Dear Supporter, Tuesday, January 13, 2008 Please announce and forward to your lists and congregations: "There comes a time when Silence is Betrayal." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Calling All People of Faith and Conscience in Connecticut to break the Silence that Permits Genocide in Gaza! Gaza Action Alerts: Picket Zionist Genral at Yale, New Haven, Tuesday, 1/13, 4:30-5:15PM "It's an outrage that the Slivka Center would host a general of a military committing heinous crimes against humanity in Gaza. Dagan's specialty is helicopters and helicopters are killing hundreds in the refugee camps of the Gaza Strip." -- Stan Hellar, Middle East Crisis Committee We Refuse to be Enemies: End the Violence in Gaza, March & Vigil to Rep. Larson's Office, Hartford, Friday, 1/16, 3-4PM Larson was the house co-sponsor of the "AIPAC Resolution" passed Jan. 9 that blames Hamas and justifies the Israeli government for the Massacre in Gaza. When our entire Congressional Delegation co-signs the Massacre, we must refuse to be silent, we must refuse to allow this heinous propaganda to go unanswered. Building the Antiwar Movement in the Obama Era, Middletown, Sunday, 1/18, 2PM How can we force Congress to spend money on human needs and not war, occupation, and the bailouts of the corrupt financiers? What antiwar activity is planned for Spring 2009 and how can we engage the not-yet-mobilized part of the population? Come discuss with activists committed to mass mobilizations & door-to-door work this spring. Palestinian Humanitarian Crisis Emergency Fundraiser, Middletown, Sunday, 1/18, 5:30PM "The situation is absolutely disastrous." -- UN Aid Official Over 750 people killed and 3,000 injured in less than two weeks! Interfaith Prayer Hour for Gaza, Old Lyme, Monday, 1/19, 7PM Please join Christians, Muslims and Jews in an hour of prayer for the People of Gaza and Israel, and a lasting, just resolution to the violence between Palestinians and Israelis. Socialist Forum on Gaza, Hartford, Friday, 1/23, 7PM It is for these "crimes" that the Palestinians of Gaza are being punished by Israel and its allies: For choosing their own leaders, seeking freedom, and staying put. Download Informational Flyer & Petition for your Congregation and Organization: Stop Israeli Human Rights Crimes in Gaza (pdf) End Military Aid to Israel Petition (pdf) Learn the Truth about Palestine: Host a Speaker at your house of worship or organization. Contact the Middle East Crisis Committee, 203-934-2761. Background Reading: Israel's Brutal Policies Brought This on Itself ". . . Americans whose tax dollars support the Israeli military, also need to understand that the hatred and anger of Palestinians has been fed and nurtured by decades of neglect, oppression and daily humiliations." -- Rev. Dr. Rochelle A. Stackhouse Shame on the US for Its Blind Support of Israel "If your lands are stolen from you, if you suffer ethnic cleansing, torture and imprisonment, if you are under occupation for 60 years, if you are blockaded and starved, if your water is stolen from you, if no supplies are let in, if you cannot trade . . . " -- Rafik Beekun A Christian Reflection on Gaza and Jeremiah "Seen in this way, Jeremiah is not only denouncing activities like those in Gaza, actions that destroy lives for all people. But, God stands on the side of life, Powell said, promising a `well watered garden' for all God's people. . .everyone, everywhere." -- Jim Roynon What You Do Not Know About Gaza "Most of the people living in Gaza are not there by choice. The majority of the 1.5 million people crammed into the roughly 140 square miles of the Gaza Strip belong to families that came from towns and villages outside Gaza like Ashkelon and Beersheba. They were driven to Gaza by the Israeli Army in 1948." -- Rashid Khalidi Jews Condemn Genocide in Gaza "As Jews committed to ending Zionism, the founding ideology of Israel, and all forms of colonialism, we stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, who continue to struggle in the face of these attacks, much as they have against more than 60 years of ethnic cleansing and racism." -- International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network Jews Call on Israeli Soldiers to Stop War Crimes "We refuse to remain silent while Israeli leaders force Israeli soldiers to commit war crimes: crimes against humanity for which they will one day be called to account. Israeli soldiers of conscience can, and must, stop this dangerous, illegal, and immoral war." -- American Jews for a Just Peace Subscribe to the People of Faith Blog RSS feed: http://faithct.net/blog/feed Start Blogging Today: http://faithct.net/page/2008/08/31/how-create-blog-post In the News: Gaza Conflict Draws Protesters Downtown New Haven ""We have to organize, disrupt, moblilize. No business as usual while the people of Gaza suffer." -- Stan Hellar, Middle East Crisis Committee Upcoming Social Justice & Anti-War Events in Connecticut: Roadmap for Healthcare for Everyone, Hartford, Tuesday, 1/13, 5:30PM LMF Forum on Mobilizing for the Future, Hartford, Thursday, 1/15, 7PM Advocacy Training, Manchester, Sunday, 1/18, Noon Hartford Independent Media Collective Launch Party, Hartford, Saturday, 1/24, 7PM Subscribe to Events RSS Feed: http://faithct.net/event/$year/$month/$day/feed/index.xml |