[Peace-discuss] Draft flyer for July 20 demo - comments welcomed

Stuart Levy via Peace-discuss peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
Sun Jul 20 13:45:31 EDT 2014


Thank you, Carl!

On 7/20/14 10:18 AM, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss wrote:
> Here's a reformatted version of yours (1-page). I'll get, what, 150 
> copies for today?
>
> */AWARE ~ The Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort of Champaign-Urbana ~ 20 
> July 2014/*
>
> *ISRAEL’S MURDERS IN GAZA - OBAMA’S RESPONSIBILITY,  AND OURS*
>
> After two weeks of airstrikes the Israeli army (IDF) has invaded Gaza, 
> the 140-square mile territory - with 1.8 million people - that it 
> surrounds and controls. (Hamas is the party that won a free election 
> in the territories occupied by Israel in 2006.) More than 400 
> Palestinians have been killed, and two Israelis.
>
> /“Israel invades Gaza because it can … Israel has total military 
> superiority, an air force which can knock and then bomb, a navy which 
> can shell Gazans from miles off shore, an army which can roll tanks 
> into Gaza nonstop. Gazans have no army, navy, or air force with which 
> to defend. Israel, as any nation, has a right to defend itself, but it 
> confuses offense with defense. It is on the offensive in Gaza./
> /“Israel, with its overwhelming military strength, is attacking and 
> invading Gaza in violation of international and U.S. law. Its 
> construction of settlements violates the Oslo agreement. Its Central 
> Bank dries up the Gaza economy and blocks payments to Gazan civil 
> servants. Its total control brings the Palestinians to utter 
> subjection and total despair./
> /“Israel will go door to door in Gaza in the hunt for Hamas, which 
> comprises the government of the Palestinians and is therefore a 
> necessary party to any peace talks. It is axiomatic that if you kill 
> your partner for peace, you will have no partner for peace.” [Dennis 
> Kucinich]/
>
> /“...What is needed now is an immediate ceasefire. The Egyptian 
> ceasefire proposal of July 15 met Israel's needs but utterly failed to 
> meet the needs of the people of Gaza. Israel was consulted before the 
> proposal was announced; Hamas was not./
> /“The proposal involved a return to the status quo with calm for 
> Israelis but with the people of Gaza continuing to live under a 
> crippling siege. Hamas demands an end to Israeli aggression, the 
> easing of the blockade by Israel and Egypt, and the release of 
> recently rearrested prisoners. It refuses to return to the status quo 
> ante because it is intolerable.” [Avi Shlaim]/
>
> *Who is responsible for the Israeli military assault on Gaza? Many can 
> be blamed for Israel’s committing what the Nuremberg Tribunal called 
> “the supreme international crime - launching aggressive war” - but the 
> final responsibility lies with the President of the United States.*
> Without the support - economic, military, political, and diplomatic - 
> that the U.S. government provides, Israel’s crimes would not be 
> possible. But the U.S. does not provide this support because of undue 
> influence from the  government of Israel or the Israel lobby. The U.S. 
> government supports Israel - and its oppression of Palestinians - 
> because Israel is America’s “stationary aircraft carrier” in the Mideast.
> Most Americans think of U.S. war in the Mideast as beginning after 
> 9/11/2001, with the American invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, but in 
> fact our government has been killing people in the Mideast since the 
> Second World War to secure control of what the U.S. State Department 
> called then “the world’s greatest material prize,” Mideast gas and 
> oil. The U.S. government demands not just access to Mideast energy 
> resources but control of them, because a strangle-hold over world 
> energy flows gives the U.S. the advantage over its economic rivals in 
> Europe and Asia, notably Germany and China.
> President Obama fails to stop Israel’s ongoing murders in Gaza - as he 
> could, with a word - because it’s been the policy of all U.S. 
> administrations for two generations to allow the Israelis to continue 
> their oppression of the Palestinians so long as Israel supports and 
> participates in the crimes of its U.S. master.
>
>
> *It's time for Americans to say no to the child-killers in the U.S. 
