[Peace-discuss] Fw: Defend Obama from AIPAC

[Jenifer Cartwright]

--- On Wed, 3/24/10, Just Foreign Policy <info at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:

From: Just Foreign Policy <info at justforeignpolicy.org>
Subject: Defend Obama from AIPAC
To: jencart13 at yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 3:09 PM


    
        
    
    
        
        
        Dear Jenifer,

Urge your reps to support President Obama's opposition to Israeli settlement expansion against AIPAC's attacks.


If you, like the majority of Americans and the majority of American Jews, think that the United States should pursue a more evenhanded policy towards Israel and the Palestinians, then this week is a critical moment of danger and opportunity. President Obama, Vice-President Biden, and Secretary of State Clinton have taken a public stand against Israeli settlement expansion in Palestinian East Jerusalem; everyone knows that Israeli settlement expansion in East Jerusalem is a direct attack on meaningful prospects for a negotiated political resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But thousands of activists of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) are in Washington this week, urging Members of Congress to attack Obama for opposing Israeli settlement expansion in Palestinian lands.  



Will you write to your representatives in Congress, urging them to support President Obama's opposition to Israeli settlement expansion?  



http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/settlements 



A recent Rasmussen Poll found that 49% of Americans believe Israel should be "required" to stop building settlements, with only 22% disagreeing. [1] A recent YouGovPolimetrix poll found that 52% of Americans support, while only 31% oppose, the Obama administration's demand that Israel stop all settlement-building. [2] By a 71-29 margin, American Jews support the US "exerting pressure" on both sides; 55% say the US was right to strongly criticize Israeli settlement expansion in East Jerusalem. [3]   



But AIPAC issued a statement voicing "serious concern" with the administration's statements in opposition to Israeli settlement expansion, and Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League said he was "shocked and stunned" by the Obama Administration's "gross overreaction" to Israeli settlement expansion. [4] The top priorities for AIPAC lobbyists in Washington this week include getting Congress to pressure the Obama Administration to avoid airing disagreements with Israel publicly and getting Congress to pass $3 billion in U.S. aid to Israel without conditions, Time Magazine reports. [5]  



With AIPAC "storming" Congress this week, it's urgent for the pro-peace majority of Americans to speak up. Will you write to your representatives in Congress now? We've provided a sample letter to make it convenient. 



http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/settlements



Thank you for all you do to help bring about a just foreign policy, 



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Just Foreign Policy 



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References: 



1. "A stark truth: Israeli arms, U.S. dollars," Glenn Greenwald, Salon, March 23, 2010

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/522#March2310t4 

2. "Summary results of YouGovPolimetrix poll," Avaaz.org

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/523 

3. "Some Key Takeaways From J Street's March 2010 Polling of American Jews," J Street, March 23, 2010

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/522#March2310t1

4) Legislative Action Center, Americans for Peace Now

http://capwiz.com/peacenow/issues/alert/?alertid=14815581 

5) "The Pro-Israel Lobby's Plan to Storm Congress," Michael Scherer, Time Magazine

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1973983,00.html#ixzz0j6THUabn 


        
        

        
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