TURN UP THE HEAT – TAKE ACTION!

~ The Public Rising Up in Exponential Numbers Could Be Our Best Hope ~

 

TAXPAYER POWER
Not My Tax Dollars – Their Activist Tool Box offers many approaches for taxpayers to leverage their power:
https://uscpr.org/your-activist-toolbox-to-stop-arming-israel/

Taxpayers Against Genocide - Taxpayers organized to demand prosecution of U.S. Government officials for
illegally using our tax dollars to fund genocide. https://www.taxpayersagainstgenocide.org/

CONSUMER POWER
Join the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement: https://bdsmovement.net/
Boycott: Consumers, don’t purchase products that are made in Israel or that enable Israel’s on-going war on
Palestine.
Divest: Urge all governments to divest from corporations that enable the Israeli genocide of Palestinians.
Sanction: Urge local to governments and institutions to sanction Israel for their terrible war crimes. The BDS
website showcases many corporations that assist or profit from Israel’s brutalization, land theft, home
demolition and genocide.

Urge CalSTRS to divest – sign the petition: The California State Teachers' Retirement System has over $1 billion
dollars invested directly in the Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide of the Palestinian people We call on
CalSTRS members, educators, voters, tax- payers, organizations, and unions to urge CalSTRS to divest from
companies that contribute to Israeli’s human rights abuses in Palestine.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/calstrs-divest-from-genocide

DONATION POWER – GIVE SUPPORT AND COMFORT (two of many worthwhile organizations)
UNRWA - UN Relief and Works Agency -The primary agency bringing life-supporting comfort and hope to
Palestinian refugees for 75 years: food, water, medical aid, schools. https://www.unrwausa.org You can now
donate to provide cash directly to Palestinian families in need, matched by a $100,000 grant through this link:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/UNRWA/FMfcgzQfCMxWvpJszlnzDXXbCNjVTfdK

Middle East Children’s Alliance, MECA for Peace - For many years, and now during the Israeli assault on Gaza, MECA
has had boots on the ground in Gaza, helping families survive, providing food and water, and programs for deep
healing and empowerment. https://www.mecaforpeace.org/

VOTER POWER – LOBBY YOUR ELECTED REPS TO SPEAK OUT – Call your Senators TODAY!
Senator Alex Padilla – 916-448-2787 -- Senator Adam Schiff – 415 393-0707

Demand that they represent their constituents and insist that -
* In Gaza, Israel observe the Ceasefire, stop killing Palestinians, allow the free flow of humanitarian aid, and
negotiate in good faith with Hamas;
* In the West Bank, Israel stop settlers from their murderous attacks on Palestinians, their homes and farms,
supported by the IDF, and cease exponential building of settlements on stolen Palestinian land. (All West Bank
settlements are on stolen land);
* The US immediately stop arming Israel with lethal military weapons that are used against innocent Palestinians;
* The US and Israel support the people of Gaza to rebuild their homeland and restore dignity and peace to all in this
violence-ridden land.
* Support the Block the Bombs act. Sign the petitions at: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/block-the-bombs. Plus
This just out: support new Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) to block more than 27,000 U.S. bombs from
going to the Israeli military to massacre civilians.

PEOPLE POWER - SPREAD THE WORD
Urge your friends, neighbors, family and co-workers to join the growing movement to stop the violence, to stop the
genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestine; invite them to become part of the groundswell of resistance to stop
Israel’s violence against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza! And tell Israel to stop bombing Lebanon too!

 

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