<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>I remember when they took Cynthia McKinney down - Hank Johnson's predecessor in this seat. </div><div><br></div><div>The conclusion that people drew wasn't that you should be more careful in how you criticize (which she sure as hell wasn't.) </div><div><br></div><div>The conclusion that people drew was that you can't criticize at all.</div><div><br></div><div>This is what I fear is going to happen if the adversary succeeds in taking Hank Johnson down. </div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">American Muslims for Palestine</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@ampalestine.org" target="_blank">info@ampalestine.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 11:22 AM<br>Subject: U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson went out on a limb for Palestinians NOW HE NEEDS OUR HELP<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><br><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:large"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>ACTION ALERT</b></span></span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:Arial">U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson went out on a limb for Palestinians <br>
NOW HE NEEDS OUR HELP</span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><img width="250" hspace="5" height="128" align="right" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51044/images/Rep.%20Hank%20Johnson.jpg" alt="">U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) has a history of supporting Palestinian human rights. And last week in Philadelphia he spoke on a panel discussion organized by our friends at the <b>US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation</b> and <b>American Friends Service Committee</b>. The event was held to educate delegates to the Democratic National convention.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial">During his remarks, Rep. Johnson made a comparison between settlement activity and termites. He said settlements were eating up Palestinian land the way termites can eat up a house. Now Zionists are attacking him by twisting his words. They say he called Jews termites, which simply did not happen.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial">AMP was there and we know what he said. </span></span></b></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial">These are his exact words:</span></span></p>
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<td><i><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial">“There has been a steady, almost like termites can get into a residence and eat it up before you know that you’ve been eaten up and you fall in on yourself, there has been settlement activity that has marched forward with impunity at a [sic] ever-increasing rate to the point where it has become alarming.”</span></span></i></td>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=u1i9%2Fkr38cs8WtfC%2BpC12SXtO%2Bnyq2TF" target="_blank">Watch the video and see for yourself</a>.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial">U.S. policy considers settlements illegal and an obstacle to peace and the U.S. State Department last week <a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=c8wvkCVq6TqCVGdNFgpE0e4UbAifNPEN" target="_blank">issued its strongest condemnation</a> yet on plans for new settlement construction, calling them “corrosive.”</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial">Mr. Johnson issued a <a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eBCVk6JFYNcjW%2BdUSAoXbe4UbAifNPEN" target="_blank">clarifying statement</a>, but the chairman of the Georgia Republican Committee has <a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nDPo5dmdkez%2Fn3dgKO4fYyXtO%2Bnyq2TF" target="_blank">called for his resignation</a> anyway. (Click on News.)<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial">We must support Rep. Johnson. We cannot allow him to face this attack alone.</span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial">TAKE ACTION</span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial">TODAY</span></span></b></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><br>
<a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FzJJfMeOMjyCHs5vt9frFCXtO%2Bnyq2TF" target="_blank"><img width="71" hspace="5" height="63" align="right" alt="" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51044/images/Buttons/email%20symbol.jpg"></a></span></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=N8ais091Q9JpCW1%2FnElGlSXtO%2Bnyq2TF" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><img width="10" hspace="5" height="10" align="left" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51044/images/Buttons/bullet%20point.jpg" alt=""></span></span></span></span>Send an email today</a> to Mr. DuBose Porter, the chairman of the Georgia Democratic Party, and tell him you stand by Rep. Johnson. <br>
</span></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><img width="10" hspace="5" height="10" align="left" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51044/images/Buttons/bullet%20point.jpg" alt=""></span></span></span></span>Forward this email to all your networks and friends and ask them to take action immediately.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial">MONDAY</span></span></b></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><br>
Please call the Georgia Democratic Party Chairman, Mr. DuBose Porter, and Rep. Hank Johnson to tell them you stand with the representative. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial">CONTACT INFO</span></span></b></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><br>
Democratic Party Georgia Headquarters – <b><a href="tel:678.278.2016" value="+16782782016" target="_blank">678.278.2016</a></b>. If Mr. Porter is not available, leave a message.<br>
Rep. Johnson - D.C. office: <b><a href="tel:202.225.1605" value="+12022251605" target="_blank">202.225.1605</a></b>; Lithonia, Georgia office: <b><a href="tel:770.987.2291" value="+17709872291" target="_blank">770.987.2291</a></b><br>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial">TALKING POINTS</span></span></b></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><br>
</span></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><img width="10" hspace="5" height="10" align="left" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51044/images/Buttons/bullet%20point.jpg" alt=""></span></span>I support Rep. Johnson and appreciate his remarks on justice for Palestinians.<br>
</span></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><img width="10" hspace="5" height="10" align="left" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51044/images/Buttons/bullet%20point.jpg" alt=""></span></span>It is clear Rep. Johnson was speaking about settlement construction and not Jews or Israelis during his remarks.<br>
</span></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><img width="10" hspace="5" height="10" align="left" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51044/images/Buttons/bullet%20point.jpg" alt=""></span></span>Rep. Johnson was speaking up for Palestinian rights and that is not anti-Semitic.<br>
</span></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><img width="10" hspace="5" height="10" align="left" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51044/images/Buttons/bullet%20point.jpg" alt=""></span></span>Affording one group of people its human rights does not detract from the human rights of any other groups.<br>
</span></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><img width="10" hspace="5" height="10" align="left" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51044/images/Buttons/bullet%20point.jpg" alt=""></span></span>Criticizing Israeli policies or illegal activities is not anti-Semitic.<br>
</span></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><img width="10" hspace="5" height="10" align="left" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51044/images/Buttons/bullet%20point.jpg" alt=""></span></span>International law, the global community and U.S. policy all consider settlements to be illegal.<br>
</span></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><img width="10" hspace="5" height="10" align="left" src="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51044/images/Buttons/bullet%20point.jpg" alt=""></span></span>Rep. Johnson deserves our respect and support for speaking up for justice.<br>
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