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Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution. Read the report here https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution/
And the full report in PDF form here: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2021/04/israel_palestine0421_web_0.pdf
Summary
About 6.8 million Jewish Israelis and 6.8 million Palestinians live today between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River, an area encompassing Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), the latter made up of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Throughout most of this area, Israel is the sole governing power; in the remainder, it exercises primary authority alongside limited Palestinian self-rule. Across these areas and in most aspects of life, Israeli authorities methodically privilege Jewish Israelis and discriminate against Palestinians. Laws, policies, and statements by leading Israeli officials make plain that the objective of maintaining Jewish Israeli control over demographics, political power, and land has long guided government policy. In pursuit of this goal, authorities have dispossessed, confined, forcibly separated, and subjugated Palestinians by virtue of their identity to varying degrees of intensity. In certain areas, as described in this report, these deprivations are so severe that they amount to the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution.
Our Senators and elected officials are public servants. Meaning, they serve us, their constituents, and our interests. Our tax dollars, $3.8 BILLION of them, currently go towards funding Israeli terror and Israeli state-sanctioned apartheid and ethnic cleansing. It is up to us, United States taxpayers, to DEMAND an end to funding the continued illegal occupation and aggression against Palestinians.
Below you’ll find a list of key contacts for North Carolina and their phone numbers. Note: you may get a live person answering your call, or an automated messaging service (most of which ask you to press 1 to leave a message). All messages are logged daily.
For non-NC folks, visit https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative to locate your district/ representatives and find a state-by-state listing of phone numbers here: https://www.house.gov/representatives.
Sample Script With Key Points:
Note: Do not be rude but do not be shy either. It is their DUTY to listen and address their constituents concerns and needs.
State your name, district (or zipcode) and inform them you are calling with comments and concerns on legislation and US funding of Israel.
- “First, I ask that [Representatives Name] support and Sign Bill HR 2590 to end US Aid to Israel’s illegal occupation and oppression of Palestine.”
- “I also ask that all of our NC state representatives publicly acknowledge the continued illegal occupation of Palestine and illegal expulsion of Palestinians from their land as prohibited by both The Hague Regulations and the Fourth Geneva Convention and is a war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.“
- “Furthermore, I demand the unequivocal, public condemnation of Israeli police brutality, Israeli attempts of ethnic cleansing and Israeli state sponsored apartheid.”
- “I also demand confirmation that not a single dime of our tax payers money will aid in ANY state sponsored terrorism, murder, theft or the continued siege against Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem and across Palestine or any other oppressed, marginalized and innocent human beings. Thank you.”
Key NC Contacts:
NC Senators:
Senator Richard Burr: 202-224-3154
Senator Thom Tillis: 202-224-6342
NC Congressmen/women:
Greater Charlotte Area, District 12: Alma Adams: 202-225-1510
1st district: G. K. Butterfield: 202-225-3101
2nd district: Deborah K. Ross: 202-225-3032
3rd district: Greg Murphy: 202-225-3415
4th district: David Price: 202-225-1784
5th district: Virginia Foxx: 202-225-2071
6th district: Kathy Manning: 202-225-3065
7th district: David Rouzer: 202-225-2731
8th district: Richard Hudson: 202-225-3715
9th district: Dan Bishop: 202-225-1976
10th district: Patrick McHenry: 202-225-2576
11th district: Madison Cawthorn: 202-225-6401
12th district: Alma Adams: 202-225-1510
13th district: Ted Budd: 202-225-4531
Vote in Favor of H.R. 2590 Against the Illegal Occupation
Text “SIGN PGEOPH” to 50409 from your mobile device to send a letter to your state representatives. ResistBot will walk you through automated texts (including asking for your name, address and email). It will send a copy of the below letter asking for the end of US aid to the Israeli Occupation.
Americans Against Apartheid 