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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:"Cambria","serif"'>Please take these five actions to help save lives in Gaza & the West Bank:<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Make a phone call, send an email or fax:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Ask your Congressional Reps to attend the Aug 1 Briefing: Is Israel Complying with US & International law this Friday:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Examining Israel’s impunity in injuring and killing civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, which includes East Jerusalem. </span></i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>See below for more info about the briefing.<i><br></i></span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Capitol Hill Briefing, Friday, August 1<sup>st</sup>, 2014, 2- 3:30pm, 2103 Rayburn House Office Building. <br>If you can, please call individually, see contact numbers at the bottom of this message.<br>You can also click to sign this letter to: </span><strong><u><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#545454;background:white'><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/641/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16168"><span style='color:#A8001C'>Invite your Congressional representatives to briefing on Israel’s violence against Palestinian civilians</span></a></span></u></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#545454;background:white'>.</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#545454;background:white'><br>In the same call, please<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#545454;background:white'>- Ask your Reps to oppose </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:H.CON.RES.107:" target="_blank">HCR 107</a>, which</span><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#333333'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>utterly distorts the horrific events occurring in the Gaza Strip and fails to condemn Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people under international law. <br>If you are in Ami Bera’s district, ask him to immediately remove his name as a co-sponsor of HCR 107. (Matsui, Garamendi and McClintock have not co-sponsored. <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HC00107:@@@">Click to see all co-sponsors</a>.)<br>- Then call Senators Boxer and Feinstein and ask them to oppose <b><span style='color:#333333'><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:S.CON.RES.41:">SCR 41</a>, which is the companion to HCR 107.</span></b></span><span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#545454;background:white'>If you are not able to get through on the phone, you can also email and fax, see below.</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><br>2) Attend the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/302401409942270/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming">bannering and rally this Friday, August 1, 4pm at the Federal Building, 501 I Street, downtown Sacramento.</a> Please bring others.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><br><br><b>3) Sign these petitions recently posted at: <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/petitions">www.sacbds.org/petitions</a>:<br><br></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;background:white'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#545454'>►</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#545454'> </span></b></span><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#545454'><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/641/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16181"><span style='color:#A8001C'>Tell CBS to Fire Bob Schieffer for his outrageous tirade against Palestinians. </span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#545454'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;background:white;orphans: auto;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#545454'>►</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#545454'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#545454'> <strong><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell-whitehouse-johnkerry?source=s.icn.em.mt&r_by=1658306"><span style='color:#006A80'>Sign petition</span></a></span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><b> </b></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>directing Obama and Congress to use all means at their disposal to end the war and lift the economic blockade in Gaza.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;background:white;orphans: auto;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#545454'>►</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#545454'><a href="https://www.causes.com/actions/1757955-dont-let-the-red-sea-jazz-festival-whitewash-israels-apartheid"><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#006A80'>Sign petition calling on jazz musicians to boycott Israel</span></a>.</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#545454'><br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Please sign any others at </span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a href="http://www.sacbds.org/petitions">www.sacbds.org/petitions</a> that you have not already signed.<span style='color:#545454'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>4) Share the above with your contacts and lists.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <br><br><b>5) Whenever you have the opportunity, talk to people about what is going on in Gaza and the West Bank.</b> Over 1300 people have now been killed, overwhelmingly civilians including nearly 300 children. Israel is continuing to kill and terrorize Palestinians in the West Bank as well. If you are attending any upcoming events and would like to leaflet, contact <a href="mailto:SacramentoBDS@gmail.com">SacramentoBDS@gmail.com</a> for a template you can use.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'><br><a href="http://sacbds.org/action/">Contact for Sacramento Area Representatives and Senators:</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'><a href="http://www.boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/policycomments.cfm"><span style='color:#006A80'>Senator Barbara Boxer</span></a>: Sacramento </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="tel:%28916%29%20448-2787"><span style='color:black'>(916) 448-2787</span></a>; Wash. D.C. <a href="tel:202-224-3553"><span style='color:black'>202-224-3553</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'>; Fax 202-224-0454. <a href="http://www.boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/policycomments.cfm">Click to email through website</a>. Twitter: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@SenatorBoxer</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'><br> Chief of Staff: Laura.Schiller@mail.senate.