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<td>Don't wait to speak up.</td>
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<td>Wed, 9 Jul 2014 13:08:56 -0400 (EDT)</td>
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<td>Rebecca Vilkomerson, Jewish Voice for Peace
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<p class="p1">Dear David,</p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 14px;
line-height: 1.6;">The last 24 hours have
been devastating. The weeks leading up to
it have been horrifying. </span></p>
<p class="p1">We have watched with sadness and
anger as the deaths of children have
mounted, racist mobs have rampaged, the
fears of people throughout both Israel and
Palestine have reached unbearable levels,
and the collective punishment of the
Palestinian people has intensified.</p>
<p class="p1">We can not wait one more moment
to speak up. In such a terrible moment, we
must join what we feel with what we know.</p>
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<p class="p1"><i><b>Only by ending the
occupation and embracing equality can
this terrible bloodshed end.</b></i></p>
<p class="p1">Our unshakeable belief in
justice - as Jews and as human beings -
compels us to acknowledge that the root of
this violence lies in the Israeli
government’s commitment to occupation over
the well-being of Palestinians or Israelis.
Where our leaders have so thoroughly refused
that truth, it is our responsibility to hold
it up. </p>
<p class="p1">So when we reach 18,000
signatures, we’ll publish the letter in <i>Ha’aretz</i> and <i>The
Forward - </i>and call on our communities
stand up with us.</p>
<p class="p1">In just the last two days,
scores of Palestinians--with no place to
hide--have been killed, while the entire
population of Gaza experiences the terror of
widespread bombing. Israelis have had to
endure the fear of never knowing when or
where the next rocket will fall.</p>
<p class="p1">We must speak up now.</p>
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join me and sign this urgent Open
Letter that says, the occupation
must end.</b></u></span></a> And
forward this to your friends so they do the
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<p class="p1"><b>None of this should be
happening.</b> As we mourn all who have
died, we reaffirm that all Israelis and
Palestinians deserve security, justice, and
equality.</p>
<p class="p1">The occupation, with US military
and financial support, is the root cause.
And it systematically denies the very
humanity of Arabs, while valuing Jewish
lives at the expense of others.</p>
<p class="p1">Anti-Palestinian bigotry is not
only acceptable but a powerful political
tool in Israel. Long before this latest
escalation, everyday life for Palestinians
meant increasing numbers of settlements
taking over their lands and homes, and a web
of violence and control which reached into
every area of life, simply because they are
not Jewish. The recent and very public
violence against Palestinians in the streets
of Jerusalem and elsewhere did not happen in
a vacuum.</p>
<p class="p1"><b>Enough is enough.</b> <b>W</b><b>e
are not going away.</b> </p>
<p class="p1">Those few Israelis who are
bravely speaking out against their
governments’ inhumane policies need to know
that they have our support. Those
Palestinians who are under daily assault
need to know that we see them. </p>
<p class="p1">As part of a vast network of
people across the globe, we have more power
than we may think. But we have to take
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occupation and embracing true equality can
this terrible bloodshed end.</p>
<p class="p1">Sincerely,</p>
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