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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 06:28:57 -0600
From: Jane Winston <j-winston-AT-nwu.edu>


I just wanted to bring this email/phone/fax campaign to
any interested party's attention, as today is the day it
takes place. (The copied article below is taken from the
Palestine Chronicle.)

Jane

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>April 2002
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>White House Call-in/Email Campaign
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>When:
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>Tuesday 2 - Tuesday 02
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>Where:
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>White House
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>Description:
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>United States (Tuesday, April 2, 2002) Nationwide White House
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>Call-in/Email Campaign White House Call-In/Email Campaign on
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>Palestine. This campaign is organized by the American-Arab
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>Anti-Discrimination Committee. ADC strongly urges all its members and
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>supporters to join a nationwide call-in/email campaign to the White
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>House tomorrow, Tuesday, April 2, between the hours of 9 AM and 9
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>PM eastern time, to protest Israel's onslaught against the 
>Palestinians
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>and to demand an end to the illegal Israeli occupation of East
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>Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Remember that the White
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>House will take a tally of all calls and e-mails it receives, so 
>every
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>single call you make or email you send counts. WHITE HOUSE
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>CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: president-AT-whitehouse.gov Tel:
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>202-456-1111 (Public comment line where you can leave a message)
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>Tel: 202-456-1414 (President's Office) Fax: 202-456-2461 TALKING
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>POINTS: Reminder: Keep your comments, brief, polite and simple. 1.
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>Demand that President Bush immediately act to enforce Security
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>Council Resolution 1402, which the US voted for on Saturday and
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>which the State Department and the UN Secretary General endorsed
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>today. Resolution1402 demands an immediate Israeli withdrawal from
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>all Palestinian areas re-invaded since Friday. 2. Emphasize that 
>there
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>is no military solution to the conflict. Peace and security for both
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>Israelis and Palestinians can only come with an end to the 34-year 
>old
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>Israeli occupation. Urge President Bush to embrace the 
>Saudi-initiated
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>Arab League Declaration offering Israel peace and normal relations
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>with all the Arab states in return for Israel withdrawing fully from 
>the
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>West Bank Gaza and East Jerusalem and a just resolution to the
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>refugee problem based on UN resolutions. The Arab League plan
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>provides the best opportunity in years to resolve the conflict, meets
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>the stated needs of all parties and is consistent with international
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>law. 3. Express your outrage that Israeli occupation forces have
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>reportedly been attacking Palestinian medical services and personnel,
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>including hospitals, ambulances, doctors and nurses, and paramedics.
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>4. Urge President Bush to express as much outrage about Israel's
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>killing of over1,200 Palestinians in 17 months as he does concerning
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>the deaths of 400 Israelis in the same period. Most of the dead on
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>both sides are unarmed civilians.
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>================================= American-Arab
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>Anti-Discrimination Committee 4201 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 300
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>Washington, D.C. 20008, U.S.A. Tel: (202) 244-2990, Fax: (202)
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>244-3196 E-mail: adc-AT-adc.org Web : http://www.adc.org



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