Pro-Palestinian Activist Group Receives Death Threat

["M. Junaid Alam" <junaidalam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCT. 3
>
> CONTACT:   Scott Campbell or Alison Weir
>                  510-655-6384; 415-847-1782 (cell)
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> LOCAL GROUP WORKING FOR MIDEAST PEACE RECEIVES DEATH THREAT
>
> After debating last night on “How to can peace be achieved between 
Israelis and Palestinians,” a local woman and her organization received 
a voice mail message saying:  “Don’t be in your office Monday at 2 pm. 
Me and my buddies, trained by the Israeli army, are going to come in and 
kill you.”
>
> The caller went on to say, “This is no joke. We’re going to kill 
every one of you. Close down your organization.”
>
> The recipient of the threat is Alison Weir, who speaks widely on the 
Israeli-Palestinian issue. She is executive director of If Americans 
Knew, a nonprofit organization known for providing information on the 
Middle East.


In last night’s debate she predicted that Israelis and Palestinians 
search for a just peace will succeed when US taxpayers no longer permit 
US govt., called "the bank" by Israeli militarists,to issue them blank 
checks upon request.

> Weir said that she takes the caller seriously. “I am named an ‘enemy’ 
on a website of the Jewish Defense League, a group known for violent 
acts – most recently, police are investigating charges that its members 
planned to firebomb Congressman Darrell Issa’s office in southern 
California.”
>
> Weir says that there has long been a concerted effort to intimidate 
people speaking out on this issue, but says, “We will not be silenced. I 
hope others will join us.”
>
> Weir says she plans to be in her office all day Monday, working to 
inform the public on this urgent issue.
>
> Berkeley police and the FBI are investigating the death threat.
>
>
> FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE DEATH THREAT:
>
> “Hi.  I heard your speech today in UC-Berkeley; the debate.  And I’m 
telling you this right now.  On Monday, at 2 PM, you better not be in 
your office.  Because me and my buddies, who were trained in the Israeli 
Army, will come and kill every single one of you son-of-a-bitches for 
what you are doing to destroy Israel.  So watch out.
> This is not a joke.  On Monday you better watch out.  Don’t come to 
work.  And close your organization or you’re going to die.”







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