Protest AIPAC Annual Convention This Monday!!!

[If you can't be there, have your endorsement recognized at stopthewarnow.net/aipacprotest.html)


The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs invites you to join the
demonstration against AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.


WHEN: Monday, May 23, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
WHERE: DC Convention Center, Massachusetts Avenue at 7th Street, NW


AIPAC, created by the Israeli government to coordinate support for
Zionism in the United States, is recognized as one of the most
powerful special interest lobbies in the United States. AIPAC has
consistently worked to crush opposition to even the most illegal and
atrocious Israeli policies in the United States, contrary many times
to the will of the American people.


PERSONAL ENDORSEMENTS OF THE PROTEST


"The real cost of our so-called "strategic relationship" with Israel
is not just in dollars but in American lives. AIPAC, as Israel's chief
representative in Washington, promotes an agenda that undermines U.S.
credibility and threatens to draw us into more needless wars in Iran
and Syria."
- Former Congressman Paul Findley (R-Illinois)


"I want to send greetings to the rally confronting Sharon and AIPAC.
The world should be looking for the A-bombs in Israel, not in Iran.
World peace demands a nuclear-free Middle East."
- Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, currently awaiting trial


The coalition of Washington DC areas groups organizing the
demonstration have released an announcement included here:


We represent a wide range of Americans who call for an end to the more
than $2.2 billion in tax-funded military aid given to Israel annually
and ask that AIPAC join us in demanding the best of Israel, in that it
should:


- End the 38-year illegal occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and the
annexation of East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.


- Tear down the "separation" wall, which the International Court of
Justice ruled in July 2004 is "contrary to international law."


- Remove all the settlements and stop all settlement construction in
the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.


- Stop home demolitions and land confiscations in Israel and the
occupied territories.


- Guarantee equal rights of all people living in Israel.


- Comply with international law, including the right of return for all
Palestinian refugees.


- Stop threatening and promoting Israeli or American wars against
Syria and Iran.


- Support peaceful efforts to remove all nuclear weapons from the
Middle East, including Israel.




ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS


Action Center For Justice, Charlotte, NC
Alliance of Progressive Iranians
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Washington DC Area
Chapter Council for the National Interest
Danbury Committee for World Peace
DC Anti-War Network
Iranian "Left Alliance of Washington"
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Jewish Witnesses for Peace & Friends - Ann Arbor, Michigan
Justice for Palestinians Committee
Libertarians for Peace
Palestine Office - Michigan
Proposition One Committee
StopTheWarNow.Net
Stop U.S. Tax-funded Aid to Israel Now! (SUSTAIN)
The Middle East Crisis Committee
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Women for Peace and Justice in Iran


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