> and Israeli governments. Contact the president (202-456-1111) and our 
> representatives in Congress (202-224-3121), by phone or online:*
>
> *President Obama - 
> /<http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments>
> /Senator Durbin - /<http://www.durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm>
> /Senator Kirk - /<http://www.kirk.senate.gov/?p=comment_on_legislation>
> /Representative Davis 
> -/</**/https://rodneydavis.house.gov/contact/email-me/**/>/*
>
> /###/
> *//*
> *
> *
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2014, at 10:08 AM, Stuart Levy <salevy at illinois.edu 
> <mailto:salevy at illinois.edu>> wrote:
>
>> Hmm.   I agree with you, your original with Shlaim is better than 
>> this with only Kucinich's comments.    But I also agree with Karen 
>> and Leigh that the original was longer than ideal - and it would need 
>> fairly small print to fit on one side of a page, though it could 
>> certainly be two-sided.   I'll look again to see if anything can be 
>> cut and still have the rest work well.
>>
>> On 7/20/14 9:59 AM, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss wrote:
>>> Here's another mashup (so to speak). I think I'm still partial to 
>>> the original Shlaim version.
>>>
>>> */AWARE ~ The Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort of Champaign-Urbana ~ 20 
>>> July 2014/*
>>>
>>> *ISRAEL’S MURDERS IN GAZA - OBAMA’S RESPONSIBILITY,  AND OURS*
>>>
>>> After two weeks of airstrikes the Israeli army (IDF) has invaded 
>>> Gaza, the 140-square mile territory - with 1.8 million people - that 
>>> it surrounds and controls. (Hamas is the party that won a free 
>>> election in the territories occupied by Israel in 2006.)
>>>
>>> /“Israel invades Gaza because it can. Gazans, in the face of an 
>>> invasion, have no ability to strike back, while Israel strikes 
>>> forward. Israel has total military superiority, an air force which 
>>> can knock and then bomb, a navy which can shell Gazans from miles 
>>> off shore, an army which can roll tanks into Gaza nonstop. Gazans 
>>> have no army, navy, or air force with which to defend. Israel, as 
>>> any nation, has a right to defend itself, but it confuses offense 
>>> with defense. It is on the offensive in Gaza./
>>> /“Israel, with its overwhelming military strength, is attacking and 
>>> invading Gaza in violation of international and U.S. law. Its 
>>> construction of settlements violates the Oslo agreement. Its Central 
>>> Bank dries up the Gaza economy and blocks payments to Gazan civil 
>>> servants. Its total control brings the Palestinians to utter 
>>> subjection and total despair./
>>> /“Israel can kill, injure, and humiliate Palestinians at will, with 
>>> impunity, which is exactly what gave rise to Hamas and strengthens 
>>> Hamas' hold in Gaza, even as the IDF advances. Israel will go door 
>>> to door in Gaza in the hunt for Hamas, which comprises the 
>>> government of the Palestinians and is therefore a necessary party to 
>>> any peace talks. It is axiomatic that if you kill your partner for 
>>> peace, you will have no partner for peace./
>>> /“There will be no peace, for now, as Gaza is turned into an 
>>> abattoir [a slaughterhouse], to collectively punish Gazans for 
>>> supporting Hamas. Israel, in its attempt to divide Hamas from the 
>>> Gazans, will actually multiply Hamas' strength in Gaza and 
>>> elsewhere. Israel may indeed find and kill Hamas officials. But it 
>>> is not the current individuals who make up Hamas who constitute 
>>> Israel's deep dilemma, which threatens its long term security. It is 
>>> Israel's policies which gave rise to Hamas and which, if left 
>>> unaltered, will spawn increased resistance no matter how many 
>>> members of Hamas Israel is successful in apprehending or killing...” 
>>> [Dennis Kucinich]/
>>>
>>> Who is responsible  for the Israeli military assault on Gaza? Many 
>>> can be blamed for  Israel’s committing what the Nuremberg Tribunal 
>>> called “the supreme international crime - launching aggressive war” 
>>> - but the final responsibility lies with the President of the United 
>>> States.
>>> Without the support - economic, military, political, and diplomatic 
>>> - that the U.S. government provides, Israel’s crimes would not be 
>>> possible. But the U.S. does not provide this support because of 
>>> undue influence from the  government of Israel or the Israel lobby. 
