AIPAC PROTEST Dec 13th --Say No to the Israeli military

Protest:
Monday, December 13th, 5:30-7:30pm
Marriot Hotel, 1001 Broadway, Oakland (near 10th Street)

AIPAC, or the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a political lobby that promotes U.S. congressional funding of the Israeli military, will host a dinner at the Marriot Hotel. While Oakland citizens need money for housing, AIPAC will promote U.S. funding for destruction of homes of Palestinian families. While Oakland needs funding for schools, AIPAC will promote U.S. funding for policies that prevent Palestinian children from attending schools.

A wide coalition, in very short time, has formed to protest this event. AIPAC’s unconditional support for military solutions to the crisis in Palestine is an affront to all people of conscience.

We are calling local officials and asking them to honor our picket line.
Call Assemblywoman Loni Hancock of Berkeley- El Cerrito, (510) 559-1406 --Tell her that her vocal support for peaceful coexistence sometime in the future rings hallow if she is going to support the funding of brutal occupation today.

Please see http://www.tomjoad.org/Act.htm for more local elected officials that need your calls. Check there after the event to see who attended the dinner, and action you can take.

We Demand Funding for Human Needs, Not the Israeli Military
Protest AIPAC promotion of our Tax Money for Occupation


Endorsed by:
Northern California International Solidarity Movement Support Group
Middle East Children’s Alliance
United for Peace and Justice, Bay Area
Justice in Palestine Coalition
Jewish Voice for Peace

See http://www.tomjoad.org/aipacprotest2004.pdf for the protest leaflet…. Spread the Word!

And though we are keeping the focus on the Oakland event, we hope to have a presence at the San Francisco lunchtime event as well: Monday, Dec 13, 11:30am Moscone Center South, San Francisco --be there if you can. Even a small symbolic presence will be good there. All out for the Oakland protest.