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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>►<a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:S.RES.498:"><span style='color:red;text-decoration:none'>Call Congress now to oppose </span></a>r</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>esolutions supporting “<span style='background:white'>Israel as it defends itself against unprovoked rocket attacks from the Hamas terrorist organization”.  House <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:H.RES.657:"><span style='color:red'>(H.Res. 657</span></a>) has passed the House and its companion, Senate (<a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:S.RES.498:"><span style='color:red'>S.Res</span></a><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:red'> 498)</span></span></span></span><span style='color:red'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>has been introduced in the Senate. Contact info is below.</span><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>► <a href="https://sacbds.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1095&action=edit&message=1">Come to protest this Tuesday, July 15, 2014, 4-6pm, 16<sup>th</sup> & J</a></span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:S.RES.498:"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>  </span></a><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>● <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:S.RES.498:"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Tell Senator Barbara Boxer</span><span style='color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'> </span><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>that she should NOT be supporting </span><span style='color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'><u><span style='color:blue'>S.Res. 498</span></u> – remind her that targeting civilians, which is what Israel is doing in its bombing of Gaza, is a WAR CRIME.  Reminder her that </span><span style='color:#0070C0'><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>US law</span></span><span style='color:#4B4F4F;background:white;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'> demands that no military aid be granted to governments that uses its weapons against civilians. <br>Boxer:  </span><span style='color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'><span style='color:black;background:white'>202-224-3553</span></span><span style='color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'>; Fax 202-224-0454; Sac </span><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'><span style='background:white'>916-448-2787</span>. <u><span style='color:blue'>Click for email.</span></u><span style='background:white'><br></span></span></a></span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>● <a href="https://www.boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/policycomments.cfm"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Tell <span style='background:white'>Senator Dianne Feinstein</span> NOT to sign on</span><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'> to <u><span style='color:blue'>S.Res 498</span></u> because Israel’s targeting civilians is a war crime and because</span><span style='color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none'> </span><span style='color:#0070C0'><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>US law</span></span><span style='color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'> demands that no military aid be granted to governments that uses its weapons against civilians.</span><span style='color:#4B4F4F;background:white;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'><br></span><span style='color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'>Feinstein: <span style='color:black;background:white'>202-224-3841</span></span><span style='color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'>; Fax 202-228-3954; SF </span><span style='color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'><span style='color:black;background:white'>415-393-0707</span></span><span style='color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'> </span></a></span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Ar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