[Peace] Fwd: Pls sign CPD Gaza statement

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> From: Joanne Landy <jlandy at igc.org>
> Date: January 7, 2009 8:56:40 PM CST
> To: cpd at igc.org
> Subject: Pls sign CPD Gaza statement
>
> Please Forward & Post on Websites, Blogs, Etc.
> Dear Friend,
>         We are writing to invite you to sign the Campaign for Peace  
> and Democracy statement "No More Blank Check for Israel: Statement  
> on the Crisis in Gaza." Your signature will add to the impact of  
> the statement at this crucial moment.
>         The text is below. If you would like to add your name or  
> make a tax-deductible donation to publicize the statement, please  
> go to our website www.cpdweb.org -- if for any reason you have  
> difficulty at the website, just send us an email at cpd at igc.org.  
> And please circulate the statement to your colleagues and friends.
> Sincerely,
> Joanne Landy   Tom Harrison
> Co-Directors, Campaign for Peace and Democracy
>
> No More Blank Check for Israel!
> STATEMENT ON THE CRISIS IN GAZA
>
> A group of New Jersey peace activists prepared an ad to appear in  
> the Montclair Times, and we found ourselves in broad agreement with  
> its content. We have modified the ad for use as a Campaign for  
> Peace and Democracy sign-on statement.
>
> In its massive military attacks on Gaza, Israel has again engaged  
> in actions contrary to morality, international law, the cause of  
> peace, and to the long-term best interests of the people of Israel.  
> And, once again, the United States government has been the enabler  
> of Israeli actions:
>
> *        The bombers that unleashed death and destruction on Gaza  
> were U.S.-supplied F-16s.
>
> *        The attack helicopters were U.S.-supplied Apaches.
>
> *        The government that blocked international demands for an  
> immediate cease-fire was Washington.
>
> *        And the source of more than $3 billion a year in tax-payer  
> funded military aid to Israel has been the United States.
>
>           No country should have to face rockets fired at its  
> citizens, and we condemn Hamas's launching of rockets into Israeli  
> civilian areas. But the solution is not raining bombs and missiles  
> down on one of the most densely populated sites in the world,  
> making massive civilian casualties inevitable, and which, apart  
> from its immorality, guarantees only another generation of hatred  
> towards Israel.
>
>           The solution -- as the Israeli peace movement, human  
> rights groups, and the United Nations have urged -- is to lift the  
> economic blockade imposed on Gaza and end the Occupation.
>
>           This blockade holds one and a half million Palestinian  
> civilians hostage, and creates a horrendous humanitarian crisis.  
> Malnutrition is rife, people have died from being denied the right  
> to travel for medical care, and electricity and clean water are  
> scarce. Meanwhile the 40-year Occupation not only continues, but is  
> also strengthened by increased settlements.
>
>         We condemn the policies of our government that support the  
> ongoing oppression and murder of the Palestinian people.
>
>         We urge the incoming Obama administration to refuse to give  
> Israel the U.S. blank check it has long enjoyed.
>
>         And we call on everyone to join in telling the President  
> and Congress that we want an immediate end to U.S. military aid to  
> Israel. We do not want our tax dollars or the leaders who speak in  
> our names to continue supporting the attacks on the Palestinian  
> people.
>
> * * * * * * * *
> Please go to the CPD website at www.cpdweb.org to sign, donate, or  
> see the full list of signers.
>
> THE CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY (CPD) advocates a new,  
> progressive and non-militaristic U.S. foreign policy -- one that  
> encourages democratization, justice and social change.
>
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> Email: cpd at igc.org
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