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Freedom Flotilla III sets sail: #NextPortGaza

June 27, 2015

For Immediate Release Freedom Flotilla III sets sail: #NextPortGaza contacts: Robert Naiman, Policy Director, Just Foreign Policy Phone: +2024482898 E-mail: press@justforeignpolicy.org Freedom Flotilla III media team Phone: +30 2110115937 E-mail: media@freedomflotilla.org http://www.freedomflotilla.org/ Today, June 27th 2015, at 4AM Gaza time, four boats of the 2015 the Freedom Flotilla III set sail from their final…

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#StandWithKeith: Barbara Lee calls for ending Gaza blockade in ceasefire agreement

August 7, 2014

From the statement she sent on August 6th to KPFA: “I have called and will continue to call for a sustained cease fire to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis, end the blockade of Gaza, and stop the loss of civilian lives.” http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/105382 (at 10:27 mark.) Here’s what she said, with Ellison, in 2010: Black Caucus…

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Report your call: #StandWithKeith to end Gaza blockade

August 5, 2014

On July 29, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Keith Ellison did something unique for a Member of Congress: he wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post calling for an end to the economic blockade on the 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza. As of this writing, only Representative Barbara Lee has joined Representative Ellison among Members of…

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Tens of Thousands Descend on Washington to March for Gaza

August 4, 2014

Organizers estimated 50,000 protesters marched on Washington to demand an end to US support of Israel’s operation in Gaza on August 2, 2014. On Saturday, tens of thousands of demonstrators from across the country descended on Washington, DC, to call for an end to US support for Israel’s latest military operation in Gaza. The demonstration…

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Daily Twitter Storm on #EndGazaBlockadeInCairo Noon ET Until Cairo Talks Conclude

August 1, 2014

Just Foreign Policy, along with our partners at Gaza’s Ark and the International Freedom Flotilla Coalition, have called for a daily 15 minute twitter storm at 12 noon eastern time until the Cairo talks end with an agreement to lift the siege of Gaza. Here’s how to participate: Be on Twitter at noon Eastern US…

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Americans for Peace Now Backs Kerry on Gaza Ceasefire

July 30, 2014

Americans for Peace Now Backs Kerry on Gaza Ceasefire Robert Naiman, Daily Kos, Wednesday, July 30, 2014http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/30/1317767/-Americans-for-Peace-Now-Backs-Kerry-on-Gaza-Ceasefire (Revised from a piece yesterday at Huffington Post to include the Americans for Peace Now alert and the page of pro-Kerry-diplomacy tweets that Just Foreign Policy put up.) It was bad enough that Israel’s government rejected Secretary of State John Kerry’s proposal to end the violence in…

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Tweet your support of John Kerry’s efforts to address Gaza blockade

July 29, 2014

Secretary of State John Kerry is coming under fire in Israel for trying to broker a ceasefire in Gaza that addresses the humanitarian and economic situation created by Israel and Egypt’s seven year-old blockade. Let Kerry know that you have his back against the Israeli onslaught by tweeting your support. We have set up some…

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Five members of my family were just killed in Gaza

July 22, 2014

The following is a message from Abir Elzowidi to Just Foreign Policy supporters. My name is Abir Elzowidi. I work in Los Angeles for a small NGO called “Oasis of Peace” promoting peaceful co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians, Christians, Muslims and Jews. A few days ago, five members of my family—including two small children—were killed…

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Obama: Don’t Let Israel Bomb Gaza Hospital

July 16, 2014

International solidarity activists, including American journalist Joe Catron, are acting as “human shields” to prevent the Israeli military from bombing Wafa Hospital in Gaza. Urge President Obama and your representatives in Congress to demand that Israel refrain from bombing Wafa Hospital and other medical facilities in Gaza protected by international humanitarian law by signing our…

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Protesters at “New York Stands With Israel” Press Conference Insist City Council Members “Do Not Speak for Us!”

July 14, 2014

Protesters confront Rep. Eliot Engel and others as they depart the “New York Stands With Israel” press conference at New York City Hall on Monday, July 14, 2014. Around a hundred protesters surrounded New York City Hall during a “New York Stands With Israel” press conference Monday morning. The event, which was organized by the…

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