[Peace-discuss] Fw: Write Now to Save Lives in Gaza

[Jenifer Cartwright]

A few clicks is all it takes. Can't hurt, might help. Peace.
 --Jenifer

--- On Mon, 12/29/08, Just Foreign Policy <info at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:

From: Just Foreign Policy <info at justforeignpolicy.org>
Subject: Write Now to Save Lives in Gaza
To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 1:01 PM




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Write Now to Save Lives in Gaza




Dear Jenifer,
 
In the summer of 2006, Just Foreign Policy advocates called for an immediate cease-fire to stop the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon. Then as now, time is of the essence. A surge in international pressure can stop the violence, just as it did in 2006. The faster the pressure surges, the sooner the violence will stop, and the more lives will be saved. There is little reason to doubt that U.S. pressure for an immediate cease-fire would have an impact.. If President-elect Obama and Members of Congress would speak up now, it would add decisively to international pressure to end the violence. 

Will you join us in writing to President Bush, President-elect Obama and Members of Congress, urging them to support an immediate cease-fire and an end to the economic blockade of Gaza ?

http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/gazaceasefirebushcongress.html

For six months there was a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that resulted from indirect talks between Israel and Hamas that were brokered by Egypt and actively encouraged by the United States. The main sticking point in renewing the cease-fire was the failure to ease the economic blockade of Gaza, which former President Carter has called an "abomination." 

There is every reason to believe that even a small shift in U.S. policy could have dramatic effects. The present Israeli policy was developed in close coordination with the Bush Administration. President-elect Obama has pledged to reach out to the Muslim world and put a new emphasis on diplomacy. Few changes would have more dramatic impact than ending the policy of isolating Gaza and trying to crush Hamas, which has brought humanitarian catastrophe.

Will you join us in asking President Bush, President-elect Obama and Members of Congress to speak up now to stop the violence and end the blockade?

http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/gazaceasefireobama.html

Robert Naiman, Sarah Burns, and Chelsea Mozen
Just Foreign Policy

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