>>> The U.S. government supports Israel - and its oppression of 
>>> Palestinians - because Israel is America’s “stationary aircraft 
>>> carrier” in the Mideast.
>>> Most Americans think of U.S. war in the Mideast as beginning after 
>>> 9/11/2001, with the American invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, but 
>>> in fact our government has been killing people in the Mideast since 
>>> the Second World War to secure control of what the U.S. State 
>>> Department called then “the world’s greatest material prize,” 
>>> Mideast gas and oil. The U.S. government demands not just access to 
>>> Mideast energy resources but control of them, because a 
>>> strangle-hold over world energy flows gives the U.S. the advantage 
>>> over its economic rivals in Europe and Asia, notably Germany and China.
>>> President Obama fails to stop Israel’s ongoing murders in Gaza - as 
>>> he could, with a word - because it’s been the policy of all U.S. 
>>> administrations for two generations to allow the Israelis to 
>>> continue their oppression of the Palestinians so long as Israel 
>>> supports and participates in the crimes of its U.S. master.
>>>
>>> *It's time for Americans to say no to the child-killers in the U.S. 
>>> and Israeli governments. *
>>> *Contact the president (202-456-1111) and our representatives in 
>>> Congress (202-224-3121), by phone or online:*
>>> *President Obama - 
>>> /<http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments>
>>> /Senator Durbin - /<http://www.durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm>
>>> /Senator Kirk - /<http://www.kirk.senate.gov/?p=comment_on_legislation>
>>> /Representative Davis 
>>> -/</**/https://rodneydavis.house.gov/contact/email-me/**/>/*
>>>
>>> /###/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *//*
>>> On Jul 20, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:stuartnlevy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How about this version?   It just fits on a page at this point, in 
>>>> mostly 11- and 12-point type.    (It would be good to include 
>>>> Shlaim's final paragraph on what the international community should 
>>>> aim for, but I couldn't see what more to cut elsewhere.)
>>>>
>>>> /_*AWARE ~ The Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort of Champaign-Urbana ~ 20 
>>>> July 2014*_/
>>>>
>>>> *ISRAEL’S MURDERS IN GAZA - OBAMA’S RESPONSIBILITY,  AND OURS*
>>>>
>>>> After two weeks of airstrikes the Israeli army (IDF) has invaded 
>>>> Gaza, the 140-square mile territory - with 1.8 million people - 
>>>> that it surrounds and controls. (Hamas is the party that won a free 
>>>> election in the territories occupied by Israel in 2006.) More than 
>>>> 300 Palestinians have been killed, and two Israelis.
>>>>
>>>> “/*Israel invades Gaza because it can.*… Israel has total military 
>>>> superiority, an air force which can knock and then bomb, a navy 
>>>> which can shell Gazans from miles off shore, an army which can roll 
>>>> tanks into Gaza nonstop. Gazans have no army, navy, or air force 
>>>> with which to defend.*Israel, as any nation, has a right to defend 
>>>> itself, but it confuses offense with defense. It is on the 
>>>> offensive in Gaza.*/
>>>>
>>>> “/Israel, with its overwhelming military strength, is attacking and 
>>>> invading Gaza in violation of international and U.S. law. Its 
>>>> construction of settlements violates the Oslo agreement. Its 
>>>> Central Bank dries up the Gaza economy and blocks payments to Gazan 
>>>> civil servants. Its total control brings the Palestinians to utter 
>>>> subjection and total despair./
>>>>
>>>> “/Israel will go door to door in Gaza in the hunt for Hamas, which 
>>>> comprises the government of the Palestinians and is therefore a 
>>>> necessary party to any peace talks. It is axiomatic that if you 
>>>> kill your partner for peace, you will have no partner for peace.” 
