2/18/07-CFL ALERT: ASK YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT PEACE FOR PALESTINE BY NOT BOYCOTTING THE UNITY GOVERNMENT.
2/18/07-CFL ALERT: ASK YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT PEACE FOR
PALESTINE BY NOT BOYCOTTING THE UNITY GOVERNMENT.
* While the rest of the world applauds the Palestinians for the ceasefire
agreement reached in Mecca last week, the US has issued warnings to Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas regarding a potential US boycott of the new unity
government. Please let your representatives know that you are outraged that the
US will not support measures towards peace in the Palestine and that it is
Israel and not the Palestinians who refuse to recognize the rights of
Palestinians to exist under international law. Tell your representatives that
Palestinians from all political parties have agreed to respect UN resolutions
and all decisions that have been made in previous Arab summits.
*Tell
your representatives that you find it outrageous that the US is threatening to
boycott the Palestinians on the basis of their truce and that you question
whether the US was hoping for a civil war in the territories. Ask your
representatives whether they support peace between Palestinians and Israelis or
not, tell your representatives that a unity government is the first realistic
step towards peace and that if they prefer to support chaos in the territories
such a position will never lead to peace in the region. The current sanctions
in occupied Palestine will not move the region towards peace, they will only
continue to strangle the population and embolden groups who see no point in
peace or non violence if their positions are not respected and the US continues
to take support measures that would lead to a civil war in the Palestinian
territories.
*Ask your representatives when they will begin applying
pressure on Israel to end its occupation, remove settlements from the West Bank
and Jerusalem and stop threatening Muslim holy sites. Remind your
representatives that the Israelis have reneged on every single agreement that
they have ever signed on to without a single rebuke from the US. Tell your
elected officials that if they are serious about peace they would stop refusing
to deal with a government that has the popular support of the Palestinian people
and the Arab world.
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