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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Urgent update from International Solidarity Movement:<br> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>At 19:00 Beit Hanoun Hospital was hit by an Israeli tank shell. Inside the hospital are 61 medical staff, civilians, three patients and two ISM volunteers, Charlie Andreasson and Fred Ekblad, both from Sweden, who are all trapped inside. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Israeli soldiers are close to the hospital. Gunfire can be heard in the area. A thick smoke is rolling into the hospital. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We need you to call your own representatives to demand that they fulfill their obligation to insure that Israel adheres to international law and immediately cease to target medical staff and facilities. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Some phone numbers are provided below.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Right now please call the State Department, White House, your Senator and Representatives – see contact info below. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(Upcoming events at end of message.)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact"><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'>White House</span></a>: 202-456-1111; <i>Fax</i>: 202-456-7890. Tweet: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@<em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>WhiteHouse</span></b></em></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'><br><br><a href="http://www.state.gov/contact"><span style='color:#A8001C;text-decoration:none'>State Department</span></a>: 202-647-4000 Fax: <a href="tel:%28202%29%20647-3344"><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'>(202) 647-3344</span></a> Israel Foreign Service Desk </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Israel Foreign Service Desk: <a href="tel:202-647-3672" target="_blank">202-647-3672</a> Tweet: @StateDept<br><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'>Congress: 202-224-3121; <a href="http://www.house.gov/"><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'>www.house.gov</span></a>; <a href="http://www.senate.gov/"><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'>www.senate.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:120%;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'><a href="http://www.boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/policycomments.cfm"><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'>Senator Barbara Boxer</span></a>: Sacramento </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="tel:%28916%29%20448-2787"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>(916) 448-2787</span></a>; Wash. D.C. <a href="tel:202-224-3553"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>202-224-3553</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'>; Fax 202-224-0454. Tweet: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@SenatorBoxer</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'><br><a href="http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me"><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'>Senator Dianne Feinstein</span></a>: San Francisco </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="tel:%28415%29%20393-0707"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>(415) 393-0707</span></a> Wash DC <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-3841"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>(202) 224-3841</span></a>;</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'> Fax (202) 228-3954 </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@DianneFeinstein</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'><br><a href="https://matsui.house.gov/email-representative-matsui"><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'>Rep. Doris Matsui </span></a>Sacramento (916) 498-5600; Wash DC (202) 225-7163 Fax: (202) 225-0566. Tweet </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@DorisMatsui</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'><br><a href="http://bera.house.gov/contact"><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'>Rep. Ami Bera</span></a>: Rancho Cordova: (916) 635-0505; Wash. DC (202) 225-5716; Fax: (202) 226-1298. Tweet </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@RepBera</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'><br><a href="https://garamendi.house.gov/contact-me"><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'>Rep. John Garamendi:</span></a> Davis: 530-753-5301; Wash. DC (202) 225-1880; Fax: (202) 225-5914. Tweet: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@RepGaramendi</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'><br><a href="http://mcclintockforms.house.gov/forms/contact-form.shtml"><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'>Rep. Tom McClintock</span></a>: Granite Bay (916) 786-5560; Wash. DC (202) 225-2511; Fax: (202) 225-5444. Tweet:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'> @RepMcClintock</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'><br><a href="http://mcnerney.house.gov/contact"><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'>Rep. Jerry McNerney</span></a>: Stockton (209) 476-8552; Wash. D.C. (202) 225-1947; Fax (202) 225-4060. Tweet: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@RepMcNerney</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'><br><a href="http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/"><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'>Click for all other Representatives.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>International Solidarity Movement</b> <<a href="mailto:palreports@gmail.com">palreports@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 10:52 AM<br>Subject: [ISM] Urgents: Trapped Palestinian medical staff and ISM volunteers need your help<br>To: International Solidarity Movement <<a href="mailto:palsolidarity@googlegroups.com">palsolidarity@googlegroups.com</a>><span style='color:#1F497D'><br><br></span><span style='color:black'>Dear friends,</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br> </span><span style='color:black'>At 19:00 Beit Hanoun Hospital was hit by an Israeli tank shell. Inside the hospital are 61 medical staff, civilians, three patients and two ISM volunteers, Charlie Andreasson and Fred Ekblad, both from Sweden, who are all trapped inside. </span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'>Israeli soldiers are close to the hospital. Gunfire can be heard in the area. A thick smoke is rolling into the hospital. </span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'>We need you to call your own representatives to demand that they fulfill their obligation to insure that Israel adheres to international law and immediately cease to target medical staff and facilities. </span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'>Some phone numbers are provided below.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Background: Medical teams under fire</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> I</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>nternational volunteers, including some from Sweden, the U.S., and the UK, went to Beit Hanoun in North Gaza to accompany ambulances fallowing the targeting of an ambulance in Beit Hanoun this afternoon by Israeli forces. The Israeli attack on the ambulance killed one paramedic and the critical injury of another</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>.<br> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The attack on the hospital in Beit Hanoun is the second Israeli attack on Gazan medical facilities and personnel in the last 24 hours. The first resulted in the destruction of Al Durrah Children’s Hospital in Gaza City last night. A two year-old child in the Intensive Care Unit was killed, and 30 others injured.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Due to shelling nearby, Beit Hanoun hospital has evacuated most of its patients to al-Shifa Hospital. Three patients remain in the hospital. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Since Israel began its attack on Gaza, 13 ambulances have been completely destroyed and two paramedics have been killed. Throughout the massacre, medical staff and facilities have been repeatedly targeted. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Israel's attacks on Gaza hospitals are ongoing, with those in areas by the separation barrier forced to evacuate their patients, paramedics and other rescue workers are doing what they can under conditions of great risk." Stated Joe Catron, U.S. International Solidarity Movement activist.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>According to the Gazan Ministry of Health, six out of Gaza’s 13 hospitals have already been severely damaged. One, el-Wafa rehabilitation hospital, has been completely destroyed. Two medical clinics have been completely destroyed, seven other clinics have been damaged, 13 medical staff members have been injured, and five have been killed. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Ministry of Health in Gaza has demanded, "the immediate cessation of Israeli occupation military attacks against medical facilities and personnel in Gaza, and demands that the international community soundly condemn this latest Israeli atrocity, and hold Israel accountable for these war crimes." </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In solidarity,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 style='background:white'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ISM Palestine</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://palsolidarity.org" target="_blank">http://palsolidarity.org</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span><br></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'>Friday, Jul 25</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>, 4pm, Rally for Al-Quds Day, an internationally observed day of protest intended to bring people together, regardless of their background, to stand up against the injustices being perpetrated all over the world, and specifically in Palestine. 16th & J Sts. Sacramento. FMI: sac4quds@gmail.com</span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'>Saturday, Jul 26</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.sacbds.org/">Boycott SodaStream</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Bannering and leafleting. SodaStream is made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land in violation of international law. Don't buy it; ask stores not to sell it. Location: sacramentobds@gmail.com. Sign petitions for Palestinian rights at:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.sacbds.org/petitions">www.sacbds.org/petitions</a></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'>Saturday, Jul 26</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>, 1pm,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.answercoalition.org/sf/events/end-israeli-colonial.html">Protest: End Israel's War on the Palestinian People!</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>United Nations Plaza, Civic Center BART Station, San Francisco. FMI: answersf.org, 415-821-6545. Carpools from Sacramento: 916-572-9680.</span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>