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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>7 things you can do for
Palestinian Rights this week:</span></font></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><br>
</span></font></b><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>(From the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></st1:place> Regional
Coalition for Palestinian Rights*)</span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>1) Take Action to end <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Gaza</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
of Emergency</span></font></b><font size=3 color=red><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Contact Sec. of State John
Kerry, President Obama, and Congress and ask them to <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>intervene
immediately to help the people of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Gaza</st1:City></st1:place></span></b>
who are in a state of an emergency due to flooding, restricted fuel and
electricity, and the blockade. Tell them the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
 w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> must stop supporting this
deadly blockade.</span></font><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><br>
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  
</span>More info:</span></font><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><a
href="http://www.wrmea.org/action-alert-archives/12336-state-of-emergency-in-gaza.html"
title="blocked::http://www.wrmea.org/action-alert-archives/12336-state-of-emergency-in-gaza.html">www.wrmea.org/action-alert-archives/12336-state-of-emergency-in-gaza.html</a></span></font><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:#333333;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><br>
- <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>John Kerry:</span></b></span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color="#333333"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#333333;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>202-647-4000 - option 4 to ask for comment line or 202-647-6575 - option
8 to leave your comment.</span></font><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:#333333'>- <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>President Obama</span></b>:
Comments </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial'><a href="tel:+12024561111" title="blocked::tel:+12024561111">202-456-1111</a>;
Switchboard <a href="tel:+12024561414" title="blocked::tel:+12024561414">202-456-1414</a><font
color="#333333"><span style='color:#333333'><br>
- <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Congress:</span></b> 202-224-3121; <a
href="http://www.house.gov/">www.house.gov</a>; <a href="http://www.senate.gov/">www.senate.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-outline-level:4'><b><font size=3 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:
bold'>2) Take action to Stop <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
attacks on non-violent activists</span></font></b><b><font size=3><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>    </span></span></font></b><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
 w:st="on"><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
  Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Israel</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'> has been stepping up arrests and imprisoning non-violent activists for
their internet <span class=GramE>activism,</span> (see <a
href="http://www.sacpeace.org/PrintFriendly/newsletter.pdf"
title="blocked::http://www.sacpeace.org/PrintFriendly/newsletter.pdf">www.sacpeace.org/PrintFriendly/newsletter.pdf</a>).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>One of these, 25-year old <span class=SpellE>Sireen</span>
<span class=SpellE>Khudairy</span> has now been forced into hiding (</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://freesireen.wordpress.com/"
title="blocked::http://freesireen.wordpress.com/">http://freesireen.wordpress.com</a>).</span></font><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in;mso-outline-level:4'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Please:</span></font></b><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><br>
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>1. Contact your Congressional representative and
Senators (202-224-3121) and ask them to </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>intervene on <span
class=SpellE>Sireen’s</span> behalf<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>to
stop <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
harassment and intimidation of her, her family and all other non-violent
Palestinian activists. <br>
</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:6.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial'><br>
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial'>2. Contact the Israeli Consulate in <st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>
(415-844-7500) and tell the consulate you want <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
 w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place> to stop its harassment,
arrest and imprisonment of Palestinian non-violent activists, including <span
class=SpellE>Sireen</span> <span class=SpellE>Khudairy</span>.<br>
</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:6.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial'><br>
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial'>3. Express your concerns to the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCH <span class=SpellE><u><font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'>www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/ContactUs.aspx</span></font></u></span><u><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'> </span></font></u>and the United Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Occupied</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Palestinian</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Territories</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
class=GramE>)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span><u><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.ochaopt.org/index.aspx"
title="blocked::http://www.ochaopt.org/index.aspx">www.ochaopt.org/index.aspx</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></u></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold'>3) Sign the petition
to stop destruction of <span class=SpellE>Susya</span>,</span></font></b><b><font
size=3 color=green><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>a small village in the south Hebron Hills of <st1:City w:st="on">Palestine</st1:City>’s
<st1:place w:st="on">West Bank</st1:place>:</span></font><font size=3
color=blue><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
</span></b></span></font><b><font size=2 color=blue><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>     </span></span></font></b><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-destruction-of-palestin?mailing_id=17610&source=s.icn.em.cr&r_by=1278205<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=green face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:
bold'>4) On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 4:30-6pm, 16<sup>th</sup> & J Sts, <st1:City
w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><br>
</span></font></b><b><font size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font></b><b><font size=1 color=green><span
style='font-size:3.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><b><font size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=red><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>♥ Buy Palestine-made </span></font></b><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 color=red><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>holiday gifts at the Tailgate <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Sale</st1:place></st1:City>! FMI: 916-225-8511</span></font></b><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 color=green><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> <br>
</span></font></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=1
color=green><span style='font-size:3.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:green;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><br>
</span></font></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=green><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:green;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>    </span></span></font></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>♦ Join the
Vigil calling for Palestinian Rights. FMI: </span></font></b><font size=2
color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'>916-448-7157.</span></font><font size=3 color=green><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:green'> <br>
<br>
</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 color=red><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>5) On Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, 11am-1pm: Come to
the Boycott <span class=SpellE>SodaStream</span> demonstration</span></font></b><font
size=3 color=red><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:red'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=SpellE>SodaStream</span>
is made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land in
violation of international law.</span></font><font size=3 color=green><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:green'> </span></font><font
size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Email </span></font><font
size=3 color=green><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:green'><a href="mailto:sacramentobds@gmail.com">sacramentobds@gmail.com</a>
</span></font><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black'>for location.</span></font><font
size=3 color=green><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:green'><br>
<br>
</span></font><b><font size=3 color=blue><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>6) Don’t support <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
occupation and apartheid with your holiday gifts!<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><br>
</span></font></b><font size=3 color=blue><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:blue;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Don’t buy and
ask stores not to sell <span class=SpellE>SodaStream</span>, <span
class=SpellE>Ahava</span>, <span class=SpellE>Naot</span> shoes, <span
class=SpellE>Sabra</span> humus, and other Israeli products that support <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s violations
of Palestinian rights, see: </span></font><font size=3 color=black><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'><a href="http://www.sacbds.org/products"
title="blocked::http://www.sacbds.org/products">www.sacbds.org/products</a>.<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>7) Share this information with others!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>*To subscribe or unsubscribe or more information about the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:place></st1:City> Regional
Coalition for Palestinian Rights, email:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> 
</span>SacReg4PalestianRights@gmail.com</span></font></b><span
style='mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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