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Question: What do you and Benjamin Netanyahu have in common?

February 14th, 2012 · Posted by

Answer: you will both be in Washington DC for policy conferences in just a few weeks…

Dear friends,

It’s true. This year, both Netanyahu and Peres will be present at the annual AIPAC Policy Conference, along with a high number of our Congressional representatives. With the objective of pushing for war on Iran and justifying the ongoing, egregious violations of Palestinian rights, AIPAC will convene in Washington DC.

Register now to join the hundreds of people who will be coming between March 2 and 6 to protest against AIPAC and take part in the Occupy AIPAC counter-summit.

Under the banner of Occupy AIPAC, this long weekend will include a policy summit with panels on Iran, the Arab uprisings, Palestine/Israel and AIPAC, film screenings, mass protests, a teach-in on diplomacy and alternatives to war, creative actions, a cultural night, workshops, and a Capitol Hill policy briefing on the impact of U.S. military aid to Israel on Palestinians.

Featured speakers and performers will include author Suad Amiry, Egyptian activist Dina Darwish, Managing Editor of The Nation Roane Carey, Iranian activist Sanam Anderlini, lawyer and advocate Diana Buttu, Jadaliyya co-founder and editor Bassam Haddad, poet Remi Kanazi, AMP co-founder Hatem Bazian, comedian Said Durrah, activist Bill Fletcher Jr., Iran analyst Jamal Abdi, author Phyllis Bennis, and more!

Now is the time to make a large, people-powered push to oppose the Israel lobby’s stranglehold of our government. During this weekend, we will challenge the Israel lobby in their pursuit of war with Iran and promote a just foreign policy in the Middle East- in the streets and with our teach-ins and discussions.

Register for the conference and/or support this summit with a donation. Your outreach and presence is critical to help us ensure a strong turnout, because now is the time to Occupy AIPAC, not Palestine!

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All Out for NO WAR ON IRAN during AIPAC Convention

February 10th, 2012 · Posted by

No War On Iran!

The drumbeat for war will reach a fever pitch when AIPAC, with 10,000 attendees, holds its annual policy conference on March 4. The bellicose stance of keynote speaker Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will push our nation closer to a catastrophic war.

Come show that the American people demand “Diplomacy, Not War.” We’ll have an open mic, so if you have a personal story or message that you want to share about Iran, come prepared to speak your mind.

When: Sunday, March 4th, 11:00am – 2:00pm
Where: Mt. Vernon Place (corner of Massachusetts and 9th)

Take action now: sign this petition calling on President Obama to Take War With Iran “Off the Table”!

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AIPAC Member Identified as Assailant of Rae Abileah

February 8th, 2012 · Posted by

For Immediate Release

AIPAC MEMBER IDENTIFIED AS ASSAILANT OF PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATOR DURING PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU’S SPEECH TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS

A recent response to a subpoena from the United States Capitol Police has revealed the main assailant of a peaceful demonstrator who was physically attacked and injured on May 24, 2011, to be Stanley Anthony Shulster, allegedly a member of the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). According to the lawsuit, Mr. Shulster, a retired lawyer, admitted to assaulting Rae Abileah, a member of CODEPINK, in the House of Representatives while she protested the Israeli occupation of Palestine during the speech by Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. The Capitol Police issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Shulster for this attack.

Mr. Shulster’s biography on the Jackson County, Oregon Republican Women website identifies him as “an Unpaid Lobbyist,” and a “Volunteer in the Israel Defense Forces Medical Unit and a member of AIPAC.” The bio states: “At the last AIPAC meeting in May of 2011 Stan was present to hear the stirring address that Prime Minister Netanyahu gave to Congress and he grabbed the woman who heckled the Prime Minister while he was speaking.” (http://jcrw.us/node/362)

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach also attested to the assault when he wrote in his blog, “The elderly gentleman to my right, whom I had been talking to just before the speech started, pulled the flag out of her hands, cupped his hands over her mouth, and assisted in subduing her.” (http://j.mp/wUcCke) Additional witnesses have been identified by the U.S. Capitol Police.

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Real News: Israel and the American Elections

February 1st, 2012 · Posted by

The Real News Network

Max Blumenthal: A few major Jewish donors push candidates to support Netanyahu on Iran.

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Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran

February 1st, 2012 · Posted by

Find local events for the February 4th, 2012 mass day of action on Antiwar.com 

In many ways, the U.S. war on Iran has already begun.

The U.S. government is shaping public opinion to accept military intervention in Iran in the name of “national security.” Fabricated stories that claim evidence of Iran pursuing nuclear weapons is being blasted through mainstream media and repeated by almost every mainstream politician.

The U.S. has authorized harsh economic sanctions that could literally destroy and devastate the lives of millions of Iranian civilians. In addition to the sanctions, there have been targeted assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists and a U.S. surveillance drone was discovered in violation of Iranian sovereignty and airspace.

Iraq is devastated from decades of U.S. military intervention and sanctions that took the lives of hundreds of thousands of children, rounded up and tortured innocent people. The Iraq war led to 4.5 million people being driven from their homes.

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Donate to Place an Ad in The Hill to Prevent War on Iran

January 26th, 2012 · Posted by

DONATE NOW: CLICK HERE

Your donation will allow us to place a full-page ad in the influential Washington, DC newspaper The Hill, which is read by members of Congress and their staff. AIPAC lobbyists and AIPAC funds have been distorting our democracy for years, and right now AIPAC is pushing us towards a catastrophic war with Iran. Don’t wait until it’s too late. Help us tell Congress that AIPAC doesn’t speak for the 99%.

