Stop Israeli PM Netanyahu's push for war (again).
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- Published on Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:20
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Action Alert
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is keynoting AIPAC's Policy Conference next week. And it's up to us to counter his push for war and occupation.
Netanyahu never misses a chance to push for war with Iran - or deflect attention from real paths to peace.
There is an alternative: Sign JVP's platform for peace, equality, and justice
Dear Friend,
I wanted to make sure you saw the news: Israeli PM Netanyahu will give a keynote address at AIPAC's Policy Convention next week.
This says it all: AIPAC and Netanayhu's pro-war, pro-occupation agendas are one and the same.
So we really need you to be counted if we're going to to force Congress down the opposite path: toward a foreign policy based on universal rights, free speech, and international law.
6,000 people have already signed onto JVP's alternative platform for peace, equality, and justice.
But we need to more than double that number by Monday.
Will you join us?
Check our the message below, and click here to add your name to the thousands of American Jews and other people of conscience telling Congress what we really believe in - and expect them to work toward.
Congress doesn't belong to AIPAC - and it's up to us to prove it.
-Alana Krivo-Kaufman
Northeast Regional Organizing Fellow
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Dear,
Next week is the annual AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.
If history is any indicator, that means thousands of right-wing activists pushing war with Iran, increased military aid to Israel, and permanent occupation.
But it's going to be a little different this year.
Because AIPAC is coming off a string of significant policy setbacks, and outright defeats - most significantly, their failed push for increased sanctions against Iran.
As AIPAC scrambles to re-assert itself, click here to sign onto our alternative platform: an agenda for peace, justice, and equality.
Be one of the 14,000 people we need to sign onto this statement, and we'll personally deliver it to Congress - during AIPAC's lobby day:
AIPAC's agenda stands for pre-emptive war on Iran, unlimited military aid, and endless occupation. As American Jews and other people of conscience, we ask you to support a different agenda: peace, equality and justice for all Israelis and Palestinians:
- make military aid to Israel contingent on compliance with US & international law.
- oppose legislation that penalizes boycotts and limits free speech.
- urge Secretary of State Kerry to produce a peace "framework" that upholds the universal rights of all people in Israel and Palestine.
In years past, we've used billboards, rallies, trucks, even direct action to challenge AIPAC during their lobbying blitz.
But in the last 9 months, our chapters have started to build relationships with members of Congress. So we're going to take our message directly to them, and make sure AIPAC knows they can't go anywhere without being challenged.
Make no mistake - AIPAC might be down, but they're a long way from out.
Which is what makes this opportunity so important. We have to keep pushing. We can't let a moment like this pass us by.
AIPAC wants to control US foreign policy. Click here and help us stand up to them.
Onward,
Rebecca Vilkomerson
Executive Director
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