CFL Alert

2/18/07-CFL ALERT: ASK YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT PEACE FOR PALESTINE BY NOT BOYCOTTING THE UNITY GOVERNMENT.

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* 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.

EMAIL AND OR CALL THE WHITE HOUSE
WHITE HOUSE COMMENTS LINE: 202-456-1111
WHITE HOUSE SWITCHBOARD: 202-456-1414
WHITE HOUSE FAX: 202-456-2461
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