you're not doing anything. People who tell me that they don't march anymore, they never marched. 'I don't protest anymore;' you never protested. 'I don't stand up anymore;' you never stood up" ...

http://www.frostillustrated.com/news/2006/0726/Spiritual_Matters/036.html

Let me say, speaking as a WASP, that many many of us need to hear this message ...

[EFerrari]

18. Thank you.

:kick:

[struggle4progress]

20. Combatants For Peace: Former Israeli and Palestinian Fighters

Talk About Why Dialogue, Not War, Will Solve the Middle East Crisis

AMY GOODMAN: .. Yonatan Shapira .. a military refuser .. is a former captain in the Israeli Air Force Reserves. In 2003 he initiated a group of .. pilots to sign a declaration refusing to participate in aerial attacks on the Palestinian territories ...

YONATAN SHAPIRA: It took us about three to four months to recruit all these co-signers on this letter .. So we found brigadier generals, colonels, Air Force squadron commanders, Apache pilots, F-16, F-15, Cobra, all kind of squadrons from the Israeli Air Force, and all these guys agreed to keep silent while some of us are willing also to put their names on this petition and to refuse publicly.

And as a result of this petition, there was a big uproar in Israel, and all the signers were called to an interview with the commander of the Air Force, General Halutz, who is now the commander of the Army who is actually leading these criminal attacks on Lebanon. And in this interview with him, he told me that he's going to discharge me from being a pilot in the Air Force, and I told him that actually I’m willing to be charged by him. Don't just discharge me, but charge us all in charge of refusing to legal orders, because we are willing to sit in jail if they can show in court that these orders of killing suspects and, by that, killing innocent civilians, is legal. And, of course, they preferred just to let us go, and no one of us was in prison ...

BASSAM ARAMIM: Yes, I was a fighter before the First Intifada. As you mentioned, from the Fatah movement and recently I'm involved in the new group with Israelis, Combatants for Peace, which is composed from both sides and it's open for anyone who looks for peace and settlement for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We have the main principles of our group, our courageous and moral group, first of all to put an end for Israeli military occupation to the West Bank and Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem; to be free from settlers and soldiers and walls and checkpoints; to replacement of killing and bloodshed by peace and reconciliation between the two peoples; to implementation of the two-state solution, living side by side in full cooperation and peace ...

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/24/1439247

[MarkDevin]

22. Since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, a group of peace activists in...

...Willimantic, CT has held a weekly peace vigil at the corner of Main and Jackson Streets. It happens from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. on Thursdays regardless of the weather.

[EFerrari]

27. Thank you, Mark and thank you, Willimantic.

:hi:

[struggle4progress]

23. .. support .. Iraq southern oil workers strike

Labor and peace activists should unite in support of the courageous Iraq southern oil workers strike

Kathlyn Stone, Electronic Iraq, 23 July 2006

An organization little known outside of Iraq has presented an opportunity to galvanize labor, peace and human rights activists here and abroad in a major show of solidarity with the people living in the U.S. occupied country.

The Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC) is mobilizing workers in Iraq to strike. The Oil Workers Union - by far the country's largest and most influential - has voted to strike and numerous other unions and womens' and human rights organizations have agreed to support the strike. Talk of the strike has gained the attention of Prime Minister Noori Almaliki who has asked to meet with union leaders. With widespread international support the workers' demands for basic humanitarian needs and a democratic sovereign nation can be achieved.

The IFC has become known as "the last hope" to bring about unity among the Iraqi people and an end to the violence. One of its slogans is "No Sunnis, No Shiites, Ours is Human Unity." It is the only grassroots group working to create a unified, democratic, secular and progressive Iraq ...

http://electroniciraq.net/news/2438.shtml

[EFerrari]

31. This sounds so dangerous and so right.

Will they be all right?

Before our incursion, there were 20 groups in Iraq that even the New York Times could identity as dissident.

Thoughts and prayers.

[struggle4progress]

24. Demonstrations across the globe call for peace with justice

... Some 15-20,000 people rallied in London, on a protest headed up by the Stop the War Coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain. 2,000 similarly gathered in Manchester, 2,000 in Glasgow and 1,500 in Edinburgh, Newcastle and Sheffield.

Protests also took place in Geneva, Chicago, Beirut itself, Basra (Iraq), Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Sydney, Stockholm, Paris, Montreal and Mexico City, according to Stop the War and IndyMedia.

The China Daily has reported on further pro-peace demonstrations in Chile and in Colombia, both of which countries have known their own share of conflict and suffering in recent years ...

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_060724protest.shtml

[Sapphire Blue]

25. Upcoming Gaza/Lebanon Emergency Actions(s) (UFPJ)

http://unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?sortby=&caltype=42&lcountry=&state=&bydate=2006-07-24&distance=5&zip=&ondate%5Bd%5D=1&ondate%5BM%5D=1&ondate%5BY%5D=2006&search=Search

[EFerrari]

32. Thank you, Sapphire Blue.

[Sapphire Blue]

38. Thank you for the beautiful flowers!

Love those blue sapphires :)

[EFerrari]

41. You make me so happy, Sapphire Blue.

:)



Thank you for doing so much for us.

[Sapphire Blue]

43. What a sweet thing to say! Here's action of another sort...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1718358

:hug:

[Sapphire Blue]

83. UFPJ has more Gaza/Lebanon Emergency Actions listed now...

http://unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?sortby=&caltype=42&lcountry=&state=&bydate=2006-07-25&distance=5&zip=&ondate%5Bd%5D=1&ondate%5BM%5D=1&ondate%5BY%5D=2006&search=Search

[Sapphire Blue]

84. Washington DC *** TODAY*** Tuesday, July 25th 2006 5pm

STOP ISRAEL'S ATTACK ON LEBANON AND GAZA!!!
Tuesday, July 25th 2006 5pm
Washington, DC USA

March on the Israeli Embassy to Demand an End to the Killing! Wear black for a funeral procession. We will carry 50 coffins to the Israeli Embassy. Bring your Lebanese and Palestinian flags. March will begin at 5:30 and proceed north on Connecticut, west on
Brandywine, south on 36th, ending at the Israeli Embassy (514 International
Dr. NW).

