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Twenty-five things to do to bring peace with justice to Palestine
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 Wednesday December 31, 2008 16:20 by Grace Walsh - IMEMC News
This list was compiled by Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh, of the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People, in Beit Sahour, Bethlehem. I have been working with them here, and they hope this will give people some idea as to what action they can take in the face of recent events in Gaza, and the ongoing conflict in Palestine. Feel free to edit and adapt it to the local context.
So far hundreds of civilians have been killed in Gaza. Five sisters in one family, four other children in another home, two children on a cart drawn by a donkey. Universities, colleges, police stations, roads, apartment buildings were all targeted. The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian areas issued a statement that "The Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip represent s evere and massive violations of international humanitarian law as defined in the Geneva Conventions, both in regard to the obligations of an Occupying Power and in the requirements of the laws of war."
1) First get the facts and then disseminate them. Here are some basic background information
http://www.btselem.org/english/Gaza_Strip
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4933.shtml
http://www.mepeace.org/forum/topics/the-true-story-behi...s-war The true story behind this war
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/downloads/If%20Gaza%20fal...s.pdf If Gaza Falls
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10055.shtml Gaza massacres must spur us to action
2) Contact local media. Write letters to editors (usually 100-150 words) and longer op-eds (usually 600-800 words) for local newspapers. But also write to news departments in both print, audio, and visual media about their coverage. In the US http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/ You can find media listings in your country using search engines like google
3) Contact elected and other political leaders in your country to urge them to apply pressure to end the attacks. In the US, Contact the State Department at 202.647.5291, the White House 202-456-1111
the Egyptian Embassy 202.895.5400, Email (embassy@egyptembassy.net) and the Obama Transition Team 202-540-3000 (then press 2 to speak with a staff member).
4) Organize and join demonstrations in front of Israeli and Egyptian embassies or when not doable in front of your parliament, office of elected officials, and any other visible place (and do media work for it).
5) Hold a teach-in, seminar, public dialogue, documentary film viewing etc. this is straightforward: you need to decide venue, nature, if any speakers, and do some publicity (the internet helps).
6) Pass out flyers with facts and figures about Palestine and Gaza in your community (make sure also to mention its relevance to the audience: e.g, US taxpayers paying for the carnage, increase in world instability and economic uncertainty)
7) Put a Palestinian flag at your window.
8) Wear a Palestinian head scarf (Koufiya)
9) Wear Black arm bands (this helps start conversations with people)
10) Send direct aid to Gaza through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). http://www.un.org/unrwa/
11) Initiate boycotts, divestments and sanctions at all levels and including asking leaders to expel the Israeli ambassadors (an ambassador of an apartheid and rogue state). See Palestinian call http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10056.shtml
12) Work towards bringing Israeli leaders before war crime courts (actions along those lines in courts have stopped Israeli leaders from traveling abroad to some countries like Britain where they may face charges)
13) Calling upon all Israelis to demonstrate in front of their war ministry and to more directly challenge their government
14) Do outreach: to neighbors and friends directly. Via Internet to a lot of others (you can join and post information to various listservs/groups).
15) Start your own activist group or join other local groups (simple search in your city with the word Palestine could identify candidate groups that have previously worked on issues of Palestine). Many have also been successful in at bringing coalitions from different constituencies in their local areas to work together (human rights group, social and civil activists, religious activists, etc).
16) Develop a campaign of sit-ins at government offices or other places where decision makers aggregate
17) Do a group fast for peace one day and hold it in a public place
18) Visit Palestine (e.g. with http://www.sirajcenter.org)
19) Support human rights and other groups working on the ground in Palestine
20) Make large signs and display them at street corners and where ever people congregate.
21) Contact local churches, mosques and other houses of worship and ask them to take a moral stand and act. Call on your mosque to dedicate this Friday for Gaza actions.
22) Sign petitions for Gaza, e.g.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/gaza_time_for_peace/98.php?cl_t...ign=1
23) Write and call people in Gaza
24) Work with other groups that do not share your political views (factionalism and excessive divisions within activist communities allowed those who advocate war to succeed).
25) Dedicate a certain time for activism for peace every day (1 hour) and think of more actions than what is listed above.