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'><a href="http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me"><span style='color:#006A80'>Senator Dianne Feinstein</span></a>: San Francisco </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="tel:%28415%29%20393-0707"><span style='color:black'>(415) 393-0707</span></a> Wash DC <a href="tel:%28202%29%20224-3841"><span style='color:black'>(202) 224-3841</span></a>;</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'> Fax (202) 228-3954. <a href="https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me">Click to email through website.</a> Twitter: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@DianneFeinstein</span><br> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'>Chief of staff: Jennifer.duck@mail.senate.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'><a href="https://matsui.house.gov/email-representative-matsui"><span style='color:#006A80'>Rep. Doris Matsui</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#006A80;text-decoration:none'> </span></span></a>Sacramento (916) 498-5600; Wash DC (202) 225-7163 Fax: (202) 225-0566. <a href="https://matsui.house.gov/email-representative-matsui">Click to email through website. </a> Twitter: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@DorisMatsui</span><br> Chief of Staff: <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Julie.Eddy</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>@mail.house.gov</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'><br><a href="http://bera.house.gov/contact"><span style='color:#006A80'>Rep. Ami Bera</span></a>: Rancho Cordova: (916) 635-0505; Wash. DC (202) 225-5716; Fax: (202) 226-1298. <a href="http://bera.house.gov/contact">Click to email through website</a>. Twitter: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@RepBera</span><br> Chief of staff: <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Chad.Obermiller@mail.house.gov <span style='color:#545454'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'><a href="https://garamendi.house.gov/contact-me"><span style='color:#006A80'>Rep. John Garamendi:</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Davis: 530-753-5301; Wash. DC (202) 225-1880; Fax: (202) 225-5914. <a href="https://garamendi.house.gov/contact-me">Click to email through website.</a> Twitter: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@RepGaramendi</span><br><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'> Chief of staff; Christopher.Austin@mail.house.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'><a href="http://mcclintockforms.house.gov/forms/contact-form.shtml"><span style='color:#006A80'>Rep. Tom McClintock</span></a>: Granite Bay (916) 786-5560; Wash. DC (202) 225-2511; Fax: (202) 225-5444. <a href="http://mcclintockforms.house.gov/forms/contact-form.shtml">Click to email through website.</a> Twitter: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@RepMcClintock</span><br><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'> Chief of Staff: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>Igor.Birman</span>@mail.house.gov<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'><a href="http://mcnerney.house.gov/contact"><span style='color:#006A80'>Rep. Jerry McNerney</span></a>: Stockton (209) 476-8552; Wash. D.C. (202) 225-1947; Fax (202) 225-4060. <a href="http://mcnerney.house.gov/contact">Click to email through website.</a> Twitter: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'>@RepMcNerney</span><br> Chief of staff: <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";background:#F8F7F1'><a href="mailto:%20Nicole.Alioto@mail.house.govD"> Nicole.Alioto@mail.house.govD</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#545454'><br><a href="http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/"><span style='color:#006A80'>Click for all other Representatives.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>*******************</span><span style='color:red'><br>More information about August 1, 2014 Congressional briefing:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><br>Is Israel complying with U.S. and international laws?<br></span></b><i><span style='color:black'>Examining Israel’s impunity in injuring and killing civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, which includes East Jerusalem</span></i><b><span style='color:black'><br><br>Capitol Hill Briefing<br>Friday, August 1st, 2014<br>2:00 - 3:30 p.m. <br>2103 Rayburn House Office Building</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><span style='color:black'>This briefing will examine whether Israel complies with U.S laws, such as the Arms Export Control Act and Foreign Assistance Act, and international law in its use of force against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, which includes East Jerusalem. Does Israel conduct thorough, credible, and transparent investigations into human rights violations? Is Israel capable of holding itself accountable? What actions should the United States take to hold Israel accountable for its violations of U.S. laws? <br><br>Through personal experience and professional expertise, members of the panel will address the extent to which Israel uphold its obligation to investigate human rights abuses and hold those responsible accountable. <br><br><b><u>Panelists:</u></b><a name="1478581cad2acfc9_14783d09423fa6a4_1477f2"></a><br><b>Tariq Abu Khdeir - </b>Palestinian-American teenager from Tampa, Fla. who was brutally beaten by Israeli security forces while restrained and unconscious<br><b>Suha Abu Khdeir</b> - Palestinian-American, mother of Tariq<br><b>Hassan Shibly, Esq.</b> - Council on American-Islamic Relations - Florida<br><b>Sunjeev Bery</b> - Amnesty International<br><b>Brad Parker</b> - Defence for Children International - Palestine </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Laila El-Haddad</span></b><span style='color:black'> - Author of Gaza Mom and former journalist for Al Jazeera</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><br><b><u>Moderator:</u></b><br><b>Josh Ruebner</b> - US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation</span><br><b><u><span style='color:black'><br>Briefing Sponsors:<br></span></u></b><span style='color:black'>American Muslims for Palestine<br>Council on American-Islamic Relations<br>Defence for Children International - Palestine<br>Jewish Voice for Peace<br>National Lawyers Guild</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>US Campaign to End the Occupation</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>