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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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>►<span style='color:#C00000'>Please contact</span> the U.S. State Dept<span style='color:black;background:#FAFAFA'>: <a href="http://www.state.gov/contact/">click for email</a> and/or call 202-647-3672 & the White House: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments">click for email</a> and/or call 202-</span><span style='color:#333333'>456-1111</span><span style='color:black;background:#FAFAFA'> and object to Israel’s barring of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch observers from entering Gaza: <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/.premium-1.611015?v=C71173698D9D0CD11CC6ECAC6F16526">http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/.premium-1.611015?v=C71173698D9D0CD11CC6ECAC6F16526</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:#FAFAFA'>Send a tweet: @StateDept tell Israel to let #Amnesty International and#Human Rights Watch into #Gaza<br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>@<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>WhiteHouse </span></em></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:#FAFAFA'>tell Israel to let #Amnesty International and#Human Rights Watch into #Gaza</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>► As our local representatives send out their excuses for supporting Israel’s war crimes in Gaza, give them some feedback:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- <a href="http://matsui.house.gov/">Tell Rep. Doris Matsui</a> that Israel has been bombing Gaza with hellfire missiles from F-16s and drones.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span> <span class=apple-converted-space><span style='background:white'> </span></span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://sacbds.org/tell-matsui/"><span style='background:white'>Matsui’s 8-15-14 email</span></a> <span style='color:black;background:white'>to constituents mentions only rockets – no missiles.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='color:black'>Also tell her that a solution will be forthcoming if the U.S. stops aiding and abetting Israel’s war crimes. Call Matsui: 916-498-5600, fax (916) 444-6117 or<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://matsui.house.gov/">click to email</a>. <br><br>- </span><a href="http://bera.house.gov/">Tell Rep. Ami Bera</a> <span style='color:black'>that Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not about Israel “defending its borders” (which it has yet to declare) and that you don’t want your tax dollars used to enable Israel to “maintain their qualitative military advantage” that they are using to inflict collective punishment with disproportionate force on the people of Gaza,</span></span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>against whom Israel has a deadly blockade. Call Bera</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>: <span style='background:white'>(202) 225-5716; Fax: (202) 226-1298 or</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454;background:white'> <a href="http://bera.house.gov/contact">click to email</a>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>►<a href="http://www.vtjp.org/icecream/petitionBJ.php?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Ben+%26+Jerry%27s+Campaign+News&utm_source=YMLP&utm_term=+send+e-mails">Sign petition</a> to Ben & Jerry’s CEO to tell them to end their complicity with Israel’s occupation. <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/petitions">Click to sign more petitions</a> for Palestinian rights. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>► Come to 3<sup>rd</sup> Tuesday Protest for Palestinian Rights at 16<sup>th</sup> & J, Sacramento, 4-6pm, this Tuesday, August 19, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>► </span><span style='color:#7030A0'> Inspiration:</span></b> <a href="http://www.london24.com/news/150_people_squeeze_into_tiny_boxes_opposite_parliament_to_protest_gaza_blockade_1_3726303">London: 150 people squeeze into tiny boxes opposite UK Parliament to protest Gaza blockade</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>