ACT NOW!

Along with most of the world, we at Michigan Peace Team are feeling overwhelmed by the unprecedented humanitarian crisis happening in Gaza right now.  Though in theory there is a ceasefire, the blockade of food and medicine has been devastating.  The last thing that the Palestinians need now is apathy - - Do Something!!!!   Below are just some of the ideas of how you can help:

STAY INFORMED.  KEEP APPRIZED OF WHAT'S GOING ON VIA RECOGNIZED INDEPENDENT NEWS SOURCES

•  OUR FRIENDS IN GAZA: WHERE ARE THEY NOW, ONE YEAR LATER? - from MPT's Joe Mulligan

•  Gaza pastor: 'We cry and nobody hears us' - (an interview with one of MPT's friends in Gaza)

•  GazaSiege.org

•  Gaza Strip: the Untold Story

•  Avaaz

•  U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation    

•  If Americans Knew

•  United for Peace and Justice

•  Physicians for Human Rights

•  OneVoice

   What You Don’t Know About Gaza  By RASHID KHALIDI

Published: January 8, 2009

Nearly everything you’ve been led to believe about Gaza is wrong. Here are a few key points that seem to be missing from the conversation about Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip.

The Facts about Israel’s War on Gaza
By Adam Sheets
 

CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS

Call on your elected officials: Call your representatives to demand an immediate ceasefire and an end to the blockade and embargo in Gaza.

•  President Obama -- (202) 456-1111 (http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/)
•  Senator Levin -- (202) 224-6221 (http://levin.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm)
•  Senator Stabenow -- (202) 224-4822 (http://stabenow.senate.gov/email.cfm)
•  Representative Dingell -- (202) 225-4071 (https://writerep.house.gov/htbin/wrep_findrep)
•  Congressman Mark Schauer -- (517) 373-2426 (www.schauer.house.gov)
•  Representative Mike Rogers -- (Toll-free) 877-333-6453 (http://www.mikerogers.house.gov/Contact.aspx)
  
  To find your Representative and Senators in Congress, call 202-224-3121.

TAKE A PUBLIC STAND:    Encourage your groups and organizations to draft their own, personal position statement, and then PUBLICIZE it!

For Example:

•  A CALL TO ACTION FROM THE MICHIGAN PEACE TEAM CORE COMMUNITY AND STAFF
•  Joint Oral Statement: Caritas Internationalis, Dominicans for Justice and Peace (Order of Preachers), International Young Catholic Students on peace-building, and Pax Romana
•  J Street Statement on Gaza Attack
•  Statement on Gaza Attacks from Jewish Voice for Peace
•  Archbishop's Statement on Gaza from the Archbishop of Canterbury
•  Letter to UN Secretary General on Gaza from Pax Christi International
•  CEASE FIRE NOW! - Gush Shalom's ad in Ha'aretz
•  Cease Fire Now In Gaza - Tikkun and the Network of Spiritual Progressives
•  Kucinich Resolution calling for cease-fire in Gaza
•  Cambridge City Council adopts Gaza Resolution

JOIN COMMUNITY PROTESTS

•  Join the BDS Movement (Boycott/Divest/Sanction) - - the tactic used to end Apartheid in South Africa
•  Click here to find a Protest Near You

WRITE TO YOUR NEWSPAPERS

•  Click here for your National Media Guide

SEND FUNDS TO RECOGNIZED HUMANITARIAN AID ORGANIZATIONS

•  American Near East Refugee Aid (www.anera.org)
•  United Palestinian Appeal (www.helpupa.com)
•  Islamic Relief (http://www.irw.org)

BECOME A FACEBOOK "FRIEND" TO MPT, or FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, TO KEEP APPRISED OF WHAT IS HAPPENING

•  Click here to join Facebook, and become an MPT "Friend"
•  Follow us on Twitter

Contact us if you are interested in joining one of our Peace Teams to Palestine/Israel

READ MICHIGAN PEACE TEAM'S POSITION ON THE PALESTINIAN/ISRAELI CONFLICT

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