Location:
Meet at corner of Van Ness & Connecticut Avenue (UDC Metro Station) Washington DC

Sponsored By:
The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (DC Chapter), Codepink, The Council for the National Interest, Pax Christi USA, Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and more.

http://unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?calid=17380

[EFerrari]

26. Wednesday Aug 9, San Francisco

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9

Ceremony and Nonviolent Action at Bechtel Corporate
Headquarters in San Francisco

The anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Nagasaki, August 9, is also the UN declared International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Since their earliest stages, nuclear weapons and the people who profit from them have caused untold suffering to indigenous peoples around the world. Come and act with us to voice our support for the sovereignty and dignity of indigenous peoples and call for an end to nuclear weapons and war!

WHEN: Wednesday, August 9 at 10 AM
WHERE: Bechtel, 50 Beale St, San Francisco. Half a block from Embarcadero BART.
WHAT: Join us for a morning of protest and a ceremony led by Western Shoshone spiritual leader Corbin Harney at Bechtel’s Corporate Headquarters. Bechtel is one of the top profiteers of the war in Iraq, manages nearly every aspect of the nuclear weapons cycle, and is known by communities worldwide for its habitual violations of indigenous and human rights.

[az chela]

28. I like so many of you am totally depressed and feel so helpless

I just got an email from Cindy SHeehan and she is also very depressed and I will post her email on here.
When we have the axis of evil in the white house how can we not feel that all this is so hopeless.
I have been sick for 2 weeks and I know that a lot of it is the horrible feeling
that I have for our planet.I think we are all scared and thats what bushco wants so we need to join together and demand an accounting of his actions and have him charged with war crimes and impeached!!!!

[EFerrari]

30. az chela, let's get moving. We are the grown ups. You tell Cindy

that we're fixin' to move. And that no one will be able to stop us.

Tell her that.

lol


:hi:

[az chela]

34. I am sending this to her and just posted her email to me

I cant sit by and watch this happen!!!!This is our country not the christian coalitions.
I just put Cindy's email on

[EFerrari]

36. What's the link?

:hi:

[az chela]

39. Just put it on Du

It was an email she sent me

[EFerrari]

40. Is there a new thread? Is there a link?

lol

[EFerrari]

33. More from Code Pink San Francisco:

The CODEPINK Peace Ribbon is coming to San Francisco in
September.

Join the festivities! Saturday September 9, 2006 march to
the Power to the Peaceful Concert in Golden Gate Park, have an art show
at San Francisco City Hall, and participate in the International
Peace Day on September 21, 2006.

Group forming to co-ordinate the logistics with the Peace
Ribbon Festivities and do outreach for activities on the 21st.
MEET WED JULY 26 after our weekly vigil at difi's office, one post at
market, 5:15-6:15 p.m.

More info: [e-mail]

[autorank]

35. Thank you for bring this home...we're safe but... (caption for your pic)

EARTH, enjoy it while it lasts!

The Neoconservatives and their partners in crime "the enemy" have sucked all the oxygen out public dialogue, so much so that we've failed to have a much mention of the INEVITABLE 20 foot rise in sea level that will come incrementally through 2100. No more Bangladesh (140,000,000 people live there), no more Netherlands, no more Florida cities Tampa and south, no New Orleans, no downtown London or lower Manhattan, etc. etc. You'd think that this would cause people everywhere to stop and gasp, "My God, we all need to come together and save the species." Nope...just more idiotic military "actions" from the usual suspects.

Good work *, neocons, and the Mandarins...by placing the entire species at risk, you the worst rulers in the entire history of the world. That's why Colbert told you: "I have nothing but contempt for these people."

[EFerrari]

37. I know.

Hey, what about we post every SINGLE peace action we can lay hands or eyes on here? It's too early. People are shocky and not ready. But, let's get ahead of this curve, auto.

:hug:

:grouphug:


Let's go.

[EFerrari]

42. Note to self: We're tired.

Surfing the net, there isn't very much readily available but I know that will change as we shake off the shock, as we move out of the surprise of watching this last violation in a long line of crimes against humanity.

We can do so much better than this.

Help me find and post actions for peace here. Help me call them up and get them heard.

What events are happening where you live? Please post them here.

Thank you, DU

[lonestarnot]

68. Wait until tonight for Phoenix.

[EFerrari]

69. Cool! And I hope it's cooler for you all.

:hi:

[autorank]

44. Peace Action Across the Wrold

[autorank]

45. 100 Hours in the Holy Land

100 Hours In The Holy Land

By Am Johal
http://www.countercurrents.org/leb-johan250706.htm
25 July, 2006
Countercurrents.org

Regarding the Pain of Others

Jerusalem/Ramallah - I am contemplating what is now known as the Haifa Suitcase Dilemma. I left it in an apartment and left with only a backpack last Sunday when the rockets started to land.

Do I go back there to get it, or do I just leave it there and get on the plane without it? What is the morality associated with such a decision? What is the genuine level of danger? What is my life worth? Why do I get to leave and others have no option, but to stay there?

I am in a coffee shop in a Jerusalem neighbourhood not far from the market. I am sitting with two friends and I tell them, "This place is depressing. I don't want to come back here - there's nothing I can do to contribute. Nothing gets better, it just gets worse."

