[Peace] JFP alert: Stand with Bernie for Palestinians' Right to Protest Without Being Shot

[Robert Naiman]

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Date: Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 4:23 PM
Subject: Stand with Bernie for Palestinians' Right to Protest Without Being
Shot
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Dear Robert,



*Tell your reps. to stand with Bernie for Palestinians' right to protest
without being shot.    Sign the petition
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*CNN* reported
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that
Vermont Senator *Bernie Sanders* criticized the Israeli military’s violent
response to recent protests in Gaza, which resulted in at least 17
Palestinians being killed and more than 1,400 injured. Senator Sanders
said: “*It is the right of all people to protest for a better future
without a violent response.*” He added: "Meanwhile, *the situation in Gaza
remains a humanitarian disaster*. The US must play a more positive
role in *ending
the Gaza blockade* and helping Palestinians and Israelis build a future
that works for all."

*Urge your Representative and Senators to join with Bernie in speaking out
for Palestinians’ right to protest without being shot with live ammunition
by **signing our petition*
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*.*

Minnesota Rep. *Betty McCollum* said
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“I am horrified by the tragic wounding & killing of Palestinian protesters
in Gaza last Friday. *Attacks on peaceful Palestinian protesters must end.*”

As the *Washington Post* reported
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, *videos circulating online appeared to document the Israeli military
shooting unarmed demonstrators who posed no threat to Israeli forces*. The
Israeli human rights group *B’Tselem* said: “These are the predictable
outcomes of a *manifestly illegal command: Israeli soldiers shooting live
ammunition at unarmed Palestinian protesters.*”

Hundreds of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv
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against
the Israeli army’s shootings of protesters in Gaza in a rally co-sponsored
by *Peace Now* [Shalom Achshav], Israel's preeminent peace movement, under
the banner “*Create hope, stop the next war*." Peace Now issued a statement
condemning what it called the Israeli army's "*trigger happy*" policies
under orders from the Netanyahu government.

*Human Rights Watch* said
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“The shocking number of Palestinians killed and hurt today by soldiers
firing across the Gaza fence raises serious questions about *Israel’s
longstanding use of live ammunition to police demonstrations*. Israel’s
allegations of violence by some protesters do not change the fact that *using
lethal force is banned by international law except to meet an imminent
threat to life*.”

*Urge your Representative and Senators to join with Bernie Sanders, human
rights groups, and pro-peace Israelis in speaking out for Palestinians’
right to protest without being shot with live ammunition by **signing our
petition*
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*.*

Thanks for taking action, and thanks for all you do to help make U.S.
foreign policy more just,

Robert Naiman, Sarah Burns, and Tyler Bellstrom
Just Foreign Policy

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