[Pen-l] Amnesty vs. AIPAC: Senate to Consider AIPAC Resolution Endorsing War in Gaza

["Robert Naiman" <naiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/amnesty-vs-aipac-senate-t_b_156256.html

The Senate could consider as early as today a resolution promoted by
AIPAC intended to effectively endorse the continuation of the Israeli
military assault in Gaza. (You can find the text of the draft
resolution on AIPAC's web page.)

In particular, the resolution does not call for an "immediate
ceasefire," but for a "durable and sustainable ceasefire," which is
the Bush Administration's code for continuing the war - the excuse the
Administration has given for why the war must go on. Nor does the
resolution call for ending the blockade on Gaza, even though the
blockade is also an act of war.

Call your Senators now. Urge them to insist that any resolution passed
by the Senate call for an immediate ceasefire and for lifting the
blockade on Gaza.

Last Friday, Amnesty International USA sent an "urgent" letter to
Secretary of State Rice, calling on her to end the Bush
Administration's "lopsided response" to the ongoing Israeli military
attacks on Gaza that have reportedly killed more than 600
Palestinians, including some 200 children. "Amnesty International USA
is particularly dismayed at the lopsided response by the U.S.
government to the recent violence and its lackadaisical efforts to
ameliorate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza," the letter said. Amnesty
urged the Bush Administration to "go beyond rhetoric and exert
concrete pressure on both parties to immediately cease unlawful
attacks."

Unfortunately, the U.S. Senate, at the urging of AIPAC, is poised to
embrace the Bush Administration's "lopsided" and "lackadaisical"
response.

Call your Senators now, and urge them to insist that any resolution
passed by the Senate call for an immediate ceasefire and lifting the
blockade on Gaza. If you don't want to call, you can also write.


-- 
Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Call Congress: Immediate Cease-fire, Lift the Blockade on Gaza
http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/callgazaceasefire.html

Write Bush, Obama, Congress to Support an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza
and Lift the Blockade
http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/gazaceasefireobama.html
http://justforeignpolicy.org/involved/gazaceasefirebushcongress.html
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