[Peace] Fwd: URGENT: Supporters of IL pro-settlement bill winning!

Tue May 12 23:26:11 EDT 2015

The bill is *SB1761*. The situation has become very critical: *So far,
sixty more witness slips have been filled out by the proponents of this
bill than by its opponents.*  Please note that you will not be called to
the Illinois House or Senate by having filled out the witness slip .

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Stuart Levy via Peace <
peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

>  It's important to oppose this bill in the Illinois State senate, SB1721,
> which would effectively force state pension funds to drop any company which
> boycotts businesses in Israeli settlements.
>
> They're set to hear it at *10am Wednesday morning*.  Please, if you can,
> *before then* submit a witness slip indicating that you are opposing the
> bill.   You can do this on line
> <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0Yhdzc4YEtaVjLTxFxku%2BocY1dlB4VMK>
> - Just Foreign Policy's note below explains how.
>
> Note that "Title" is required, and so is "Organization" (you can enter
> "self").
>
>
>
>   Subject: URGENT: Supporters of IL pro-settlement bill winning!  Date: Tue,
> 12 May 2015 21:41:27 -0400  From: Megan Iorio, Just Foreign Policy
> <info at justforeignpolicy.org> <info at justforeignpolicy.org>  Reply-To:
> info at justforeignpolicy.org  To: slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu
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> Dear Stuart,
>
> Yesterday, I emailed you to ask you to *submit a witness slip against SB
> 1761*, a bill being considered by the Illinois General Assembly that
> would force state pension fund administrators to blacklist companies that
> boycott businesses that operate in “territories under the control of
> Israel." This bill infringes on the right to boycott human rights abuses
> and also legitimizes the Israeli annexation of the West Bank. [1]
>
> The Executive Committee of the Illinois House is scheduled to consider SB
> 1761 *Wednesday morning at 10AM.* Before they consider the bill, they
> will take into account the number of Illinois residents who submitted
> witness slips in support and in opposition to the legislation.
>
> *At writing, those in support of the pro-settlements bill have submitted
> 60 more witness slips than those opposed!* [2] That means we need
> everyone who opposes this bill to make sure they submit a witness slip ASAP.
>
> *If you haven't done so already, please take a minute to fill out a
> witness slip in opposition to the pro-settlement bill by following this
> link.
> <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0Yhdzc4YEtaVjLTxFxku%2BocY1dlB4VMK>*
>
> When filling out the witness slip, indicate “opponent”, “record of
> appearance only”, and enter the organization you represent under
> “representation” or just enter “self”. Make sure to spell out your
> organization (don’t use abbreviations). [3]
>
> If you have already filled out a witness slip, *please forward this email
> to your Illinois contacts* and urge them to do the same.
>
> Thanks for taking action,
>
> Megan Iorio
> Just Foreign Policy
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> References:
>
> 1.
> http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1761&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88517&SessionID=88
> <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pF%2BBzpFaORVWIoCvz4WPJWA4ARn%2BWPm6>
> 2.
> http://my.ilga.gov/Hearing/WitnessSlipInfo/88517?hearingId=12975&LegislationDocumentId=112073&HCommittees5%2F19%2F2015-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=H&nodays=7&_=1431479850078
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> 3. In case the embedded link doesn't show up for you, here is the URL to
> submit a witness slip:
> http://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/88517?committeeHearingId=12975&LegislationId=88517&CommitteeHearings-page=1&_=1431031726873
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