>>>> –/from*Dennis Kucinich,*in**Huffington 
>>>> Post:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-j-kucinich/israel-invades-gaza_b_5598535.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> “.../*What is needed now is an immediate ceasefire. The Egyptian 
>>>> ceasefire proposal of July 15 met Israel's needs but utterly failed 
>>>> to meet the needs of the people of Gaza.*//Israel was consulted 
>>>> before the proposal was announced; Hamas was not./
>>>>
>>>> “/The proposal involved a return to the status quo with calm for 
>>>> Israelis but with the people of Gaza continuing to live under a 
>>>> crippling siege. Hamas demands an end to Israeli aggression, the 
>>>> easing of the blockade by Israel and Egypt, and the release of 
>>>> recently rearrested prisoners. It refuses to return to the status 
>>>> quo ante because it is intolerable.” –/*Avi Shlaim, Oxford University*
>>>>
>>>> *
>>>> Who is responsible for the Israeli military assault on Gaza?*Many 
>>>> can be blamed for Israel’s committing what the Nuremberg Tribunal 
>>>> called “the supreme international crime - launching aggressive war” 
>>>> - but the final responsibility lies with the President of the 
>>>> United States.
>>>>
>>>> *Without the support - economic, military, political, and 
>>>> diplomatic - that the U.S. government provides, Israel’s crimes 
>>>> would not be possible.*But the U.S. does not provide this support 
>>>> because of undue influence from the government of Israel or the 
>>>> Israel lobby. The U.S. government supports Israel - and its 
>>>> oppression of Palestinians - because Israel is America’s 
>>>> “stationary aircraft carrier” in the Mideast.
>>>>
>>>> Most Americans think of U.S. war in the Mideast as beginning after 
>>>> 9/11/2001, with the American invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, but 
>>>> in fact our government has been killing people in the Mideast since 
>>>> the Second World War to secure control of what the U.S. State 
>>>> Department called then “the world’s greatest material prize,” 
>>>> Mideast gas and oil. The U.S. government demands not just access to 
>>>> Mideast energy resources but control of them, because a 
>>>> strangle-hold over world energy flows gives the U.S. the advantage 
>>>> over its economic rivals in Europe and Asia, notably Germany and China.
>>>>
>>>> *President Obama fails to stop Israel’s ongoing murders in Gaza - 
>>>> as he could, with a word - because it’s been the policy of all U.S. 
>>>> administrations for two generations to allow the Israelis to 
>>>> continue their oppression of the Palestinians so long as Israel 
>>>> supports and participates in the crimes of its U.S. master.*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *It's time for Americans to say no to the child-killers in the U.S. 
>>>> and Israeli governments.
>>>>
>>>> Contact the President (202-456-1111) and our Congressional 
>>>> representatives (202-224-3121), or on line at:
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>> *President Obama 
>>>> -*/*<http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments>
>>>> */*Senator Durbin -*/*<http://www.durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm>
>>>> */*Senator Kirk 
>>>> -*/*<http://www.kirk.senate.gov/?p=comment_on_legislation>
>>>> */*Representative Davis 
>>>> -*/*<https://rodneydavis.house.gov/contact/email-me>*/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/20/14 9:42 AM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:
>>>>> I could see substituting the first four paragraphs of Kucinich's 
>>>>> piece for Shlaim's [but I want to explain "abbatoir" - more 
>>>>> 'academic' than Shlaim's vocabulary...].
>>>>>
>>>>> But Shlaim's is better, I think, & provides answers for the 
>>>>> arguments we'll get on the street ("Hamas started it...."]. And I 
>>>>> could remove the reference to Oxford.
>>>>>
>>>>> And I thought it worthwhile to quote a Jewish scholar.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please advise. --CGE
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 20, 2014, at 9:08 AM, Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com 
>>>>> <mailto:stuartnlevy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been trying to shorten Avi Shlaim's piece, which is possible 
>>>>>> but maybe not the best way to do it - he says very good things, 
>>>>>> but the language is pretty academic and liable to put people off 
>>>>>> from quick reading.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying now to make a mashup of Dennis Kucinich's piece from 
>>>>>> HuffPo, and Avi Shlaim's description of what a cease fire should 
>>>>>> be which I think is especially clear, and your text bringing 
>>>>>> responsibility back to US.... will broadcast when there is 
>>>>>> something concrete... OK?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/19/14 7:47 PM, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss wrote:
>>>>>>> Give me an edited version. I haven't printed them yet.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jul 19, 2014, at 7:36 PM, Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com 
>>>>>>> <mailto:karenaram at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have to agree with her, when it comes to flyers, being 
>>>>>>>> concise as opposed to comprehensive is better, because most 
>>>>>>>> people won't read it if its too long. It's not something they 
>>>>>>>> paid for, its free, thus they are tempted to just disguard if 
>>>>>>>> it looks like work.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Draft flyer for July 20 demo - 
>>>>>>>> comments welcomed
>>>>>>>> > From:galliher at illinois.edu <mailto:galliher at illinois.edu>
>>>>>>>> > Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 19:33:00 -0500
>>>>>>>> > To:karenaram at hotmail.com <mailto:karenaram at hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Even my wife says it's readable on the printed page, tho' too 
>>>>>>>> long (her usual comment - she wants concision...)
