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ckaihatsu
23rd May 2017, 16:01
A Half Century


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Dear Chris,

Organizing protests and rallies. Writing op/eds. Setting up meetings with Members of Congress and editorial boards. Planning movie screenings and speaker panels.

These are some of the actions people are doing in response to our call for 50 actions June 5-10 to mark 50 years of Israel's brutal military occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

What are you going to do to mark a half century of occupation and to push forward the struggle for freedom, justice, and equality?

Click here for a map of actions already planned, a menu of action ideas, and to SIGN UP so we can support your action and promote it! (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NIE7Fk9aVLx1hey1nPXLyrqrmQRqZWf%2B)

We will be publicizing your actions as well as providing resources to help make your actions a success, including fact sheets, postcards, and media support. So make sure to let us know what you are planning as soon as you can!

Now is the time to escalate campaigns in support of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. 2017 not only marks 50 years occupation. It has also been 10 years since Israel’s blockade of Gaza; 70 years since the Nakba and ethnic cleansing of Palestine began following the partition of the land against the will of the indigenous people; and 100 years since the Balfour Declaration, which set the stage for the Zionist movement to colonize Palestine and later to establish a Jewish state.

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Onward,





RAMAH KUDAIMI
Director of Grassroots Organizing




PS- Today marks 35 days since more than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners went on hunger strike protesting their treatment by Israel and demanding freedom for all their people. Amplify their calls on social media by following and posting about the #DignityStrike as well as taking part in the #SaltWaterChallenge launched by Marwan Barghouti's son as a way people globally can be in solidarity with them. Record and post video of yourself drinking saltwater, which is how the prisoners are sustaining themselves, and then challenge others to do the same. Here is an example. (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XKPAtOvqtiJoMkvyho5TBbqrmQRqZWf%2B)

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ckaihatsu
30th May 2017, 18:57
It was never meant to be temporary


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Dear Chris,

Next week will mark 50 years since Israel occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip. For half a century, Palestinian life has been characterized by U.S.-funded apartheid characterized by -- among other things -- illegal colonies on stolen indigenous land; military checkpoints; racial profiling; mass incarceration; torture of children; separation of families; tear gas and executions; indiscriminate bombing; environmental destruction; and repression of resistance in any form.

Palestinians younger than 50 in the West Bank and Gaza have never known a single day of freedom in their entire lives.

Chris, we cannot let this moment pass without saying clearly: ENOUGH! Join with others nationwide in a Week of Action June 5-10. (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oCsGFAykR5JwSf6NmJeOliPEbU0%2BbT2D)

The week of action is designed to be flexible, to boost your own local organizing. You decide which action to take to push forward your work for justice in Palestine. Sign up on this page (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EoCfeSLipFah%2BvrfHv6fcLupKcgf9eE8), where you can find ideas for actions including informational events, campaigns, media actions, direct action, and policy work. Here is a sampling of what's in store:

• Day of fasting in honor of the #DignityStrike

• #SaltWaterChallenge opposing “Celebrate Israel” Parade in NYC

• Rallies, marches, and disruptions

• Media engagement

• Poetry direct action

• Putting up billboards

• #DeadlyExchange actions

• Meetings with representatives

• Film production and screenings

• Palestinian speakers in local communities

• Workshop challenging anti-Muslim oppression

• 50th anniversary briefing on Capitol Hill

• and more…


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2017 also marks 10 years of Israel's suffocating blockade of Gaza; 70 years since the Nakba and ethnic cleansing of Palestine began following UN recommended partition of the land against the will of the indigenous community; and 100 years since the Balfour Declaration, which set the stage for the Zionist movement to colonize Palestine and later to establish a Jewish state. This moment, and this context, can erase any illusions that the 1967 occupation was ever meant to be temporary. It is no aberration. It is the continuation of Israel's settler colonial project and we must say ENOUGH.

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With anticipation...





ANNA BALTZER
Director of Organizing & Advocacy








RAMAH KUDAIMI
Director of Grassroots Organizing




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P.P.S. As we commemorate these anniversaries, a groundbreaking delegation of Palestinians -- including those living in Palestine and in exile -- will travel to key sites of the Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter struggles to connect Palestinian resistance to Israeli colonialism to impacted communities working against racism and injustice in the United States.

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