• Communication commission discussion

  • Re: No more illusions- an Open Letter

    from Azril Bacal on Mar 27, 2015 12:08 PM
    Dear Claus,
    Good to reconnect!
    Have endorsed the appeal you sent me and will proceed to circulate in my
    lists.
    Let us touch base via skype and/or phone (+46-72-2125037).
    Abrazos
    Azril
    
    On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Claus Walischewski <cwalisch@...>
    wrote:
    
    >  Dear Azril,
    > I hope you are doing fine (health- and otherwise). Would you sign and/or
    > circulate this appeal?
    >
    > Greetings from Bremen
    >
    > Claus
    >
    >  Habe ich gerade unterschrieben,
    > Winfried (Belz)
    >
    > (Mitglied im Kairos Palästina-Solidaritätsnetz Deutschland)
    >
    >
    > -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------  Betreff: No more illusions-
    > an Open Letter  Datum: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:00:51 -0400 (EDT)  Von: Cecilie
    > Surasky, Jewish Voice for Peace <cecilie@...>
    > <cecilie@...>  Antwort an:
    > info@...  An: W.Belz@...
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    >
    > *Action Alert*
    >
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    >  ------------------------------
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    >     Change in Israel Will Only Come from Outside Pressure
    >
    > The time to choose is now.
    >
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    > Dear Winfried,
    >
    > Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent actions have caused a
    > political earthquake here in the U.S. and *I believe that we now have a
    > unique opportunity to change the conversation about Israel in this country.*
    >
    > Netanyahu’s attempt to undermine US diplomacy in a speech to Congress,
    > followed by an electoral victory won through appeals to racism and
    > rejection of Palestinian statehood, may have brought closer in a matter of
    > days what many of us have worked toward for decades —an end to
    > unconditional US support for Israel’s endless occupation and systematic
    > discrimination against Palestinians.
    >
    > *Unless we act now, the window of opportunity may pass. Let’s raise our
    > voices loudly and make visible the massive support for putting pressure on
    > Israel. If we can get 20,000 signers on our Open Letter by the start of
    > Passover, April 3, we will run an ad with the letter in one of the key
    > publications for Congresspeople and staff in Washington DC.*
    >
    > *Click here: www.Time2Choose.org and sign our Passover Open Letter now.
    > <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fkR1e8yD6K%2BtyFNWN3Cu9TrIllurmky8>
    > Please share it far and wide--on Facebook and on Twitter, on email lists,
    > and with your community leaders.*
    >
    > The letter says that those of us who want a lasting peace in the region
    > now have a clear choice. We can stand on the side of democracy, equality
    > and freedom, or we can continue to delay justice by offering only words of
    > criticism, rather than concrete actions that could stop Israel’s illegal
    > actions and support Palestinian-led efforts for justice.
    >
    > And it challenges everyone to take any and all forms of nonviolent action
    > to press Israel to do the right thing— whether it be through lobbying the
    > US Congress; implementing the nonviolent tactics of boycott, divestment and
    > sanctions; advocating for the US to stop using its veto at the UN; or
    > continuing to transform the conversation within the American Jewish
    > community.
    >
    > *We need you to act now to raise your voice and encourage friends, loved
    > ones, and community leaders who may be newly ready to speak up. The time is
    > now.*
    >
    > *Click here: www.Time2Choose.org and help us secure 20,000 signatures on
    > our Open Letter
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    > and wide. If we hit our goal, we'll run an ad with the letter in one of the
    > most influential newspapers on the Hill.*
    >
    > We have come so far in such a short period of time— to reach the tipping
    > point, we must be visible.
    >
    > * Sincerely, Cecilie Surasky *
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