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > On Jul 19, 2014, at 7:08 PM, Karen Aram 
>>>>>>>> <karenaram at hotmail.com <mailto:karenaram at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > > I had to increase the size of the print to read, but the 
>>>>>>>> content looks comprehensive, good.
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 17:49:16 -0500
>>>>>>>> > > To:peace-discuss at anti-war.net 
>>>>>>>> <mailto:peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
>>>>>>>> > > Subject: [Peace-discuss] Draft flyer for July 20 demo - 
>>>>>>>> comments welcomed
>>>>>>>> > > From:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net 
>>>>>>>> <mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > AWARE ~ The Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort of Champaign-Urbana 
>>>>>>>> ~ 20 July 2014
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > ISRAEL’S MURDERS IN GAZA - OBAMA’S RESPONSIBILITY, AND OURS
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > After two weeks of airstrikes the Israeli army (IDF) has 
>>>>>>>> invaded Gaza, the 140-square mile territory - with 1.8 million 
>>>>>>>> people - that it surrounds and controls. (Hamas is the party 
>>>>>>>> that won a free election in the territories occupied by Israel 
>>>>>>>> in 2006.)
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > “...This is the third major Israeli offensive against Hamas 
>>>>>>>> and the people of Gaza in the last six years. Refusing to 
>>>>>>>> accept international legality as the basis for resolving its 
>>>>>>>> dispute with the Palestinians, Israel's right-wing government 
>>>>>>>> is ever ready to resort to military force.
>>>>>>>> > > “With a degree of cynicism that is difficult to comprehend 
>>>>>>>> and impossible to condone, Israel's leaders describe their 
>>>>>>>> periodic incursions into Gaza as ‘mowing the lawn’. Now, once 
>>>>>>>> again, and with characteristic callousness, they have unleashed 
>>>>>>>> the full force of the IDF against Gaza's captive population.
>>>>>>>> > > “The death toll in the current round of hostilities is a 
>>>>>>>> grim reflection of the asymmetry of power between the fourth 
>>>>>>>> strongest army in the world and a virtually defenceless 
>>>>>>>> civilian population. In the first ten days of aerial 
>>>>>>>> bombardment, the ‘score’ was 260 Palestinian dead, mostly 
>>>>>>>> civilians, and one Israeli.
>>>>>>>> > > “By launching a ground offensive on July 17, Israel sharply 
>>>>>>>> escalated the death toll to over 300; destroyed many more 
>>>>>>>> houses, hospitals, and water plants; and displaced some 50,000 
>>>>>>>> people out of their homes. ‘Operation Protective Edge’ has thus 
>>>>>>>> turned the densely populated Palestinian enclave on the eastern 
>>>>>>>> shore of the Mediterranean into a living hell.
>>>>>>>> > > “Both sides claim to be responding to aggression by the 
>>>>>>>> other side. The stated aim of Israel's incursion into the strip 
>>>>>>>> is to put an end to the firing of rockets by Hamas militants on 
>>>>>>>> Israeli civilians. Hamas, the Islamic party that rules Gaza, 
>>>>>>>> claims it is engaged in legitimate resistance to Israel's 
>>>>>>>> military occupation and that the rockets fired by its military 
>>>>>>>> wing were a response to the violent IDF crackdown on the West 
>>>>>>>> Bank following the abduction and murder of three Israeli 
>>>>>>>> youths. The chain of action and reaction is endless. But the 
>>>>>>>> underlying cause of the violence is the Israeli colonialism ... 