One of them says, "We don't need your guilt."

[autorank]

47. Israel Protests

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0607/S00378.htm

Security Forces Arrest Jerusalem Peace Activists
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 3:22 pm
Opinion: Am Johal

Israeli Security Forces Arrest Jerusalem Peace Activists

By Am Johal

As US Secretary of State Condolleeza Rice arrived in Israel to talk about the possibility of a ceasefire, Jerusalem protesters were pushed and shoved away from sight and in to the middle of the street near the Citadel Hotel on King David Street on Monday night.

Khulood Badawi, one of the organizers of the protest and a former chair of the National Union of Arab Students, was arrested and manhandled by security forces within the first ten minutes. Security forces provoked, pushed and detained her before forcing her in to a police car.

All she did was organize a peaceful protest. Only ten minutes before, we were chatting on the street and I was telling her about the complications of graduate school and the ethical dilemma of attempting to do research while a war is going on. The only democracy in the Middle East just took away one of its most articulate human rights activists to put her in to jail. Welcome to Israel. Protesters were herded across the street to a traffic island. Finally, we were pushed all the way across the street, almost out of sight. I got shoved aggressively by a security officer.

I've been to protests at the Separation Wall, in front of Haifa City Hall, in front of the Prime Minister's Residence and the Prime Minister's Office protesting various forms of discriminatory public policy over the years. This was the first time an Israeli officer physically pushed me. I'm going to wear that hit like a badge of honour.

[EFerrari]

48. Thank you!

:loveya:

[autorank]

49. Rally to protest at Israeli bombing

Rally to protest at Israeli bombing

http://peacejournalism.com/ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=9813
By Christine de Kock

25th July 2006 10:42:12 AM

A YARRAVILLE woman is rallying Victorians to protest at Israel’s bombing of Lebanon.

Margarita Windisch, a member of the Socialist Alliance, handed out protest fliers at Footscray Station last Thursday.

She urged people to attend the protest that took place at the State Library at the weekend and to attend the protest organised for July 30.

“That rally calls for Peace and Justice in Palestine and Lebanon and an end to Israel’s war on Lebanon and Palestine,” she said.

[EFerrari]

50. great link! thank you, autorank!

:yourock:

[autorank]

51. Arkansas Protest Against Cheney - Craven Warmongering (ed. comment;)

Protestors Converge Outside Convention Center

POSTED: 5:19 pm CDT July 24, 2006
http://www.thehometownchannel.com/news/9567894/detail.html

SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- Protesters made sure to show that not everybody was excited about the vice president's visit Monday.

About a dozen people lined the street outside the convention center in Springdale. The held up signs promoting peace.

Some of the people used their lunch break to protest, saying they were willing to give as much time as possible to protest Vice President Dick Cheney.
Click here to find out more!

"I am a chip off my parents' block, and basically they brought me up to believe in human rights, diplomacy and in everything Dick Cheney is apparently not standing for," said protestor Ashley Totten.

[aaronbees]

57. That's aweseme!

May have only been a dozen folks, but I'm proud of you fellow Arkansans ... fight the good fight up there :) And that quote in bold is mighty nice to see.

[autorank]

87. A dozen Arkies, that's about enough to take over the world...n/t

[autorank]

52. No Social Justice, No Spiritual Peace

FROST ILLUSTRATED: 07.26.06
No social justice, no spiritual peace

http://www.frostillustrated.com/news/2006/0726/Spiritual_Matters/036.html
By Gordon Jackson Special to the NNPA from the Dallas Examiner

DALLAS (NNPA)-Gadflies: large flies, like the horsefly, that bites livestock-they carry a reputation of tremendously annoying people and rousing them from complacency.

If the Rev. Al Sharpton- described by some as a political gadfly-has it his way, there will be a nationwide swarm of gadflies bugging the African American community to an unprecedented level of positive action. Perhaps the recent National Conference and Revival for Social Justice in the Black Church, held for two days at Friendship-West Baptist Church, could have been considered a "National Gadfly Convention." At least one result from the conference is that local chapters of both the National Action Network and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition are being formed.

Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, led a corps of nationally and locally prominent speakers to inject a revived sense of social activism into the black community through the black church, in which a significant part has lost its main focus, according to Sharpton.

"We have many preachers but very few ministers," Sharpton said directly during the conference's opening address. "They make people feel good but don't have people doing better. People that are in shackles don't need people to anoint their shackles. Many of us treat church like a Sunday jackpot, hoping you get some material blessing from God, like some wheel in Las Vegas."

[autorank]

53. Argentina: Protests Againe ME War

World War 4 Report:
Latin America: protests against Israeli attacks

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Mon, 07/24/2006 - 14:32.
http://ww4report.com/node/2229

Thousands of people demonstrated across Latin America the week of July 17 to protest Israel's air and ground attacks in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip starting the week before.

About 500 protesters rallied on July 17 outside the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in a demonstration organized by Argentine Arab associations, leftist groups and activist organizations, including the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and the Anibal Veron piquetero ("picketer") organization of the poor and unemployed. "Today the state of Israel is applying state terrorism and a plan for extermination the way the <1976-1983> Argentine dictatorship did," Confederation of Arab Entities of Argentina vice president Roberto Ahuad told the French news service AFP.

The protest came the day before the anniversary of the still unsolved July 18, 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA), in which at least 85 people were killed and 300 were injured; this was the worst anti-semitic terror attack anywhere since World War II. Asked if the protesters would attend the ceremonies commemorating the victims, Ahuad said: "Yes, as we do every year. We have always been with the relatives of the victims. We don't have an anti-Jewish feeling. On the contrary, there are Jews who defend our position of condemning the government of Israel." There are about 300,000 people in Argentina's Jewish community and 700,000 to one million in its Arab community. (AFP, July 17)

Some 2,000 Lebanese living the Triple Border region, where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet, rallied in the Plaza of Nations in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, on July 19 to call for peace and solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Palestine. Brazilian Arab Commission in Support of the People of Lebanon president Aly Osman, whose wife and daughter managed to leave Lebanon for Syria, said the current attack on Lebanon was the worst ever. "Not even the 1982 invasion was this cruel," he said.

