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DESCRIPTION:A CALL BY BAY AREA JEWS: Break the Siege on Gaza \n\nBEFORE OUR EYES, the 
 people of Gaza are being brutally and collectively punished by Israel.  
 Israel is using a single captured Israeli soldier as a pawn to employ its 
 enormous military might and terrorize an entire people.\n\nAs Jews, we 
 cannot and will not remain observers of crimes committed in our name. We 
 call on other Jews and all people who believe in justice and peace to take 
 a principled stand against this brutality.    \n\nThe humanitarian 
 situation in Gaza, already dire from 39 years of occupation, and a recent 
 Israeli blockade of  basic supplies, is now desperate. Israel's bombing of 
 power stations and bridges and cutting off fuel supplies in Gaza deprives 
 people of electricity, refrigeration, pumped drinking water, and sewage 
 disposal. The relentless and deadly attacks by the Israeli military are 
 compounded by the threat of epidemics and starvation.\n\nPresenting this as 
 an isolated hostage-taking incident ignores Israel's regular abduction of 
 Palestinians from their homes.  Israel holds over 9,000 Palestinians in 
 prison, including almost 400 children. Thousands of these prisoners are 
 held in "administrative detention" without charges or trial. They too need 
 to be returned to their families.\n\nWith the recent arrest of 64 members 
 of the Palestinian Parliament and many members of the Palestinian cabinet, 
 Israel is also using this opportunity to wage an assault on Palestinian 
 democracy. All of this is being done with diplomatic support and $3 billion 
 in tax-funded annual aid to Israel from the U.S. government.\n\n\nHere's 
 what you can do… \n\nSUPPORT ISRAELIS protesting against their 
 government's destructive actions:  Gush Shalom (zope.gush-shalom.org ), 
 Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions ( www.ICAHD.org ), New Profile 
 (www.newprofile.org ). \n\nWRITE TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVES to demand that the 
 US government stop funding Israel's war crimes and act to achieve an 
 immediate ceasefire.\n\nMAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD! JOIN WITH US TO PROTEST THE 
 SIEGE OF GAZA \n\nSTOP THE US/ISRAEL ATTACKS ON GAZA NOW! \n\nFor more 
 information contact:\nBreak the Silence, Jewish Voice for Peace, Jews for a 
 Free Palestine \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/17/18288745.php
SUMMARY:SF: Emergency Protest at Israeli Consulate called by Bay Area Jews: Break the Siege on Gaza
LOCATION:Israeli Consulate\n456 Montgomery St.\nSan Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/17/18288745.php
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