For support and contacts of people in Gaza or to volunteer, please contact the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People, via gaza@imemc.org, or call 989-607-9480 (from the US and Canada) or 972 2277 2018 (from other places)
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7Hamas must stop attacking Israel.
27. Educate yourself:
Read the Hamas charter.
http://www.palestinecenter.org/cpap/documents/charter.html
Please note
Article 11
"The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land of Palestine has been an Islamic Waqf throughout the generations and until the Day of Resurrection, no one can renounce it or part of it, or abandon it or part of it. No Arab country nor the aggregate of all Arab countries, and no Arab King or President nor all of them in the aggregate, have that right, nor has that right any organization or the aggregate of all organizations, be they Palestinian or Arab, because Palestine is an Islamic Waqf throughout all generations and to the Day of Resurrection."
Article 13
"[Peace] initiatives, the so-called peaceful solutions, and the international conferences to resolve the Palestinian problem, are all contrary to the beliefs of the Islamic Resistance Movement."
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"There is no solution to the Palestinian problem except by Jihad. The initiatives, proposals and International Conferences are but a waste of time, an exercise in futility. The Palestinian people are too noble to have their future, their right and their destiny submitted to a vain game."
Ask yourself if with supporting these people could get any peace or justice.
Israel having now refused the French and ignored the EU terms on having a ceasefire - then perhaps it is time to remove the kid gloves and invade Israel and then they will get a taste of their own medicine!
Israel is not a vassal to France, and can ignore them whenever it please. Especially that the French didn't twitter in the last 7 years of daily rocketing, and didn't chirp when the Hamas shot rockets in the middle of the so-called-ceasfire. The French (and the British) caused enough problems to the middle east in the last century - many of the problems today are due to their colonialist map drawing.
I would like to add to the list above, by asking all trade union members (especially SIPTU and other shop worker tarde unionists) to put pressure on their shop stewards and trade union 'leaders' to call for a boycott of all Israeli goods sold in Ireland. This would have an immediate effect on where it hurts most, the Israeli economy.
Can anyone draw up a list of what Israeli goods are sold in Ireland?
Here's the email addresses of all Senators, MPs, and TDs in Ireland:
Senators:
Ivana.Bacik@oireachtas.ie,Dan.Boyle@oireachtas.ie,Paul.Bradford@oireachtas.ie,Martin.Brady@oireachtas.ie,Paddy.Burke@oireachtas.ie, Larry.Butler@oireachtas.ie,Jerry.Buttimer@oireachtas.ie,Peter.Callanan@oireachtas.ie,Ivor.Callely@oireachtas.ie,Ciaran.Cannon@oireachtas.ie, John.Carty@oireachtas.ie,Donie.Cassidy@oireachtas.ie,Paudie.Coffey@oireachtas.ie,Paul.Coghlan@oireachtas.ie,Maria.Corrigan@oireachtas.ie, Maurice.Cummins@oireachtas.ie,Mark.Daly@oireachtas.ie,Deirdre.DeBurca@oireachtas.ie,Paschal.Donohoe@oireachtas.ie,Pearse.Doherty@oireachtas.ie, John.Ellis@oireachtas.ie,Geraldine.Feeney@oireachtas.ie,Frances.Fitzgerald@oireachtas.ie,Camillus.Glynn@oireachtas.ie, John.Hanafin@oireachtas.ie,Dominic.Hannigan@oireachtas.ie,Eoghan.Harris@oireachtas.ie,Fidelma.Healy.Eames@oireachtas.ie, Cecilia.Keaveney@oireachtas.ie,Alan.Kelly@oireachtas.ie,Tony.Kett@oireachtas.ie,Terry.Leyden@oireachtas.ie,Marc.MacSharry@oireachtas.ie, Michael.McCarthy@oireachtas.ie,Lisa.McDonald@oireachtas.ie,Nicky.McFadden@oireachtas.ie,PAT.MOYLAN@oireachtas.ie, Ronan.Mullen@oireachtas.ie,David.Norris@oireachtas.ie,Labhras.OMurchu@oireachtas.ie,Francis.OBrien@oireachtas.ie,Brian.ODomhnaill@oireachtas.ie, Denis.ODonovan@oireachtas.ie,Fiona.OMalley@oireachtas.ie,Joe.OReilly@oireachtas.ie,Ann.Ormonde@oireachtas.ie,Ned.OSullivan@oireachtas.ie, jotoole@oireachtas.ie,Kieran.Phelan@oireachtas.ie,JohnPaul.Phelan@oireachtas.ie,Phil.Prendergast@oireachtas.ie,Feargal.Quinn@oireachtas.ie, Eugene.Regan@oireachtas.ie,Shane.Ross@oireachtas.ie,Brendan.Ryan@oireachtas.ie,Liam.Twomey@oireachtas.ie, Jim.Walsh@oireachtas.ie,MaryM.White@oireachtas.ie,Diarmuid.Wilson@oireachtas.ie,Alex.White@oireachtas.ie
MEPs:
marian.harkin@europarl.europa.eu,jim.higgins@europarl.europa.eu,proinsias.derossa@europarl.europa.eu,marylou.mcdonald@europarl.europa.eu, sean.oneachtain@europarl.europa.eu,gay.mitchell@europarl.europa.eu,eoin.ryan@europarl.europa.eu,colm.burke@europarl.europa.eu, liam.aylward@europarl.europa.eu,brian.crowley@europarl.europa.eu,kathy.sinnott@europarl.europa.eu,avril.doyle@europarl.europa.eu, mairead.mcguinness@europarl.europa.eu
TDs:
taoiseach@taoiseach.ie,bertie.ahern@oireachtas.ie,michael.ahern@oireachtas.ie,noel.ahern@oireachtas.ie,bernard.allen@oireachtas.ie, chris.andrews@oireachtas.ie,barry.andrews@oireachtas.ie,sean@ardagh.org,bobby.aylward@oireachtas.ie,james.bannon@oireachtas.ie, sean.barrett@oireachtas.ie,joe.behan@oireachtas.ie,john.browne@oireachtas.ie,aine.brady@oireachtas.ie,cyprian.brady@oireachtas.ie, johnny.brady@oireachtas.ie,pat.breen@oireachtas.ie,thomas.p.broughan@oireachtas.ie,niall.blaney@oireachtas.ie,richard.bruton@oireachtas.ie, ulick.burke@oireachtas.ie,joan.burton@oireachtas.ie,catherine.byrne@oireachtas.ie,thomas.byrne@oireachtas.ie,niall.collins@oireachtas.ie, minister.carey@taoiseach.gov.ie,joe.carey@oireachtas.ie,deirdre.clune@oireachtas.ie,dara.calleary@oireachtas.ie,margaret.conlon@oireachtas.ie, paul.connaughton@oireachtas.ie,sean.connick@oireachtas.ie,michael.creed@oireachtas.ie,joe.costello@oireachtas.ie,simon.coveney@oireachtas.ie, minister@finance.gov.ie,seymour.crawford@oireachtas.ie,noel.coonan@oireachtas.ie,john.cregan@oireachtas.ie,lucinda.creighton@oireachtas.ie, jimmy.devins@oireachtas.ie,minister@welfare.ie,john.curran@oireachtas.ie,michael.darcy@oireachtas.ie,john.deasy@oireachtas.ie,jdeenihan@eircom.net, minister@transport.ie,ciaran.cuffe@oireachtas.ie,timmy.dooley@oireachtas.ie,andrew.doyle@oireachtas.ie,bernard.durkan@oireachtas.ie, damien.english@oireachtas.ie,michael.fitzpatrick@oireachtas.ie,frank.fahey@oireachtas.ie,frank.feighan@oireachtas.ie,martin.ferris@oireachtas.ie, michael.finneran@oireachtas.ie,olwyn.enright@oireachtas.ie,charles.flanagan@oireachtas.ie,terence.flanagan@oireachtas.ie,sean.fleming@oireachtas.ie, beverley.flynn@oireachtas.ie,patthecope.gallagher@oireachtas.ie,tony.gregory@oireachtas.ie,paul.gogarty@oireachtas.ie,minister@environ.ie, minister@justice.ie,ministersoffice@dast.gov.ie,minister@dfa.ie,noel.grealish@oireachtas.ie,eamon.gilmore@oireachtas.ie,ministers_office@health.irlgov.ie, brendan.howlin@oireachtas.ie,brian.hayes@oireachtas.ie,tom.hayes@oireachtas.ie,Jackie.Healy.Rae@oireachtas.ie,michael.higgins@oireachtas.ie, maire.hoctor@oireachtas.ie,philip.hogan@oireachtas.ie,sean_haughey@education.gov.ie,paul.kehoe@oireachtas.ie,billy.kelleher@eircom.net, peter.kelly@oireachtas.ie,bwk@eircom.net,michael.kennedy@oireachtas.ie,enda.kenny@oireachtas.ie,ministerofstate@dcmnr.gov.ie, minister.kitt@taoiseach.gov.ie,michael.kitt@oireachtas.ie,seamus.kirk@oireachtas.ie,brian.lenihan@oireachtas.ie,conor.lenihan@oireachtas.ie, michael.lowry@oireachtas.ie,athleen.lynch@oireachtas.ie,tom.mcellistrim@oireachtas.ie,martin.mansergh@oireachtas.ie,minister_martin@entemp.ie, padraic.mccormack@oireachtas.ie,jim.mcdaid@oireachtas.ie,ciaran.lynch@oireachtas.ie,shane.mcentee@oireachtas.ie,dinny.mcginley@oireachtas.ie, mattie.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie,michael.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie,finian.mcgrath@oireachtas.ie,minister@agriculture.gov.ie,john.moloney@oireachtas.ie, joe.mchugh@oireachtas.ie,liz.mcmanus@oireachtas.ie,olivia.mitchell@oireachtas.ie,john.mcguinness@oireachtas.ie,arthur.morgan@oireachtas.ie, michael.moynihan.td@oireachtas.ie,michael.mulcahy@oireachtas.ie,denis.naughten@oireachtas.ie,sean.ofearghail@oireachtas.ie,mj.nolan@oireachtas.ie, michael.noonan@oireachtas.ie,ocaolain@oireachtas.ie,aire@pobail.ie,minister_okeeffe@education.gov.ie,daniel.neville@oireachtas.ie, aengus.osnodaigh@oireachtas.ie,darragh.obrien@oireachtas.ie,charlie.oconnor@oireachtas.ie,kieran.odonnell@oireachtas.ie, john.odonoghue@oireachtas.ie,fergus.odowd@oireachtas.ie,noel.oflynn@oireachtas.ie,rory.ohanlon@oireachtas.ie,webmaster@defence.irlgov.ie, jim.okeeffe@oireachtas.ie,ned.okeeffe@oireachtas.ie,john.omahony@oireachtas.ie,sean.power@oireachtas.ie,boshea@eircom.net, christy.osullivan@oireachtas.ie,jan.osullivan@oireachtas.ie,willie.penrose@oireachtas,john.perry@oireachtas.ie,mary.orourke@Oireachtas.ie, peter.power@oireachtas.ie,ruairi.quinn@oireachtas.ie,pat.rabbitte@oireachtas.ie,james.reilly@oireachtas.ie,alan.shatter@oireachtas.ie, dick.roche@oireachtas.ie,tanaiste@entemp.ie,minister.ryan@dcmnr.gov.ie,trevor.sargent@oireachtas.ie,eamon.scanlon@oireachtas.ie, michael.ring@oireachtas.ie,pj.sheehan@oireachtas.ie,sean.sherlock@oireachtas.ie,tom.sheahan@oireachtas.ie,roisin.shortall@oireachtas.ie, joanna.tuffy@oireachtas.ie,emmet.stagg@oireachtas.ie,david.stanton@oireachtas.ie,billy.timmins@oireachtas.ie,noel.treacy@oireachtas.ie, mary.upton@oireachtas.ie,michael.woods@oireachtas.ie,jack.wall@oireachtas.ie,mary_wallace@health.irlgov.ie,marya.white@oireachtas.ie, leo.varadkar@oireachtas.ie
TG has died, RIP.