[EFerrari]

46. Good night kick. We could use two votes here.

But, it doesn't matter.

It just doesn't matter!

[proud2BlibKansan]

54. 600 in Kansas City yesterday!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=162x6216

[EFerrari]

55. Thank you, so much.

:hug:

[EFerrari]

56. Kick

[EFerrari]

58. kick

[Douglas Carpenter]

59. here is one valuable link:

http://www.stop-us-military-aid-to-israel.net/

[EFerrari]

60. Thank you, Doug. And don't forget to rec this thread.

Yes, I am shameless right now.

[mogster]

61. Well, once upon a time there was this slightly dorky group of people

Looking as if they've come out into the light for the first time in months ;-)



A year later, these men met:



Not close friends, but they were talking and sending each other letters:

Israel-PLO Recognition:
Exchange of Letters between PM Rabin and Chairman Arafat

1. LETTER FROM YASSER ARAFAT TO PRIME MINISTER RABIN:

September 9, 1993

Yitzhak Rabin
Prime Minister of Israel

Mr. Prime Minister,

The signing of the Declaration of Principles marks a new era in the history of the Middle East. In firm conviction thereof, I would like to confirm the following PLO commitments:

The PLO recognizes the right of the State of Israel to exist in peace and security.

The PLO accepts United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338.

The PLO commits itself to the Middle East peace process, and to a peaceful resolution of the conflict between the two sides and declares that all outstanding issues relating to permanent status will be resolved through negotiations.

The PLO considers that the signing of the Declaration of Principles constitutes a historic event, inaugurating a new epoch of peaceful coexistence, free from violence and all other acts which endanger peace and stability. Accordingly, the PLO renounces the use of terrorism and other acts of violence and will assume responsibility over all PLO elements and personnel in order to assure their compliance, prevent violations and discipline violators.

In view of the pormise of a new era and the signing of the Declaration of Principles and based on Palestinian acceptance of Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, the PLO affirms that those articles of the Palestinian Covenant which deny Israel's right to exist, and the provisions of the Covenant which are inconsistent with the commitments of this letter are now inoperative and no longer valid. Consequently, the PLO undertakes to submit to the Palestinian National Council for formal approval the necessary changes in regard to the Palestinian Covenant.


Sincerely,

Yasser Arafat
Chairman
The Palestine Liberation Organization





2. LETTER FROM YASSER ARAFAT TO NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER:

September 9, 1993

His Excellency
Johan Jorgen Holst
Foreign Minister of Norway

Dear Minister Holst,

I would like top confirm to you that, upon the signing of the Declaration of Principles, the PLO encourages and calls upon the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to take part in the steps leading to the normalization of life, rejecting violence and terrorism, contributing to peace and stability and participating actively in shaping reconstruction, economic develoment and cooperation.

Sincerely,

Yasser Arafat
Chairman
The Palestine Liberation Organization




3. LETTER FROM PRIME MINISTER RABIN TO YASSER ARAFAT:

September 9, 1993

Yasser Arafat
Chairman
The Palestinian Liberation Organization

Mr. Chairman,

In response to your letter of September 9, 1993, I wish to confirm to you that, in light of the PLO commitments included in your letter, the Government of Israel has decided to recognize the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people and commence negotiations with the PLO within the Middle East peace process.

Yitzhak Rabin
Prime Minister of Israel
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They also signed this:

Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements
September 13, 1993
The Government of the State of Israel and the P.L.O. team (in the Jordanian-Palestinian delegation to the Middle East Peace Conference) (the "Palestinian Delegation"), representing the Palestinian people, agree that it is time to put an end to decades of confrontation and conflict, recognize their mutual legitimate and political rights, and strive to live in peaceful coexistence and mutual dignity and security and achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement and historic reconciliation through the agreed political process. Accordingly, the, two sides agree to the following principles:


ARTICLE I
AIM OF THE NEGOTIATIONS

The aim of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations within the current Middle East peace process is, among other things, to establish a Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority, the elected Council (the "Council"), for the Palestinian people in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, for a transitional period not exceeding five years, leading to a permanent settlement based on Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338.

It is understood that the interim arrangements are an integral part of the whole peace process and that the negotiations on the permanent status will lead to the implementation of Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338.


ARTICLE II
FRAMEWORK FOR THE INTERIM PERIOD

The agreed framework for the interim period is set forth in this Declaration of Principles.


ARTICLE III
ELECTIONS


In order that the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip may govern themselves according to democratic principles, direct, free and general political elections will be held for the Council under agreed supervision and international observation, while the Palestinian police will ensure public order.

An agreement will be concluded on the exact mode and conditions of the elections in accordance with the protocol attached as Annex I, with the goal of holding the elections not later than nine months after the entry into force of this Declaration of Principles.

These elections will constitute a significant interim preparatory step toward the realization of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and their just requirements.


ARTICLE IV
JURISDICTION
Jurisdiction of the Council will cover West Bank and Gaza Strip territory, except for issues that will be negotiated in the permanent status negotiations. The two sides view the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as a single territorial unit, whose integrity will be preserved during the interim period.


ARTICLE V
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD AND PERMANENT STATUS NEGOTIATIONS


The five-year transitional period will begin upon the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Jericho area.