We need to raise $8,000 for the ad, and we appreciate any donation you can give. If you give $100 or more, we will add your name at the bottom of the ad (unless you tell us not to). Scroll down or click here to see the ad copy listed below.

All donations are tax deductible. You can also donate by sending a check made payable to CODEPINK AD to CODEPINK, 1247 E St. SE, Washington, DC 20003.

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Roane Carey to Speak on Palestine

January 23rd, 2012 · Posted by

Roane Carey

We are excited to announce that Roane Carey will be joining the Palestine panel on Saturday, March 3rd.

Roane Carey, the current managing editor at The Nation, is a prominent journalist. Having spent significant time on the ground in the West Bank, Carey writes credibly on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Roane was the editor of The New Intifada and co-edited The Other Israel: Voices of Refusal and Dissent with Jonathan Shaini.

Carey has a new book scheduled for release in May 2012 entitled, “The Case for Sanctions Against Israel”.

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No Comment Warranted on Commentary Blog

January 23rd, 2012 · Posted by

Josh Ruebner | Blog to End the Occupation

The neo-con rag Commentary had an especially tendentious post on its blog Contentions on Friday proving for themselves beyond a shadow of doubt that there exists a grand conspiracy between Marxism, anti-Semitism, the Occupy movement, and the US Campaign to “sabotage or at least overshadow the AIPAC event,” by organizing Occupy AIPAC.

Let’s leave aside for the moment the hypocrisy of a magazine formerly dominated by Communists (who then found the light in shucking for American imperialism) engaging in McCarthyite red baiting.  Um, dudes, the 1950s was like so last century.

I can’t figure out if this blog post is the result of sloppy journalism, or a hatchet job, or most likely a combination of the two.  First off, they give us credit for organizing Occupy AIPAC.  Thanks for the publicity, but we’re actually just one of more than 100 organizations endorsing the event and promoting it.  (As we mentioned in our email last week, we’ll also be doing workshops and organizing a Congressional Hill briefing for it.)

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Will You Occupy AIPAC?

January 20th, 2012 · Posted by

Dear friends,

We are excited to announce that plans for OCCUPY AIPAC are under way and we hope you will join us March 2-6 in Washington DC.

With the Occupy movement that has swept the country demanding social and economic justice, many have concluded that AIPAC—the powerful pro-Israeli government lobby that distorts U.S. policy in the Middle East— is a mandatory “occupy target”. Adbusters, the magazine that issued the initial visionary call for the takeover of Wall St. on September 17th, has declared: “The time has come for the Occupy Movement to demand an end to the Occupation of Palestine… We need a hashtag, #occupyAIPAC” (Kalle Lasn).

Timed to coincide with the annual AIPAC policy conference in March 2012, the Occupy AIPAC summit will be a long weekend of teach-ins, cultural performances, protests and creative direct actions, and a sneak preview of the forthcoming film Roadmap to Apartheid. Co-sponsored by The Nation, the Institute of Policy Studies, CODEPINK and Just Foreign Policy, the Saturday conference will feature educational panels on Iran, Palestine, the Arab Uprisings and the Occupy Movement (see the list of speakers). The Occupy AIPAC summit is endorsed and supported by a variety of organizations including the Interfaith Peace Builders (IFPB), the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), Jewish Voice for Peace, Students for Justice in Palestine chapters, and over 120 other groups.

Right now AIPAC is trying to drag us into a disastrous conflict with Iran, just as they had pushed for the Iraq war. We must show our opposition by exposing AIPAC and standing against a war with Iran. AIPAC’s underhanded tactics and their manipulation of our political process destroys the possibility of a just peace in the Middle East. Recent public criticisms of the Israel lobby make the call to Occupy AIPAC all the more relevant.

Now is the time to make a large, people-powered push to show our opposition to the stranglehold the Israel lobby continues to hold over our government.

Register for the conference or support this summit with a donation. Your outreach and presence is critical to help us ensure a strong turnout, because now is the time to Occupy AIPAC, not Palestine!

In solidarity,
Medea, Rae, Alli and Sasha
The Occupy AIPAC team
http://occupyaipac.org
@occupyaipac

In addition to peace and justice groups around the country, we are reaching out to Occupy communities for support and participation (see the Occupy AIPAC GA resolution). If your group would like to endorse or join this effort, please email occupyaipac@gmail.com.

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Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere: Palestine and the African American Experience

January 20th, 2012 · Posted by

Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere: Palestine and the African American Experience
An event organized by Interfaith Peace-Builders (IFPB) and co-sponsored by Way to Jerusalem Mission Group as part of Occupy AIPAC

Join participants on Interfaith Peace-Builders 2011 African Heritage Delegation to Palestine/Israel, as well as other prominent African American leaders in the struggle for a just peace in the Middle East. As AIPAC steps up efforts to court African American communities, many are standing firm and striking back. Participants on IFPB’s 2011 African Heritage delegation exchanged lessons learned from Black Power, Civil Rights, anti-apartheid and anti-racist struggles in the US with those waging similar campaigns in Palestine/and have returned to work for change here at home. Join them, and others, for a unique conversation regarding the historic role of the African American community in pursuing peace and justice for Palestinians.

When: Sunday, March 4th, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Where: Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church (900 Massachusetts Ave)

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