Action Alert: PIRATES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
HOPE TO HAVE A MORE DETAILED REACTION TOMORROW, JUST GOT BACK FROM HELSINKI, BUT NOW
EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT (from various organizations)
Call White House and demand US hold Israel accountable for attack on flotilla Israeli commandos kill at least 16 unarmed humanitarian volunteers.
Protests against Israel’s daily aggression against the unarmed humanitarian aid volunteers aboard the Freedom Flotilla are breaking out across the globe.
People of conscious all over the world were horrified Sunday to watch Israeli commandos intercept the Mavi Marmara in international waters. Israeli military gunfire killed at least 16 unarmed civilians and wounded more than 50 in the five vessels that were transporting donated medical and humanitarian supplies to the besieged people of Gaza.
The Israeli Public Relations machine already is in overdrive to whitewash their criminal actions. They will try to get U.S. political leaders to speak their language and say that Israel has the right to defend itself. Israel already has tried to paint the Flotilla as supporting terrorism. The pro-Zionist lobby AIPAC will persuade Congress to urge President Barack Obama to support Israel in this difficult time. They will also swamp media outlets with its fabricated stories.
WE MUST STOP THEM IN THEIR TRACKS. We cannot allow Israel to frame this story so that policy makers and international bodies ignore the fact Israel boarded ships registered to sovereign countries and killed unarmed passengers in international waters. Not this time.
Israel’s actions only increase Arab and Muslim mistrust the United States, thus further eroding our standing at this critical time in our nation’s history. Israeli actions prove once again that it is a strategic liability to the United States and only complicates US relations with the rest of the world.
TAKE ACTION
We must flood the phone lines to the White House and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s office at 11 a.m. EST on Tuesday, June 1.
We must flood emails of Congress and demand they cut off all U.S. foreign aid to the State of Israel.
Call President Barack Obama and Secretary Clinton and tell them they MUST stand firm and put U.S. interests ahead of Israel. Demand the United States hold Israel accountable for its criminal actions and the deaths of the humanitarian aid volunteers.
TALKING POINTS
1. Remain firm but polite
2. Israel boarded the ships in international waters
3. Israel attacked unarmed civilians
4. Israel’s blockade of Gaza amounts to collective punishment, which is against international law.
5. The United State’s support of Israel weakens U.S. standing in the world and threatens American national security
CONTACT
White House – Call 202.456.1111 and press ’1′ when prompted.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – 202.647.5291
To email your congressman, click here.
05/31/2010 at 10:24 pm
How can you say they were unarmed? There are whole Youtube clips showing attacks on the IDF sailors, including a stabbing and all the weapons found on one of the ships. This is unacceptable.
06/01/2010 at 6:05 am
Dear Gaza Mom,
I hope you Yousef and Nor and all your loved ones are safe and well.
I admire and trust your blog which I reference and share as a source of what’s actually happening in Gaza.
I am neither pro-Israel or pro-Islam. I am a pacifist who believes in the rights of all children to grow up in peace and no-one who has these basic beliefs can ignore what is happening in Gaza. Especially not today.
The last time I phoned Shlomo Droor to complain, with success and I shall be calling the White House and Mrs Clinton until I succeed in getting through today. I shall also be e-mailing and writing.
I cannot believe that the Ambassador of Israel in U.S. is citing ‘some marbles and metal pipes’ as threatening materials which could be used to hurt Israelis – this from one of the most armed countries in the world – they cannot be allowed to get away with this.
As the attack took place in international waters, it is everyone’s business.
Once again I salute your resilliance and wish you well.
Louise.
06/01/2010 at 4:31 pm
This was a press release. I’m not getting into who was armed with what. Bottom line: Israel had no right to stop or board those ships in international waters or even closer to Gaza’s shore, which it claims it no longer controls. This is very, very pathetic to try and defend the attack of a humanitarian convoy.