Permanent status negotiations will commence as soon as possible, but not later than the beginning of the third year of the interim period, between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian people representatives.

It is understood that these negotiations shall cover remaining issues, including: Jerusalem, refugees, settlements, security arrangements, borders, relations and cooperation with other neighbors, and other issues of common interest.

The two parties agree that the outcome of the permanent status negotiations should not be prejudiced or preempted by agreements reached for the interim period.


ARTICLE VI
PREPARATORY TRANSFER OF POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Upon the entry into force of this Declaration of Principles and the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the Jericho area, a transfer of authority from the Israeli military government and its Civil Administration to the authorised Palestinians for this task, as detailed herein, will commence. This transfer of authority will be of a preparatory nature until the inauguration of the Council.


Immediately after the entry into force of this Declaration of Principles and the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Jericho area, with the view to promoting economic development in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, authority will be transferred to the Palestinians on the following spheres: education and culture, health, social welfare, direct taxation, and tourism. The Palestinian side will commence in building the Palestinian police force, as agreed upon. Pending the inauguration of the Council, the two parties may negotiate the transfer of additional powers and responsibilities, as agreed upon.


ARTICLE VII
INTERIM AGREEMENT

The Israeli and Palestinian delegations will negotiate an agreement on the interim period (the "Interim Agreement")


The Interim Agreement shall specify, among other things, the structure of the Council, the number of its members, and the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the Israeli military government and its Civil Administration to the Council. The Interim Agreement shall also specify the Council's executive authority, legislative authority in accordance with Article IX below, and the independent Palestinian judicial organs.

The Interim Agreement shall include arrangements, to be implemented upon the inauguration of the Council, for the assumption by the Council of all of the powers and responsibilities transferred previously in accordance with Article VI above.

In order to enable the Council to promote economic growth, upon its inauguration, the Council will establish, among other things, a Palestinian Electricity Authority, a Gaza Sea Port Authority, a Palestinian Development Bank, a Palestinian Export Promotion Board, a Palestinian Environmental Authority, a Palestinian Land Authority and a Palestinian Water Administration Authority, and any other Authorities agreed upon, in accordance with the Interim Agreement that will specify their powers and responsibilities.


After the inauguration of the Council, the Civil Administration will be dissolved, and the Israeli military government will be withdrawn.


ARTICLE VIII
PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY
In order to guarantee public order and internal security for the Palestinians of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Council will establish a strong police force, while Israel will continue to carry the responsibility for defending against external threats, as well as the responsibility for overall security of Israelis for the purpose of safeguarding their internal security and public order.


ARTICLE IX
LAWS AND MILITARY ORDERS


The Council will be empowered to legislate, in accordance with the Interim Agreement, within all authorities transferred to it.

Both parties will review jointly laws and military orders presently in force in remaining spheres.


ARTICLE X
JOINT ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN LIAISON COMMITTEE
In order to provide for a smooth implementation of this Declaration of Principles and any subsequent agreements pertaining to the interim period, upon the entry into force of this Declaration of Principles, a Joint Israeli-Palestinian Liaison Committee will be established in order to deal with issues requiring coordination, other issues of common interest, and disputes.


ARTICLE XI
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COOPERATION IN ECONOMIC FIELDS

Recognizing the mutual benefit of cooperation in promoting the development of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Israel, upon the entry into force of this Declaration of Principles, an Israeli-Palestinian Economic Cooperation Committee will be established in order to develop and implement in a cooperative manner the programs identified in the protocols attached as Annex III and Annex IV .


ARTICLE XII
LIAISON AND COOPERATION WITH JORDAN AND EGYPT

The two parties will invite the Governments of Jordan and Egypt to participate in establishing further liaison and cooperation arrangements between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian representatives, on the one hand, and the Governments of Jordan and Egypt, on the other hand, to promote cooperation between them. These arrangements will include the constitution of a Continuing Committee that will decide by agreement on the modalities of admission of persons displaced from the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967, together with necessary measures to prevent disruption and disorder. Other matters of common concern will be dealt with by this Committee.


ARTICLE XIII
REDEPLOYMENT OF ISRAELI FORCES


After the entry into force of this Declaration of Principles, and not later than the eve of elections for the Council, a redeployment of Israeli military forces in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip will take place, in addition to withdrawal of Israeli forces carried out in accordance with Article XIV.

In redeploying its military forces, Israel will be guided by the principle that its military forces should be redeployed outside populated areas.

Further redeployments to specified locations will be gradually implemented commensurate with the assumption of responsibility for public order and internal security by the Palestinian police force pursuant to Article VIII above.


ARTICLE XIV
ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM THE GAZA STRIP AND JERICHO AREA
Israel will withdraw from the Gaza Strip and Jericho area, as detailed in the protocol attached as Annex II.


ARTICLE XV
RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES


Disputes arising out of the application or interpretation of this Declaration of Principles. or any subsequent agreements pertaining to the interim period, shall be resolved by negotiations through the Joint Liaison Committee to be established pursuant to Article X above.

Disputes which cannot be settled by negotiations may be resolved by a mechanism of conciliation to be agreed upon by the parties.

The parties may agree to submit to arbitration disputes relating to the interim period, which cannot be settled through conciliation. To this end, upon the agreement of both parties, the parties will establish an Arbitration Committee.


ARTICLE XVI
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COOPERATION CONCERNING REGIONAL PROGRAMS
Both parties view the multilateral working groups as an appropriate instrument for promoting a "Marshall Plan", the regional programs and other programs, including special programs for the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as indicated in the protocol attached as Annex IV .


ARTICLE XVII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS


This Declaration of Principles will enter into force one month after its signing.

All protocols annexed to this Declaration of Principles and Agreed Minutes pertaining thereto shall be regarded as an integral part hereof.


