<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Please unsubscribe me, thanks<br><br>Obadiah Bartholomy<div>Sent from my iPhone (please forgive any typos!)</div></div><div><br>On Nov 29, 2012, at 3:37 PM, "The list serve provides alerts and action notices related to Palestinian rights in the Sacramento area." <<a href="mailto:palestinianrightssacregion@list.omsoft.com">palestinianrightssacregion@list.omsoft.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="GramE"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Welcome to the list serve</span></font></span><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> of the <st1:personname w:st="on">Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights</st1:personname>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The purpose and mission of the Coalition
and a list of its current members are at the bottom of this email.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><br>
We will send you periodic updates of local events, actions and alerts related
to ending violations of Palestinians’ rights under international law, including
ending human rights abuses, occupation, colonization, and apartheid.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Please share this information with others who are
interested.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>To subscribe, unsubscribe,
or for more information, email: <a href="mailto:SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com">SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The Annual AIPAC (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> Lobby)
Membership Event is this Sunday, Dec 2</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black">, please <span class="GramE">attend</span> the demonstration, 10am, Woodlake
Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane (see below).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span><br>
If you have not already done so, please contact your local <span class="SpellE">electeds</span>
and ask them not to attend: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:261.0pt"><span class="SpellE"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">Assemblymember</span></font></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> Roger Dickinson’s office
says he will be attending.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(916) 319–2009; Fax: (916) 319 –
2109; <a href="mailto:roger.dickinson@asm.ca.gov">roger.dickinson@asm.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:261.0pt"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span class="SpellE"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black">Assemblymember</span></font></span><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black"> Ken Cooley
(newly elected): </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:ken@kencooley.com">ken@kencooley.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black"><br>
</span></font><span class="SpellE"><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">Assemblymember</span></font></span><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black"> Richard Pan’s office says he is not going (he went last
year, but we can thank him for not going this year): <br>
(916) 319-2005; Fax: (916) 319-2105; <a href="mailto:Assemblymember.Pan@assembly.ca.gov">Assemblymember.Pan@assembly.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><br>
</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Representative Ami <span class="SpellE">Bera</span> (newly elected): <font color="black"><span style="color:black">877-750-2372</span></font></span></font><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black"><br>
</span></font><font size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">For other <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:city></st1:place> <span class="SpellE">electeds</span>,
see: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a href="http://sacbds.org/elected-officials/">http://sacbds.org/elected-officials/</a></span></font><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Sunday, Dec 2<span style="color:000000">, 2012,
10am <o:p></o:p></span></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font size="4" color="red" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Protest the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>
lobby's support for occupation, apartheid & war at the Annual AIPAC Membership
Event.</span></font></b><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"><br>
<span class="GramE">Woodlake Hotel (formerly the Radisson) 500 Leisure <span class="SpellE">Ln</span>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:city></st1:place>.</span>
Peace mom <st1:personname w:st="on">Cindy Sheehan</st1:personname> will speak.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This demonstration will be held rain or
shine; bring your umbrella if it is raining.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">FMI: <a href="mailto:SacReg4PalestineRights@gmail.com">SacReg4PalestineRights@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font size="2" color="green" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Saturday, Dec 8<span style="color:000000">, 2012</span></span></font></b><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">, 11am - 1pm, Leafleting
& <span class="SpellE">bannering</span> to boycott <a href="http://www.StopSodaStream.org">SodaStream</a>, made in an illegal Israeli
settlement on stolen Palestinian land. <span class="GramE">Location TBA.</span>
FMI: <a href="mailto:SacramentoBDS@gmail.com">SacramentoBDS@gmail.com</a>; <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/">www.sacbds.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font size="2" color="green" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Saturday, Dec 15<span style="color:000000">, 2012, 11am - 1pm</span></span></font></b><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">, Leafleting & <span class="SpellE">bannering</span> to boycott <a href="http://www.StopSodaStream.org">SodaStream</a>,
made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land. <span class="GramE">Location TBA.</span> FMI: <a href="mailto:SacramentoBDS@gmail.com">SacramentoBDS@gmail.com</a>;
<a href="http://www.sacbds.org/">www.sacbds.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font size="2" color="#ff6600" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Save the
dates:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Jan. 4, 5 & 6, 2013</span></font></b><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> for film <a href="http://www.kinolorber.com/5brokencameras">5 Broken Cameras</a>.</span> A
prize-winner at Sundance and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Amsterdam</st1:city></st1:place>’s
famed documentary <span class="GramE">festival,</span> it takes an international
tragedy and reframes it in light of its impact on one family’s life. <span class="SpellE">Iyad</span> <span class="SpellE">Burnat</span>, a non-violence
resistance leader from <st1:city w:st="on">Palestine</st1:city>'s <st1:place w:st="on">West Bank</st1:place>, will speak after the film. Times & Location
TBA. FMI: <a href="mailto:sacramento@jewishvoiceforpeace.org">sacramento@jewishvoiceforpeace.org</a><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Purpose
and <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mission</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The <st1:personname w:st="on">Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights</st1:personname>
(the Coalition) comprises organizations and individuals who advocate for human
rights, civil rights, equality, and dignity of the Palestinian people living in
occupied <st1:city w:st="on">Palestine</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region>,
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
and elsewhere in the diaspora. The Coalition calls for full implementation of
international law regarding and respect for the rights and dignity of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Palestine</st1:city></st1:place> and the
Palestinian people. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="GramE"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Recognizing that Palestinians in <st1:city w:st="on">Gaza</st1:city>,
the West Bank, and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region>
are under assault by the Israeli government, armed settlers, and others, the
Coalition advocates for immediate changes in <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
policy toward <st1:city w:st="on">Palestine</st1:city> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</span></font></span><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> These changes include a halt to all U.S.
military aid and other aid to Israel that enables or promotes: violations of
human rights; the continued oppression of the Palestinian people, their
culture, and identity; and Israeli policies of apartheid, which are a crime
under the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the
Crime of Apartheid, ratified by United Nations General Assembly. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Recognizing
that <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>
advocates for Palestinian rights are under assault by anti-Palestinian
organizations and other entities, we also dedicate ourselves to support the rights
of all to challenge U.S. & Israeli policies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;
background:fuchsia;mso-highlight:fuchsia"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The
Coalition engages only in nonviolent strategies, including efforts in response
to the international campaign for boycott, divestment, and sanctions
(<a href="http://www.bdsmovement.net">www.bdsmovement.net</a>) that calls for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place> to meet its obligation to
recognize the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to
self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law
by: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab
lands and dismantling the Wall;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2. Recognizing the fundamental rights of the
Arab-Palestinian citizens of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>
to full equality; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of
Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in
UN resolution 194.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">The following organizations are
members of the <st1:personname w:st="on">Sacramento Regional Coalition for
Palestinian Rights</st1:personname>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">American Muslims for Palestine,
Chico Palestine Action Working Group, Davis Committee for Palestinian Rights, <st1:personname w:st="on">Friends of Sabeel Sacramento Region</st1:personname>, Jewish Voice for
Peace, Palestinian American Congress, Palestine-Israel Working Group of Nevada
County, Sacramento Area Peace Action (<a href="http://www.sacpeace.org">www.sacpeace.org</a>), Sacramento BDS,
Sacramento County Green Party, Talking Drum, Veterans for Peace, Women’s
International League for Peace & Freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">FMI about the Coalition
including contact information for member organizations, email the Coalition:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a href="mailto:SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com">SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com</a></span></font><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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