>>>>>>>> for the last seven years the entire population of Gaza, mostly 
>>>>>>>> refugees from previous Arab-Israeli wars, has been subjected to 
>>>>>>>> an illegal, inhumane, and unrelenting siege...
>>>>>>>> > > “What is needed now is an immediate ceasefire. The Egyptian 
>>>>>>>> ceasefire proposal of July 15 met Israel's needs but utterly 
>>>>>>>> failed to meet the needs of the people of Gaza. Israel was 
>>>>>>>> consulted before the proposal was announced; Hamas was not. 
>>>>>>>> Hamas found out about the one-sided proposal from the media, 
>>>>>>>> not through diplomatic channels.
>>>>>>>> > > “The proposal involved a return to the status quo with calm 
>>>>>>>> for Israelis but with the people of Gaza continuing to live 
>>>>>>>> under a crippling siege. Not unreasonably, Hamas demands an end 
>>>>>>>> to Israeli aggression, the easing of the blockade by Israel and 
>>>>>>>> Egypt, and the release of recently rearrested prisoners. It 
>>>>>>>> refuses to return to the status quo ante because it is intolerable.
>>>>>>>> > > “Beyond a ceasefire to end the current round of fighting, 
>>>>>>>> the international community will need to tackle the much 
>>>>>>>> tougher task of persuading Israel to abide by the laws of war, 
>>>>>>>> respect UN resolutions, end the odious occupation, and 
>>>>>>>> recognise the natural right of the Palestinians to live on 
>>>>>>>> their land in freedom and dignity.” [Avi Shlaim, Oxford University]
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > Who is responsible for the Israeli military assault on 
>>>>>>>> Gaza? Many can be blamed for Israel’s committing what the 
>>>>>>>> Nuremberg Tribunal called “the supreme international crime - 
>>>>>>>> launching aggressive war” - but the final responsibility lies 
>>>>>>>> with the President of the United States.
>>>>>>>> > > Without the support - economic, military, political, and 
>>>>>>>> diplomatic - that the U.S. government provides, Israel’s crimes 
>>>>>>>> would not be possible. But the U.S. does not provide this 
>>>>>>>> support because of undue influence from the government of 
>>>>>>>> Israel or the Israel lobby. The U.S. government supports Israel 
>>>>>>>> - and its oppression of Palestinians - because Israel is 
>>>>>>>> America’s “stationary aircraft carrier” in the Mideast.
>>>>>>>> > > Most Americans think of U.S. war in the Mideast as 
>>>>>>>> beginning after 9/11/2001, with the American invasions of 
>>>>>>>> Afghanistan and Iraq, but in fact our government has been 
>>>>>>>> killing people in the Mideast since the Second World War to 
>>>>>>>> secure control of what the U.S. State Department called then 
>>>>>>>> “the world’s greatest material prize,” Mideast gas and oil. The 
>>>>>>>> U.S. government demands not just access to Mideast energy 
>>>>>>>> resources but control of them, because a strangle-hold over 
>>>>>>>> world energy flows gives the U.S. the advantage over its 
>>>>>>>> economic rivals in Europe and Asia, notably Germany and China.
>>>>>>>> > > President Obama fails to stop Israel’s ongoing murders in 
>>>>>>>> Gaza - as he could, with a word - because it’s been the policy 
>>>>>>>> of all U.S. administrations for two generations to allow the 
>>>>>>>> Israelis to continue their oppression of the Palestinians so 
>>>>>>>> long as Israel supports and participates in the crimes of its 
>>>>>>>> U.S. master.
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> > > It's time for Americans to say no to the child-killers in 
>>>>>>>> the U.S. and Israeli governments.
>>>>>>>> > > Contact the president (202-456-1111) and our 
>>>>>>>> representatives in Congress (202-224-3121), by phone or online:
>>>>>>>> > > President Obama - 
>>>>>>>> <http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments>
>>>>>>>> > > Senator Durbin - <http://www.durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm>
>>>>>>>> > > Senator Kirk - 
>>>>>>>> <http://www.kirk.senate.gov/?p=comment_on_legislation>
>>>>>>>> > > Representative Davis - 
>>>>>>>> <https://rodneydavis.house.gov/contact/email-me>
>>>>>>>> > > ###
>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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