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The World Says No to Israeli Occupation!
June 10-11 Mobilization in Washington, DC

On June 10-11, 2007, the US Campaign and United for Peace and Justice are sponsoring a two-day mobilization in Washington, DC to protest the 40th anniversary of Israel's illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip. Under the banner, "The World Says No to Israeli Occupation", the US Campaign and UFPJ will hold a massive rally, teach-in, and grassroots lobbying day. Get involved today!

Sunday, June 10

Teach-In at the 2007 Annual National Convention of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

WHERE: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Capitol Room, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

WHEN: 10:15-11:45 AM

Facilitator: Nadia Hijab, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies
Ambassador Afif Safieh, Head of PLO Mission to the United States
Sara Roy, Middle East Center, Harvard University
Robert Malley, International Crisis Group, Former Special Assistant to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli Affairs, 1998-2001

$10 admission if you’re not registered for the ADC Convention.

Rally at the Capitol: The World Says NO to Israeli Occupation!

WHERE: West Lawn of the Capitol

WHEN: 2:00-4:00PM

WHAT: Rally sponsored by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and United for Peace and Justice.

Speakers will be announced shortly. Please check back.

March from Capitol Hill to the White House

WHERE: From Capitol Hill to the Ellipse

WHEN: 4:00-6:00PM

WHAT: After the conclusion of the rally, join the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and United for Peace and Justice in a march to the Ellipse.

Cultural Evening

WHERE: To be announced

WHEN: 8:00-10:00PM

WHAT: Join the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and United for Peace and Justice for a cultural evening filled with song, dance, poetry, and comedy. Logistical information and acts will be announced shortly. Please check back.

Monday, June 11

Grassroots Lobbying Day Training

WHERE: Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol Street, Washington, DC

WHEN: 8:30-10:30AM

WHAT: Join the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, United for Peace and Justice, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee for a grassroots lobbying day training

Our use of space at Church of the Reformation does not indicate endorsement or sponsorship by the church.

Grassroots Lobbying Day

WHERE: Capitol Hill

WHEN: 10:30AM-5:00PM

WHAT: Join the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, United for Peace and Justice, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee for a joint grassroots lobbying day for peace in the Middle East.

People around the world are joining together in a global Day of Action as "The World Says No to Israeli Occupation" to protest the 40th anniversary of Israel's illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, and Syrian Golan Heights.

In the United States , thousands of people from all over the country will converge on Washington , DC from June 10-11, 2007 to send a clear message: The United States Says No to Israeli Occupation!

We know that occupation is wrong. We see U.S. troops occupying Iraq , and we say no. We see Israeli troops and civilians occupying Palestinian land, and we say no again. Wrong in Iraq , wrong in Palestine .

We in the United States have a special obligation to protest Israel 's illegal military occupation because it is our government that provides Israel with the uncritical military, economic, diplomatic, and corporate support that it needs to sustain and expand its control of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem .

If we do not protest, then we are complicit in the human rights abuses inflicted daily on Palestinians who are forced to live under Israel 's brutal military occupation. In its 40 years of military occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians and injured tens of thousands; destroyed thousands of homes; uprooted hundreds of thousands of olive trees; built hundreds of illegal settlements on expropriated land; denied Palestinians their human rights to food, water, education, livelihoods, and health care, and imposed a system of checkpoints, walls and fences, road closures, military bases, barricades, sieges, and curfews that restrict freedom of movement and collectively punish the entire Palestinian population.

Israel is committing these human rights violations with U.S. aid, in violation of the U.S. Arms Export Control and Foreign Assistance Acts. Every time Israel kills a Palestinian civilian with an F-16 fighter jet, Apache helicopter gunship, or Boeing JDAM missile, it is done with our taxpayer dollars in our name. Every time Israel demolishes a Palestinian home with a Caterpillar bulldozer, it is done with our taxpayer dollars in our name. Every time Israel steals Palestinian land to build another settlement, it is done with our taxpayer dollars in our name.

And Israel 's human rights violations of the Palestinian people are not limited to the Occupied Palestinian Territories . Both in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories , Palestinians are subjected to a system of apartheid. Inside Israel , Palestinian citizens are discriminated against and cannot exercise their full rights as citizens. And Israel continues to deny Palestinian refugees, who were forcibly exiled from their homeland during Israel 's establishment, their internationally guaranteed right of return.

On the 40th anniversary of Israel 's military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, we will come together in Washington , DC to say "The United States Says No to Israeli Occupation" and to demand:

* An end to US military, economic, diplomatic, and corporate support for Israel's illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem.

* A change in US policy to one that supports a just peace between Palestinians and Israelis based on equality, human rights and international law, and the full implementation of all relevant UN resolutions.
http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=162