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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keep up the effort. There are others out
there trying, even in Nebraska.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
</STRONG><A href="mailto:NFPState@aol.com">NFPState@aol.com</A> <<A
href="mailto:NFPState@aol.com">NFPState@aol.com</A>><BR><B>To: </B><A
href="mailto:NFPState@aol.com">NFPState@aol.com</A> <<A
href="mailto:NFPState@aol.com">NFPState@aol.com</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:17 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Friends of Palestine
potluck/Tents for Peace/Freeze US Military Aid to Israel <BR></DIV></FONT><FONT
face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>-Friends of Palestine potluck <BR>-Tents for
Peace <BR>-Freeze US Military Aid to Israel
<BR><BR>**************************************************** <BR><B>Friends of
Palestine potluck</B> <BR>****************************************************
<BR><BR>Friends of Palestine invite you to a potluck lunch to commemorate the
Deir Yaseen Massacre and get caught up on the recent escalation of events at the
Mennonite Church, 7300 Holdridge, Lincoln on Sunday, 14 April 2002 at 12:15 pm.
Please bring a dish to share. <BR><BR>RSVP: Ruth Thone - 421-2855,
ruththone@msn.com <BR>Mona Bashir - 483-2776, mona_bashir@yahoo.com
<BR><BR><BR>**************************************************** <BR>Tents for
Peace <BR>****************************************************<B> <BR></B><BR>A
group of UNL students have set up Tents for Peace outside the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus Student Union at 14th and R Streets in Lincoln.
They are spending the week of April 8-12, 24 hours a day, at the tent to
<BR>raise awareness about the Palestinian crisis. <BR><BR>There was an article
in the April 9 edition of the Lincoln Journal Star about the encampment.
<BR><B><BR></B>You can still stop by today and tomorrow and offer your
encouragement and <BR>support.
<BR><B><BR></B>**************************************************** <BR>Freeze
US Military Aid to Israel
<BR>****************************************************<B> <BR><BR>Action
Alert</FONT><FONT color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">
<BR>Freeze US Military Aid to Israel <BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=#214d7a
face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></B>The use of violence by both
Israelis and Palestinians in the current conflict is reprehensible. Peace
Action, as an organization that promotes non-violent solution of conflicts,
urges the Palestinian Authority to reject suicide bombings and other violent
measures. While Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has begun a partial
withdrawal from some of the occupied territories, he has stated that attacks on
Palestinian towns and refugee camps will continue. In some areas the siege has
been tightened. Reports indicate that the Israeli Defense Forces intend to
remain in Palestinian cities for the foreseeable future. Former Prime Minister
Binyamin Netanyahu, speaking on behalf of Israel, compared Israel's current
actions to the US war on terrorism. On CBS's Face the Nation Netanyahu said,
"The reason it's taking time is because we're not using massive air power and
massive fire power. We're trying to do it slowly to save civilian
lives…"</FONT><FONT color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">
<BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Far from saving innocent lives, Israel's actions are
escalating the violence and the deaths of innocent civilians. </FONT><FONT
color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT
color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>For more
information see</B>: <B><A
href="http://www.peace-action.org/home/israel.html">http://www.peace-action.org/home/israel.html</A></B></FONT><FONT
color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></B> <BR><B><BR>Take
Action <BR></FONT><FONT color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Contact your Congressperson and Senators and tell them
to:</FONT><FONT color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></B>
<BR></FONT><FONT color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>initiate a cut-off of military aid to Israel and a freeze
on all pending arms sales or transfers until Israel lifts the current siege of
Palestinian territory; </FONT><FONT color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=3
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>urge Israel to withdraw to its pre-1967 borders;
</FONT><FONT color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=3
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>support an end to US arms sales to the entire Middle East
region; </FONT><FONT color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=3
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>support full and immediate implementation of all relevant
United Nations resolutions on the Israel-Palestine conflict. If you already know
who represents you, you can reach them at the Capitol Switchboard: (202)
224-312. <BR><BR>Check out this section of our site to find more </FONT><FONT
color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">options on how to
contact congress: <A
href="http://www.peace-action.org/tools/congress.html">http://www.peace-action.org/tools/congress.html</A></FONT><FONT
color=#214d7a face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BR><BR><BR>Carrie
Benzschawel <BR>Program Associate <BR>Peace Action Education Fund <BR><A
href="mailto:cbenzschawel@peace-action.org">mailto:cbenzschawel@peace-action.org</A>
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