Beyond reach of law, Israeli armed forces, settlers commit
continual assault on Palestinian farm families; Palestinians reach for UN status |
| Palestinian woman hugs olive tree uprooted by Israelis |
Edited by Carolyn Bennett
U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation reports.
Israel’s military occupation enters year 45 and the work of
the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is more vital than ever. Contributions to the U.S. Campaign to
End the Israeli Occupation help:
Produce
and distribute educational resources to tens of thousands of people throughout
the United States and support the community organizing work necessary to change
U.S. policies.
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| West Bank village Man picks olives |
Continue
support for boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaigns and build on recent
successes in those campaigns.
Challenge
U.S. military aid to Israel at every level of government ─ from city councils
and school boards to Capitol Hill and the White House
Plant
trees for Palestinian farming families.
The U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is the
largest and most diverse coalition working to change U.S. policy toward
Palestine/Israel to support human rights, international law, and equality.
Israeli Occupation repression:
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| Palestinian farmer |
Increase
in settler violence against Palestinian civilians since 2010: 39 percent
Increase
in settler violence against Palestinian civilians since 2007: 315 percent
Palestinian
trees vandalized (estimated number) by Israeli settlers in 2012: 7,500
Palestinian
trees uprooted (estimated number) by
Israel since 1967: 1.2 million
Palestinian
families in the occupied territories who rely on farming for their
livelihood: 80,000
Palestinian
farmers’ applications for permits to access olive groves behind Israel’s
apartheid wall DENIED: 42 percent
Gaza’s
agricultural land rendered inaccessible because of Israel’s ‘buffer zone’: 30 percent
Suspects
indicted out of 162 documented complaints of settler attacks against
Palestinian trees: 1
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| Israeli settler burns Palestinian olive trees |
The U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation has partnered
with the Palestinian fair trade association to plant olive trees for
Palestinian farming families.
Toward a goal of 2,000 olive trees this year, the Campaign needs
help to fund the planting of an additional 1,804 trees for Palestinian farming
families.
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| UN General Assembly 193 Member States |
Palestinians' UN bid
Despite the U.S. opposition to the Palestinian bid for non-member observer status in the United Nations, President Abbas affirms, “There is nothing preventing us from getting the incomplete membership in the UN.”
The permanent observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Riyad
Mansour, said yesterday in a press conference ─
You give me an impression that you
are ready for a historic event on the 29th of November.
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| Palestinian rights Palestinian liberation |
[The] historic event will take
place when our president, President Mahmoud Abbas, with a large Palestinian
delegation contribute to the efforts with all our friends and the General
Assembly to legislate recognition of the State of Palestine at the United
Nations and also change our status to a non-member observer state.
That will be a historic moment in
the struggle of the Palestinian people, and a historic moment in the history of
the United Nations.
The UN General Assembly on November 29, 1947, adopted
Resolution 181, the China News article recalls, “which recognized the need to
establish a Jewish state alongside an Arab state in the former British Mandate
territory of Palestine.”
As soon as the Palestinian state’s membership is secured, President
Abbas said, “The Palestinian side is ready to return to the negotiating table.”
Before more time passes, he said, “This might be the last chance for making
peace in the Middle East.”
Sources and notes
Contact information: officemanager@endtheoccupation.org or
call 202-332-0994.
https://npo1.networkforgood.org/Donate/Donate.aspx?npoSubscriptionId=1004565
Education for Just Peace in the Middle East (registered to
do business as the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Tax-ID #
42-1636592).
http://www.endtheoccupation.org/section.php?id=300
The U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation conducts boycott,
divestment and sanctions campaigns and needs help to redouble its efforts in
opposing unconditional military aid and diplomatic support for Israel.
“Palestine’s UN bid ‘historic moment’: envoy ─ UNITED NATIONS - Riyad Mansour, the permanent observer of Palestine to the United Nations, said yesterday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will submit the Palestinian bid for a non-member state status to the UN General Assembly tomorrow as planned. This will be ‘a historic moment’ for both the Palestinians and the 193-member states body.” (Updated: 2012-11-28 07:45, Xinhua), http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2012-11/28/content_15964928.htm
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