Done at Washington, D.C., this thirteenth day of September, 1993.

For the Government of Israel
For the P.L.O.


Witnessed By:

The United States of America
The Russian Federation





ANNEX I
PROTOCOL ON THE MODE AND CONDITIONS OF ELECTIONS


Palestinians of Jerusalem who live there will have the right to participate in the election process, according to an agreement between the two sides.

In addition, the election agreement should cover, among other things, the following issues:

the system of elections;
the mode of the agreed supervision and international observation and their personal composition; and
rules and regulations regarding election campaign, including agreed arrangements for the organizing of mass media, and the possibility of licensing a broadcasting and TV station.

The future status of displaced Palestinians who were registered on 4th June 1967 will not be prejudiced because they are unable to participate in the election process due to practical reasons.



ANNEX II
PROTOCOL ON WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI FORCES FROM THE GAZA STRIP AND JERICHO AREA

The two sides will conclude and sign within two months from the date of entry into force of this Declaration of Principles, an agreement on the withdrawal of Israeli military forces from the Gaza Strip and Jericho area. This agreement will include comprehensive arrangements to apply in the Gaza Strip and the Jericho area subsequent to the Israeli withdrawal.

Israel will implement an accelerated and scheduled withdrawal of Israeli military forces from the Gaza Strip and Jericho area, beginning immediately with the signing of the agreement on the Gaza Strip and Jericho area and to be completed within a period not exceeding four months after the signing of this agreement.

The above agreement will include, among other things:

Arrangements for a smooth and peaceful transfer of authority from the Israeli military government and its Civil Administration to the Palestinian representatives.
Structure, powers and responsibilities of the Palestinian authority in these areas, except: external security, settlements, Israelis, foreign relations, and other mutually agreed matters.
Arrangements for the assumption of internal security and public order by the Palestinian police force consisting of police officers recruited locally and from abroad holding Jordanian passports and Palestinian documents issued by Egypt). Those who will participate in the Palestinian police force coming from abroad should be trained as police and police officers.
A temporary international or foreign presence, as agreed upon.
Establishment of a joint Palestinian-Israeli Coordination and Cooperation Committee for mutual security purposes.
An economic development and stabilization program, including the establishment of an Emergency Fund, to encourage foreign investment, and financial and economic support. Both sides will coordinate and cooperate jointly and unilaterally with regional and international parties to support these aims.
Arrangements for a safe passage for persons and transportation between the Gaza Strip and Jericho area.

The above agreement will include arrangements for coordination between both parties regarding passages:

Gaza - Egypt; and

Jericho - Jordan.

The offices responsible for carrying out the powers and responsibilities of the Palestinian authority under this Annex II and Article VI of the Declaration of Principles will be located in the Gaza Strip and in the Jericho area pending the inauguration of the Council.

Other than these agreed arrangements, the status of the Gaza Strip and Jericho area will continue to be an integral part of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and will not be changed in the interim period.



ANNEX III
PROTOCOL ON ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COOPERATION IN ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
The two sides agree to establish an Israeli-Palestinian continuing Committee for Economic Cooperation, focusing, among other things, on the following:


Cooperation in the field of water, including a Water Development Program prepared by experts from both sides, which will also specify the mode of cooperation in the management of water resources in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and will include proposals for studies and plans on water rights of each party, as well as on the equitable utilization of joint water resources for implementation in and beyond the interim period.

Cooperation in the field of electricity, including an Electricity Development Program, which will also specify the mode of cooperation for the production, maintenance, purchase and sale of electricity resources.

Cooperation in the field of energy, including an Energy Development Program, which will provide for the exploitation of oil and gas for industrial purposes, particularly in the Gaza Strip and in the Negev, and will encourage further joint exploitation of other energy resources. This Program may also provide for the construction of a Petrochemical industrial complex in the Gaza Strip and the construction of oil and gas pipelines.

Cooperation in the field of finance, including a Financial Development and Action Program for the encouragement of international investment in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and in Israel, as well as the establishment of a Palestinian Development Bank.

Cooperation in the field of transport and communications, including a Program, which will define guidelines for the establishment of a Gaza Sea Port Area, and will provide for the establishing of transport and communications lines to and from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to Israel and to other countries. In addition, this Program will provide for carrying out the necessary construction of roads, railways, communications lines, etc.

Cooperation in the field of trade, including studies, and Trade Promotion Programs, which will encourage local, regional and inter-regional trade, as well as a feasibility study of creating free trade zones in the Gaza Strip and in Israel, mutual access to these zones, and cooperation in other areas related to trade and commerce.

Cooperation in the field of industry, including Industrial Development Programs, which will provide for the establishment of joint Israeli- Palestinian Industrial Research and Development Centers, will promote Palestinian-Israeli joint ventures, and provide guidelines for cooperation in the textile, food, pharmaceutical, electronics, diamonds, computer and science-based industries.

A program for cooperation in, and regulation of, labor relations and cooperation in social welfare issues.

A Human Resources Development and Cooperation Plan, providing for joint Israeli-Palestinian workshops and seminars, and for the establishment of joint vocational training centers, research institutes and data banks.

An Environmental Protection Plan, providing for joint and/or coordinated measures in this sphere.

A program for developing coordination and cooperation in the field of communication and media.

Any other programs of mutual interest.



ANNEX IV
PROTOCOL ON ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COOPERATION CONCERNING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

The two sides will cooperate in the context of the multilateral peace efforts in promoting a Development Program for the region, including the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, to be initiated by the G-7. The parties will request the G-7 to seek the participation in this program of other interested states, such as members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, regional Arab states and institutions, as well as members of the private sector.

The Development Program will consist of two elements:

an Economic Development Program for the 'West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
a Regional Economic Development Program.

