"The Israeli government simply does not want to take responsibility and the USA government ignores the situation. Do you know why Israel does not want to become America’s 51st state? Because then they would only have two senators." [Memoirs of a Nice Irish American Girl’s Life in Occupied Territory, pages 15-16]
Mitchell Plitnick, Director of Education and Policy at Jewish Voice for Peace and Chris Toensing, Editor of Middle East Report, wrote:
"The influence of the Israel lobby should neither be underestimated nor overstated. It is not some omnipotent force that can turn the world’s sole superpower against its own perceived interests. The lobby derives its strength, in some measure, from being largely unopposed in Washington. Israel will remain a strong US ally, for many reasons, for the foreseeable future. But that need not mean that the US cannot pressure Israel into the compromises required for a just peace with the Palestinians. This can happen if a counterweight to the Israel lobby is built. But such a counterweight is only effective if it understands what its opponent can and cannot accomplish."
http://www.merip.org/mer/mer243/plitnick_toensing.html
From 2005-2006, Pro-Israel Funds to Congress TOTALED: $3,277,693
The TOTAL 2005-2006 Arab-American Funds to Congress TOTALED: $80,500.
-Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, July 2007 edition, pages 23, 24.
The most feasible counterweight to the Israel Lobby's deep pockets is U.S.A. public opinion. A vigilant, well informed and active citizenry can lead our leaders to do the right thing, but we must "be the change we want to see in the world"-Gandhi.
"On the day of the termination of the British mandate and on the strength of the United Nations General Assembly declare The State of Israel will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel: it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion it will guarantee freedom of religion [and] conscience and will be faithful to the Charter of the United Nations." - May 14, 1948. The Declaration of the establishment of Israel
Peace and security can not be achieved through the barrel of a gun, and Dorothy did not need to leave Kansas to know there is no place like home.
Will another thirteen indigenous Palestinian families be denied the inalienable right to live on their legally owned land and care for their fields in order to feed their families; or will the injustice perpetrated by the settlers’ expansionism and desires to “clear” the area once again triumph because good people did nothing for too very long?
"If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem."-Eldridge Cleaver
Do something and let Israel know that we the people in America say no more home demolitions, no more denying inalienable rights to the indigenous people of the Holy Land.
Please sign the Petition and comment "In solidarity from U.S.A."
http://www.petitiononline.com/Susya67/petition.html
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