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Subject: Stand with Sanders: Cease Settlements & End Gaza Blockade
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Dear Miriam,
Tell President Obama & Congress: Back Sanders' call for Israel to end the
Gaza blockade and stop building settlements on Palestinian land.
Take
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I'm tired of people trying to tell me that Bernie Sanders is "bad" on
Israel-Palestine because he doesn't oppose US aid to Israel.
These people have checked out of US political reality. Barbara Lee doesn't
oppose US aid to Israel. Is Barbara Lee a warmonger? Making US aid to Israel
the litmus test of "bad" is a position of people who don't believe in
political engagement in the real world. Saying that Bernie is bad on
Israel-Palestine because he doesn't oppose US aid to Israel is like saying
that he's bad on financial reform because he isn't calling for sending all
Wall Street bankers to re-education camps. It's off the playing field of the
political world that 99% of politically-active progressive Americans are
living in: the world of trade unionists, environmentalists, women's rights
activists, and civil rights groups. It's like saying: "I don't care what
happens in Washington and I refuse to take any responsibility for it."
At Just Foreign Policy, we struggled with very limited success to get
Congressional Democrats to come out for ending the Gaza blockade, which is
keeping 1.8 million Palestinians in "the world's largest open air prison."
Keith Ellison [1] (who has endorsed Bernie, by the way [2]), Barbara Lee
[3], Danny Davis [4]. That's the sum total of Congressional Democrats that
we were able to get to call for ending the Gaza blockade.
But now, there it is on Bernie's website:
"The Israelis must end the blockade of Gaza, and cease developing
settlements on Palestinian land." [5]
If we're ever going to make any meaningful contribution in the United States
to ending the Israel-Palestine conflict, we have to build an army of people
who 1) care what happens to the Palestinians and 2) believe in realistic
political engagement in the United States.
Now, thanks to Sanders' stand, we have a golden opportunity to build our
army of people who care about Palestinians and believe in dealing with the
real world. There's a huge army supporting Bernie Sanders. Their champion
just came out for ending the Gaza blockade and stopping the settlements.
Let's try to put "end the Gaza blockade" and "stop the settlements" on the
lips of Sanders' army.
Sign
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to support Sanders' call for Israel to end the blockade of Gaza and cease
developing settlements on Palestinian land:
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/stand-with-Sanders-end-Gaza-blockade
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Thanks for all you do to help make US foreign policy more just,
Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
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References:
1.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/keith-ellison-end-the-gaza-blockade-
to-achieve-peace/2014/07/29/e5e707c4-16a1-11e4-85b6-c1451e622637_story.html
2.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/keith-ellison-hands-bernie-sanders-his-second-con
gressional-endorsment
3.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danny-glover/stand-with-keith-ellison-_b_56893
92.html
4.
http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2014/09/17/support-for-obama-on-gaza-bl
ockade-lee-2-others/
5. https://berniesanders.com/issues/war-and-peace/
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