The Economic Development Program for the West Bank and the Gaza strip will consist of the following elements:

A Social Rehabilitation Program, including a Housing and Construction Program.
A Small and Medium Business Development Plan.
An Infrastructure Development Program (water, electricity, transportation and communications, etc.)
A Human Resources Plan.
Other programs.

The Regional Economic Development Program may consist of the following elements:

The establishment of a Middle East Development Fund, as a first step, and a Middle East Development Bank, as a second step.
The development of a joint Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Plan for coordinated exploitation of the Dead Sea area.
The Mediterranean Sea (Gaza) - Dead Sea Canal.
Regional Desalinization and other water development projects.
A regional plan for agricultural development, including a coordinated regional effort for the prevention of desertification.
Interconnection of electricity grids.
Regional cooperation for the transfer, distribution and industrial exploitation of gas, oil and other energy resources.
A Regional Tourism, Transportation and Telecommunications Development Plan.
Regional cooperation in other spheres.

The two sides will encourage the multilateral working groups, and will coordinate towards their success. The two parties will encourage intersessional activities, as well as pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, within the various multilateral working groups.



AGREED MINUTES TO THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES ON INTERIM SELF-GOVERNMENT ARRANGEMENTS
A. GENERAL UNDERSTANDINGS AND AGREEMENTS

Any powers and responsibilities transferred to the Palestinians pursuant to the Declaration of Principles prior to the inauguration of the Council will be subject to the same principles pertaining to Article IV, as set out in these Agreed Minutes below.


B. SPECIFIC UNDERSTANDINGS AND AGREEMENTS

Article IV

It is understood that:


Jurisdiction of the Council will cover West Bank and Gaza Strip territory, except for issues that will be negotiated in the permanent status negotiations: Jerusalem, settlements, military locations, and Israelis.

The Council's jurisdiction will apply with regard to the agreed powers, responsibilities, spheres and authorities transferred to it.


Article VI (2)
It is agreed that the transfer of authority will be as follows:


The Palestinian side will inform the Israeli side of the names of the authorised Palestinians who will assume the powers, authorities and responsibilities that will be transferred to the Palestinians according to the Declaration of Principles in the following fields: education and culture, health, social welfare, direct taxation, tourism, and any other authorities agreed upon.

It is understood that the rights and obligations of these offices will not be affected.

Each of the spheres described above will continue to enjoy existing budgetary allocations in accordance with arrangements to be mutually agreed upon. These arrangements also will provide for the necessary adjustments required in order to take into account the taxes collected by the direct taxation office.

Upon the execution of the Declaration of Principles, the Israeli and Palestinian delegations will immediately commence negotiations on a detailed plan for the transfer of authority on the above offices in accordance with the above understandings.


Article VII (2)
The Interim Agreement will also include arrangements for coordination and cooperation.


Article VII (5)

The withdrawal of the military government will not prevent Israel from exercising the powers and responsibilities not transferred to the Council.


Article VIII

It is understood that the Interim Agreement will include arrangements for cooperation and coordination between the two parties in this regard. It is also agreed that the transfer of powers and responsibilities to the Palestinian police will be accomplished in a phased manner, as agreed in the Interim Agreement.


Article X

It is agreed that, upon the entry into force of the Declaration of Principles, the Israeli and Palestinian delegations will exchange the names of the individuals designated by them as members of the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Liaison Committee.

It is further agreed that each side will have an equal number of members in the Joint Committee. The Joint Committee will reach decisions by agreement. The Joint Committee may add other technicians and experts, as necessary. The Joint Committee will decide on the frequency and place or places of its meetings.


Annex II

It is understood that, subsequent to the Israeli withdrawal, Israel will continue to be responsible for external security, and for internal security and public order of settlements and Israelis. Israeli military forces and civilians may continue to use roads freely within the Gaza Strip and the Jericho area.


Done at Washington, D.C., this thirteenth day of September, 1993.


For the Government of Israel
For the P.L.O.

Witnessed By:

The United States of America
The Russian Federation

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All in all, those were the sunny days and I think we can get there again :-)

[EFerrari]

65. Anyone who remembers this guy

and this guy



not to mention this guy



and this guy



can't look at these guys



without thinking :wtf: :shrug:

Good thing there's more of us than there is of them.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

62. Not much happening in North Alabama but,

Dissing the defense industry that owns the place is still fun.

K&R

[EFerrari]

67. Not much happening here yet but we'll get something going.

Thanks. :hi:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

82. Keepin it alive! Great Pic!

[KyndCulture]

63. Not much happens here in my small town so I created my own daily protest.

I wear a no war armband everywhere I go.

I have a sign in my yard that says Preemptive War is Terrorism.

The armbands work, I've gotten at least 100 comments on it, it's a good way to open a dialog.

Click the link in my sig for more info on the armbands.

[EFerrari]

66. Done! I just ordered two.

My friend has a new picture of Junior in his grocery store: "Don't drink and drive / the world to destruction"

:rofl:

[KyndCulture]

71. Thank you!!!

I've already sold out of the first batch of 1100, I just ordered another batch.

I'm so glad this thing is taking off!

[EFerrari]

73. It's a great idea! Maybe I'll order one for each of my reps.

when I get my check.

[KyndCulture]

77. I struck a deal with the VERY BLUE!!! Embroidery company.

For bulk orders at a much reduced price.

I think they would make a fantastic fundraiser for some peace groups.

[EFerrari]

79. Good to know! We had Ts made up "You elected Bush,

Enjoy Your Facist Regime!" for the counter inaugural, and gathered other items, too -- political comedy, music, buttons, stickers. Something people could feel good about. I'll have to check that company out.

