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DESCRIPTION:AIPAC brings its War and Occupation Show back to the Bay Area, and we are 
 getting ready for a protest of aipac's extremism. Their keynote speaker at 
 several events in the Bay Area, including the one in Oakland, Rep. Shelley 
 Berkley, a Democrat representing Las Vegas.  Berkley not only works with 
 the Zionist Organization of America, considered to be on the Far Right in 
 the already Rightist tilt of AIPAC, but also Christians United For Israel, 
 Rev. Hagee's outfit (it should be noted that Hagee was disavowed by Sen 
 John McCain for his bigotry, Rep. Berkley has no such limits, however).  
 AIPAC's original announcement states that Berkley  "is a strong proponent 
 of natural growth in the settlements". (aipac changed her bio, perhaps to 
 make her appear a bit more "moderate") It seems clear then that aipac's 
 choice of speakers is meant to challenge the Obama's administration's very 
 mild rebuke of Netanyahu's decision to continue building of illegal 
 settlements in the Occupied West Bank. AIPAC is intent on supporting 
 Israel's continued occupation of the West Bank (or at least much of the 
 West Bank). Such policies make peace impossible.\n\n "Occupation now, 
 Occupation tomorrow, Occupation forever!" is the clear, if unspoken, agenda 
 of this gathering.  It is groups like AIPAC that block the door of any 
 progress for peace in the Middle East. We know, however, that injustice 
 will not survive, that it eventually an unjust system will fall to those 
 that demand their freedom, that no weapons system is ultimately effective 
 against human solidarity and our collective desire to see justice 
 realized.\n\nThat is why we will be out to protest this indecency. We will  
 remind the people of aipac, and especially the politicians that support it, 
 that we stand on the side of human rights and peace, and we demand an end 
 to the unqualified support of Israeli policies. We stand for a future of 
 peace and justice, not war and occupation.\n\nEndorsers of the Protest of 
 AIPAC:\nProgressive Democrats of America-East Bay· Middle East Study 
 Group· Middle East Children’s Alliance · Bay Area Women in Black · 
 Students for Justice in Palestine · 14 Friends of Palestine · Richmond 
 Progressive Alliance · American Friends Service Comm. · Code Pink · 
 Jewish Voice for Peace · ANSWER- SF Bay Area · Friends of Deir Ibzi’a\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/06/18665887.php
SUMMARY:Protest AIPAC, A Lobby for War and Occupation
LOCATION:Oakland Marriot Hotel\n1001 Broadway, near 12th Street BART
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/06/18665887.php
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