Plant Olives in Palestine Campaign --(Caterpillar Still Smells)
Plant Justice & Uproot Apartheid
Dear teddybear
This past Thanksgiving, while many of us were eating turkey and spending time with our families, two Palestinian girls were desperately trying to save their rabbit pen from an Israeli bulldozer in the village of Umm Fagarah.
The young girls were arrested after Israeli soldiers destroyed two homes, the community mosque, and their beloved rabbits.
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Above: Palestinians protest land confiscation and destruction of their olive trees in the West Bank village of Bil'in.
As Yousef Munayyer, Executive Director of the Palestine Center, argued in a recent editorial, demands for a settlement freeze need to be accompanied by demands for an Israeli destruction freeze.
The destruction wrought in Umm Fagarah on November 25th represents only a fraction of the illegal and inhumane demolitions perpetrated by Israeli authorities in 2011.
As we look for ways to provide affordable housing to families in crisis here at home, our tax dollars are being used to subsidize the destruction of Palestinian homes, resulting in the displacement of 656 Palestinians this year alone, including 351 children.
Last year we learned that our collective efforts to hold Caterpillar accountable for its complicity in human rights abuses, led by the Rachel Corrie Foundation and Jewish Voice for Peace, likely helped to trigger the suspension of CAT D-9 bulldozers being shipped to Israel. That victory against CAT was significant, but it means little to the 351 Palestinian kids who had their homes destroyed in the ensuing year.
While fixing the underlying cause of the Palestinian dispossession and displacement is our main prerogative, treating the devastating short-term symptoms of Israel's occupation is also important. That is why for each $25 you donate toward our work to end U.S. support for Israeli apartheid, we will plant one olive tree for a Palestinian farming family. If you can donate $100, we'll plant five trees.
With your support in 2010, we were able to plant 1,477 olive trees for Palestinian farmers. This year, we hope to replant 2,000.
can you help us to reach that goal?
Your contribution will help provide immediate relief to Palestinian families who have lost their livelihoods, strengthen our boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns, and enable us to mobilize thousands more Americans in opposition to unconditional U.S. military and diplomatic support for Israel.
Thank you for helping us work toward the day when young Palestinian girls aren't arrested for trying to protect their rabbits from dozens of Israeli soldiers and a weaponized bulldozer.
Sincerely,
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Mike Coogan
Manager of Finance & Administration / Legislative Coordinator
PS -- Planting olive trees on behalf of a friend or family member is a great way to honor them during the holidays. Want to support Palestinian families who still have access to their land? Please take a minute to shop our Palestinian fair trade store. The olive oil, organic soaps, and gift baskets make wonderful gifts for the holidays.
, for each $25 you donate, we'll plant an olive tree for a Palestinian farming family.
[Image]
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Above: Receive this personalized certificate when you contribute. Planting olive trees on behalf of a friend of family member is a great way to honor them during the holidays.
Support Palestinian farmers. Shop our store:
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Follow Us:
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[Image] Twitter
[Image] YouTube
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The US Campaign aims to change U.S. policies that sustain Israel's 44-year occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, and that deny equal rights for all.
ABOUT | TAKE ACTION | GET INVOLVED | STORE | DONATE | RESOURCES | MEDIA | UNSUBSCRIBE | FORWARD TO A FRIEND
US CAMPAIGN TO END THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION | PO BOX 21539 | WASHINGTON, DC 20009
202-332-0994 | USCAMPAIGN@ENDTHEOCCUPATION.ORG | WWW.ENDTHEOCCUPATION.ORG
Dear teddybear
This past Thanksgiving, while many of us were eating turkey and spending time with our families, two Palestinian girls were desperately trying to save their rabbit pen from an Israeli bulldozer in the village of Umm Fagarah.
The young girls were arrested after Israeli soldiers destroyed two homes, the community mosque, and their beloved rabbits.
[Image]
Above: Palestinians protest land confiscation and destruction of their olive trees in the West Bank village of Bil'in.
As Yousef Munayyer, Executive Director of the Palestine Center, argued in a recent editorial, demands for a settlement freeze need to be accompanied by demands for an Israeli destruction freeze.
The destruction wrought in Umm Fagarah on November 25th represents only a fraction of the illegal and inhumane demolitions perpetrated by Israeli authorities in 2011.
As we look for ways to provide affordable housing to families in crisis here at home, our tax dollars are being used to subsidize the destruction of Palestinian homes, resulting in the displacement of 656 Palestinians this year alone, including 351 children.
Last year we learned that our collective efforts to hold Caterpillar accountable for its complicity in human rights abuses, led by the Rachel Corrie Foundation and Jewish Voice for Peace, likely helped to trigger the suspension of CAT D-9 bulldozers being shipped to Israel. That victory against CAT was significant, but it means little to the 351 Palestinian kids who had their homes destroyed in the ensuing year.
While fixing the underlying cause of the Palestinian dispossession and displacement is our main prerogative, treating the devastating short-term symptoms of Israel's occupation is also important. That is why for each $25 you donate toward our work to end U.S. support for Israeli apartheid, we will plant one olive tree for a Palestinian farming family. If you can donate $100, we'll plant five trees.
With your support in 2010, we were able to plant 1,477 olive trees for Palestinian farmers. This year, we hope to replant 2,000.
can you help us to reach that goal?
Your contribution will help provide immediate relief to Palestinian families who have lost their livelihoods, strengthen our boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns, and enable us to mobilize thousands more Americans in opposition to unconditional U.S. military and diplomatic support for Israel.
Thank you for helping us work toward the day when young Palestinian girls aren't arrested for trying to protect their rabbits from dozens of Israeli soldiers and a weaponized bulldozer.
Sincerely,
[Image][Image]
Mike Coogan
Manager of Finance & Administration / Legislative Coordinator
PS -- Planting olive trees on behalf of a friend or family member is a great way to honor them during the holidays. Want to support Palestinian families who still have access to their land? Please take a minute to shop our Palestinian fair trade store. The olive oil, organic soaps, and gift baskets make wonderful gifts for the holidays.
, for each $25 you donate, we'll plant an olive tree for a Palestinian farming family.
[Image]
[Image]
Above: Receive this personalized certificate when you contribute. Planting olive trees on behalf of a friend of family member is a great way to honor them during the holidays.
Support Palestinian farmers. Shop our store:
[Image]
Follow Us:
[Image] Facebook
[Image] Twitter
[Image] YouTube
[Image] Blog
[Image] Vimeo
Back to Top
The US Campaign aims to change U.S. policies that sustain Israel's 44-year occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, and that deny equal rights for all.
ABOUT | TAKE ACTION | GET INVOLVED | STORE | DONATE | RESOURCES | MEDIA | UNSUBSCRIBE | FORWARD TO A FRIEND
US CAMPAIGN TO END THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION | PO BOX 21539 | WASHINGTON, DC 20009
202-332-0994 | USCAMPAIGN@ENDTHEOCCUPATION.ORG | WWW.ENDTHEOCCUPATION.ORG
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