[KyndCulture]

64. K & R

[mom cat]

70. American Jews Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in Lebanon - Petition

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/justforeignpolicy.org/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=319

I will post others soon.

[EFerrari]

74. Thank you, mom cat!

:hi:

[mom cat]

72. Ask Congress to Support the Kucinich Resolution: Immediate Ceasefire In Le

Lebanon - Petition

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/justforeignpolicy.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=4697

[mom cat]

75. Demand Bush Use Diplomacy on Israel / Lebanon Hostilities - Petition

http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=8919726&type=CO

[mom cat]

76. Americans' Call for Immediate Ceasefire in Lebanon - petition

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/justforeignpolicy.org/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=320

[mom cat]

78. Save the Lebanese Civilians - Petition

http://epetitions.net/julywar/index.php

[meganmonkey]

80. Daily Demonstrations in Ann Arbor, MI

We have been doing it Monday thru Friday from 5-6:30pm at the Federal Bldg in Ann Arbor since early April.

General themes: Impeach Bush, End the Occupation of Iraq, but many individuals come with more specific agendas. We do not have an overall agenda, and (within reason - e.g. no "I love Bush' signs) we welcome everyone.

We need more people. If you know ANYONE in the Ann Arbor area who could come even once or twice a month we would appreciate the support.

We aren't an organized group - just a bunch of people who have had enough.

Thanks, sfexpat, for reminding us what we need to focus on.

:patriot:

[EFerrari]

81. That's awesome, megan. I'm going to check my state forum!

Thank you. :)

[Nutmegger]

85. Don't accept anything other than peace.

When we start flexing our "freedom of speech" rights, they will listen.

There's more of us than there are of them.

[EFerrari]

86. Kickers, activists, informers, good people, here's mom cat's new thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1727524

[Douglas Carpenter]

88. National Call-In Day for Immediate Cease-Fire

this I received this morning from: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/

"TAKE ACTION: Contact your Representative and ask them to sign on as a cosponsor to H.Con.Res.450, calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Middle East. If your Representative has already co-sponsored this resolution, please call to thank him/her. For contact information, click here: http://www.congress.org/

BACKGROUND: Despite mounting civilian casualties on all sides, the United States continues to provide Israel with a green light to destroy Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Last week, both the Senate and the House passed resolutions expressing uncritical support for Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice callously described the killing of Lebanese civilians and the destruction of civilian infrastructure as the "birth pangs of a new Middle East". The New York Times reported that the United States is rushing delivery of more satellite- and laser-guided bombs to Israel to sustain its attacks in violation of the US Arms Export Control and Foreign Assistance Acts.

We need to tell our elected representatives that the United States should be working for an immediate cease-fire, not providing Israel with the diplomatic and military support that it needs to wage its attacks.

Today, Tuesday, July 25, several national organizations-including the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Jewish Voice for Peace, the Council for the National Interest, Partners for Peace, Progressive Democrats of America, United for Peace and Justice, Peace Action, and the American Friends Service Committee-are organizing a national call-in day to Congress to support H.Con.Res.450, introduced by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), which calls upon the United States to pursue an "immediate cessation of violence" and "multi-party negotiations with no preconditions".

TAKE ACTION: Contact your Representative and ask them to sign on as a cosponsor to H.Con.Res.450, calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Middle East. If your Representative has already co-sponsored this resolution, please call to thank him/her. For contact information, click here: http://www.congress.org/

List of Current Co-Sponsors of H.Con.Res.450

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 7/19/2006
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 7/19/2006

Rep Cleaver, Emanuel - 7/19/2006
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 7/19/2006

Rep Davis, Danny K. - 7/19/2006
Rep Filner, Bob - 7/19/2006

Rep Grijalva, Raul M. - 7/19/2006
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 7/19/2006

Rep Honda, Michael M. - 7/19/2006
Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 7/19/2006

Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 7/19/2006
Rep Lee, Barbara - 7/19/2006

Rep McCollum, Betty - 7/19/2006
Rep McDermott, Jim - 7/19/2006

Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 7/19/2006
Rep Moran, James P. - 7/19/2006

Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 7/19/2006
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 7/19/2006

Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 7/19/2006
Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 7/19/2006

Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 7/19/2006
Rep Waters, Maxine - 7/19/2006

Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 7/19/2006

Text of H.Con.Res.450

Calling upon the President to appeal to all sides in the current crisis in the Middle East for an immediate cessation of violence and to commit United States diplomats to multi-party... (Introduced in House)

HCON 450 IH

109th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. CON. RES. 450

Calling upon the President to appeal to all sides in the current crisis in the Middle East for an immediate cessation of violence and to commit United States diplomats to multi-party negotiations with no preconditions.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 19, 2006
Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. LEE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FILNER, Mr. STARK, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HONDA, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. WATERS, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. RUSH, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Ms. SOLIS, and Mr. MEEKS of New York) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Calling upon the President to appeal to all sides in the current crisis in the Middle East for an immediate cessation of violence and to commit United States diplomats to multi-party negotiations with no preconditions.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Congress--

(1) calls upon the President to--

(A) appeal to all sides in the current crisis in the Middle East for an immediate cessation of violence;

(B) commit United States diplomats to multi-party negotiations with no preconditions; and

(C) send a high-level diplomatic mission to the region to facilitate such multi-party negotiations;

(2) urges such multi-party negotiations to begin as soon as possible, including delegations from the governments of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt; and

(3) supports an international peacekeeping mission to southern Lebanon to prevent cross-border skirmishes during such multi-party negotiations.

TAKE ACTION: Contact your Representative and ask them to sign on as a cosponsor to H.Con.Res.450, calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Middle East. If your Representative has already co-sponsored this resolution, please call to thank him/her. For contact information, click here: http://www.congress.org/ "