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NLG
Press Releases on Israeli Aggression
Against Lebanon
and Seige on Gaza
Visit NLG Middle East Subcommittee: www.nlg.org/mideast/index.shtml
Site includes NLG Resolutions,
Articles, Delegation Reports, Briefs & Pleadings, and Discussion
List information
TAKE ACTION NOW:
1. CONTACT ELECTED
OFFICIALS: Call and write to your elected
officials, and demand that they call upon the United States to immediately
introduce a resolution before the U.N. Security Council demanding
that Israel halt its illegal and brutal aggression against Palestine
and Lebanon. Demand that your elected officials hold Israel accountable
for its war crimes and crimes against humanity committed using weaponry
and technology sold to Israel by the United States and funded by U.S.
tax money. You can find out who your elected officials are at the
following web link: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/
The U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation has also provided
a direct link to sending a letter to elected officials:
http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=1215
2. TALKING POINTS: For ideas and talking points to help you
in speaking out about Israel’s aggression, you may want to refer
to (1) the NLG statement on Gaza, issued on July 6, 2006; (2) sample
talking points from an on-line petition for Lebanon organized by various
NLG members; and (3) other additional sources for talking points,
all of which are included below.
3. ON-LINE PETITION: Sign on to the on-line petition,
“Take Action to Stop the Crisis in Lebanon and Gaza (http://www.petitiononline.com/hurriyeh/petition.html)
and forward widely for additional sign-ons.
4. JOIN WITH LOCAL SOLIDARITY GROUPS TO ORGANIZE ACTIONS:
Join with Palestine, Lebanon, anti-war and anti-occupation
solidarity groups in your area, and organize teach-ins, demonstrations,
protests, and awareness-raising events. For actions and demonstrations
in your area, please check out the following websites:
***National Council of Arab Americans (NCA) (www.arab-american.net)
***ANSWER Coalition (www.internationalanswer.org)
***Al-Awda – The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (www.al-awda.org)
***U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (www.endtheoccupation.org)
5. AUGUST 12 DEMONSTRATION FOR PALESTINE AND LEBANON: PLAN
NOW to take part in the National Emergency March to Defend the People
of Palestine and Lebanon on AUGUST 12, in Washington, D.C., San Francisco,
and Los Angeles. Organize contingents from your local area to attend
the demonstration, and organize surrounding activities (teach-ins,
flyering to publicize the protest, awareness-raising activities).
For more information, check out the A.N.S.W.E.R. website at www.internationalanswer.org.
6. ARM YOURSELVES WITH INFORMATION: Don’t believe
the hype! Mainstream media’s racist and one-sided portrayal
of the occupation in Palestine and aggression in Lebanon reflects
imperialist U.S. foreign policy and the politics of aggressors and
occupiers. The situation is not as “complicated” as people
make it out to be. It is, at its core, an issue of occupation and
oppression. Read alternative informational sites about the history
and current violence in Lebanon and Palestine. Challenge misinformation
and disinformation where and when you see it. Write letters and editorials
to media sources in support of good reporting and challenging erroneous
or problematic reporting. Important web links include the following:
• ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism): http://www.internationalanswer.org
• Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights: http://www.mezan.org/site_en/resource_center/mezan_publications/detail.php?id=147
• Palestine Center for Human Rights: http://www.pchrgaza.org
• Al-Awda – The Palestine Right to Return Coalition:http://www.al-awda.org/
• Stop the Wall – Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid
Campaign: http://www.stopthewall.org/
• Addameer: Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association:
http://www.addameer.org/index_eng.html
• Sumoud – Political Prisoner Solidarity Group: sumoud.tao.ca
• Defense for Children International – Palestine Section:
http://www.dci-pal.org/
• The Electronic Intifada: http://electronicintifada.net/new.shtml
• Electronic Lebanon: http://www.electronicLebanon.net
• Palestine Remembered: http://www.palestineremembered.com/
• Palestine Land Society: http://www.plands.org/
• SHAML – Palestinian Diaspora and Refugee Centre: http://www.shaml.org/zshaml/site/
• BADIL – Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and
Refugee Rights: http://www.badil.org
• Labor for Palestine: http://www.laborforpalestine.org/
• National Lawyers Guild Middle-East Sub-Committee website:
http://www.nlg.org/mideast/index.shtml
(with information on NLG positions and links to NLG reports)
7. GET OTHERS INVOLVED: Forward this information
widely and encourage your friends, colleagues, co-workers, family
to GET INVOLVED.
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