Cindy Corrie Adds Voice to Call to Action - JUNE 11-12 WA DC

People around the world are joining together in a global Day of Action as "The World Says No to Israeli Occupation" to protest the 40th anniversary of Israel's illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, and Syrian Golan Heights.

In the United States, thousands of people from all over the country will converge on Washington, DC from June 10-11, 2007 to send a clear message: The United States Says No to Israeli Occupation!

We know that occupation is wrong. We see U.S. troops occupying Iraq, and we say no. We see Israeli troops and civilians occupying Palestinian land, and we say no again. Wrong in Iraq, wrong in Palestine.

We in the United States have a special obligation to protest Israel's illegal military occupation because it is our government that provides Israel with the uncritical military, economic, diplomatic, and corporate support that it needs to sustain and expand its control of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem.

If we do not protest, then we are complicit in the human rights abuses inflicted daily on Palestinians who are forced to live under Israel's brutal military occupation. In its 40 years of military occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians and injured tens of thousands; destroyed thousands of homes; uprooted hundreds of thousands of olive trees; built hundreds of illegal settlements on expropriated land; denied Palestinians their human rights to food, water, education, livelihoods, and health care, and imposed a system of checkpoints, walls and fences, road closures, military bases, barricades, sieges, and curfews that restrict freedom of movement and collectively punish the entire Palestinian population.

Israel is committing these human rights violations with U.S. aid, in violation of the U.S. Arms Export Control and Foreign Assistance Acts. Every time Israel kills a Palestinian civilian with an F-16 fighter jet, Apache helicopter gunship, or Boeing JDAM missile, it is done with our taxpayer dollars in our name. Every time Israel demolishes a Palestinian home with a Caterpillar bulldozer, it is done with our taxpayer dollars in our name. Every time Israel steals Palestinian land to build another settlement, it is done with our taxpayer dollars in our name.

And Israel's human rights violations of the Palestinian people are not limited to the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Both in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Palestinians are subjected to a system of apartheid. Inside Israel, Palestinian citizens are discriminated against and cannot exercise their full rights as citizens. And Israel continues to deny Palestinian refugees, who were forcibly exiled from their homeland during Israel's establishment, their internationally guaranteed right of return.

On the 40th anniversary of Israel's military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, we will come together in Washington, DC to say "The United States Says No to Israeli Occupation" and to demand:

* An end to US military, economic, diplomatic, and corporate support for Israel's illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem.

* A change in US policy to one that supports a just peace between Palestinians and Israelis based on equality, human rights and international law, and the full implementation of all relevant UN resolutions.

Sponsored by: 1. US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation 2. United for Peace and Justice

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[bentrunch]

Strange grieving mother endorsing terrorism - what the fuck?

ISM funded by and supporting terrorism...

[FakroonMedia]

That is incorrect.

[surfrider1980]

Umm so how come she is not being honest? Isn't the fact of the matter that Rachel was crouched in a ditch and was not visible from the tractor? How come there is no admission that Rachel was not standing in front of a house as was claimed? (The house was photoshopped into the original picture.) I'd be more sympathetic if there was an honest statement.

[FakroonMedia]

Your statements are inaccurate. There were 7 US and UK eye witnesses and several Palestinian witnesses.

1) She was not in a ditch- the D9 was pushing a mound of dirt forward towards the house.

2) She was near the house. The photo you reference was taken at another time, however has become iconic. It is not a fake. LGF is lying.

I personally know the family that was in the house and have corroborated the stories personally with 4 eye witnesses.

[hcwcars1]

Cut all aid to israel Now.

[Gnaw2B]

The brave Jewish defenders of Warsaw

would roll over in their graves if they saw

there descendants stealing others lands,deporting citizens,and pushing people

into walled concentration areas. Cohen says "mind your own business"!!!!!Thank God that a few brave people sacrificed their lives for Jewish people in WW II and people like Rachel are willing to stand up to these bullies instead of just "minding their own business"!!!! Thanks Mrs Corrie!

[jstc2002]

It is clearly time to abolish bandit states such as Israel.  Give Palestine back to the Palestinians!

[rachelgolem]

Maybe you can give your home back to the Native American family you stole it from.

[hcmatley31]

Rachel died because she was brainwashed and you and your despicable husband are responsible.

[131rc]

I'm glad to see that you support the use of children as human shields while attacking military forces.

[10thgenamerican]

Fucking cunt ! Go become a human shield somewhere....

[ravdov571]

@halcyon083: You're a dipshit, you know that? No wonder you're no longer at this account - verbal diarrhea got you suspended.

Here's the real figures on US aid to Israel, brain trust:

1950 - 1970: 1.26 billion

1971 - 2009: 114.1 billion

NOW TELL ME....how the hell do you people get 3 TRILLION dollars out of that?

Is there some sort of new anti-Semitic math I'm not familiar with?

Morons.

[gorgeoushammer]

solidarity mrs. corrie. thank you!

[Mustbdivine]

twats.