[Peace-discuss] Jewish Voice for Peace: does Senator Durbin represent you, or Netanyahu?

[C. G. Estabrook]

[1] "Dear Mr. Netanyahu, please don’t cancel your speech"
- Philip Weiss on February 10, 2015
- See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/02/netanyahu-cancel-speech

[2] Sen. Durbin and a Republican senator have set up a "Senate Ukraine Caucus" to encourage more killing in Ukraine, on the lying excuse of  "continued Russian aggression in the region and repeated assaults on the sovereignty of [Ukraine's] borders" < http://thehill.com/policy/defense/232192-senators-launch-ukraine-caucus>.

This is as shameful - and as dangerous - as the Bush administration's lies about Iraq's WMD.
 
Both Illinois senators continue to support neoconservative and neoliberal policies. They should be driven from office at the earliest opportunity. 

--CGE



On Feb 11, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

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> From: Naomi Dann, Jewish Voice for Peace <info at jewishvoiceforpeace.org>
> Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:11 AM
> Subject: Robert - does Senator Durbin represent you, or Netanyahu?
> To: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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> Action Alert
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> Senator Durbin: do you represent justice, or occupation, discrimination, and war?
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> Tell Senator Durbin to #SkipTheSpeech
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> Robert,
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> House Speaker John Boehner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started a firestorm by going behind the President's back to give Netanyahu a bully pulpit in Congress.
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> But their plan is backfiring. The pushback has been unprecedented, with over 17 Members of Congress pledging to #SkiptheSpeech. And the list is growing every day.
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> Senator Durbin is on the fence --- they need to hear from you today. We have just 3 days before the Congress heads home on recess!
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> If we can get just 50 constituents in your districts to call, we have a real chance of adding a Representative from Illinois to the growing list of Congresspeople who are going to #SkiptheSpeech.
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> Call Senator Durbin now and let them know you have their back to #SkiptheSpeech.
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> This politically-motivated and inappropriately timed speech is all about what's good for Netanyahu - not Illinois, not diplomacy with Iran, and certainly not Palestinians and Israelis who want a chance to live together with justice.
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> Unless we raise our voices now, Prime Minister Netanyahu will get a high-profile platform on March 3 to promote war— using bigoted rhetoric, deception and outright lies.
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> This is a moment of unprecedented challenge to the unilateral bipartisan support for Israel's policies of endless war, occupation and siege. We need your representative to get off the fence, and make that challenge count.
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> Tell Senator Durbin to publicly pledge to skip Netanyahu’s speech before they heads home to Illinois.
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> We need to show our representatives they have our support when they show up for justice, and embolden them to take strong stands against warmongering.
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> Onward,
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> Naomi Dann
> Media Coordinator
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