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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"'>►</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.change.org/p/sacramento-kings-nba-other-teams-don-t-be-used-as-a-screen-for-israel-s-attacks-on-civilians-children-and-athletes-take-a-stand-against-the-nba-exhibition-games-with-israeli-basketball-teams">Click to Sign & Share the Petition to the Sacramento Kings.</a></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>►Tell NPR to stop covering for Israel:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>On its October 8, 2014 Morning Edition, National Public Radio (NPR) included ONLY the viewpoint that illegal Israeli settlements are “</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>neighborhoods.” <br>Action: Tel<span style='color:#0033CC'>l <b><a href="http://help.npr.org/npr/includes/customer/npr/custforms/contactus.aspx?sid=1"><span style='color:#0033CC'>Morning Edition</span></a></b></span> that its October 8 segment on Israeli rhetoric about construction in the Occupied Territories should be balanced with a critic of Israel's colonization.  <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://fair.org/take-action/action-alerts/settlements-or-neighborhoods-npr-takes-netanyahus-side/">Click for details from Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting.</a> <br>More info:  <a href="http://fair.org/take-action/action-alerts/settlements-or-neighborhoods-npr-takes-netanyahus-side/">http://fair.org/take-action/action-alerts/settlements-or-neighborhoods-npr-takes-netanyahus-side/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>►<span style='color:black'> Sacramento calls a FLAGRANT FOUL for Israelis</span><span style='color:#D24726'> </span></span></b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/11/us-mideast-gaza-war-idUSKBN0H60XZ20140911" target="_blank"><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>war crimes</span></a></span></u><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#D24726'>! </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Saturday, October 18, 2014, <span style='color:black'>5:30pm.<b> </b></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fans-of-Freedom-and-Justice/782170095158770" target="_blank">Protest Sacramento Kings exhibition game with Israeli team.</a> This is one of 6 US/Canadian games this month (<a href="http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nY3dopUvf24&sns=fb">Cleveland</a>, <a href="https://m.facebook.com/events/637040066410796/">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1511114582467257">Washington DC</a>, Portland, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fans-of-Freedom-and-Justice/782170095158770">Sacramento</a> <span style='color:black'>and Toronto) </span>– all of which have been or are being protested because they are “sports-washing” <span style='background:white'>Israel’s illegal and racist policies. Arena Main Entry @ E. Commerce (between Del Paso & Arena).  FMI: <a href="mailto:SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com">SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com</a>; text msgs only: 916-220-7178.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>►</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tell Reps. <a href="https://matsui.house.gov/email-representative-matsui">Doris Matsui,</a> <a href="https://bera.house.gov/connect-with-me/email-ami">Ami Bera</a> & <a href="https://garamendi.house.gov/contact-me/email-me">John Garamendi</a> to stop supporting Israel’s war crimes</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> and human rights abuses and to demand an end the blockade on Gaza.<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"'>►</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Don’t buy <a href="http://sacbds.org/products/">Israeli products</a> or <a href="https://wedivest.org/">invest in Israeli companies</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#006600;background:white'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>► <span style='color:#006600;background:white'><a href="http://www.firstgiving.com/team/273795"><span style='color:#006600'>Join or sponsor the Sacramento Team for the 5 K Walk/Run for Gaza</span></a></span></span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'> on Saturday, October 18, </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Lake Merced Park near CSU San Francisco. Carpools from Sacramento: <a href="mailto:SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com">SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com</a> or <a href="mailto:dlmandel@gmail.com">dlmandel@gmail.com</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>► <span style='color:#7030A0;background:white'>Upcoming events: <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;background:white'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014, 4 - 6pm, Protest U.S. Support for Israel's human rights abuses</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>. End the blockade of Gaza. 16th & J, Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157; <a href="mailto:sacpeace@dcn.org">sacpeace@dcn.org</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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"'> <b><span style='color:black;background:white'>Wednesday, Oct 22, 2104,</span><span style='background:white'> 7pm, On the ground: Palestinian non-violent popular resistance</span></b><span style='background:white'>. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/675214229259469/?context=create&previousaction=create&source=49&sid_create=3391818668">Talk by Basim Tamimi</a>, a leader of West Bank villagers struggling to stop the theft of their land, water and future. Chapel, First United Methodist Church, 2100 J St, Sacramento. Free, donations welcome. FMI: <a href="mailto:SabeelSacramento@gmail.com">SabeelSacramento@gmail.com</a></span><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'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Sunday, Nov 9,</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'> 2014, 12:30pm,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.sacramentobethlehem.org/">Sacramento Bethlehem Sister City</a> Celebrates 5 years</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'> in "sistership" with Bethlehem, Palestine! Delicious Palestinian food; displays; and sales of holiday crafts and olive oil. St John's Hall, Our Lady of the Assumption Church, 5057 Cottage Way, Carmichael. FMI: <a href="mailto:SacramentoBethlehem@yahoo.com">SacramentoBethlehem@yahoo.com</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><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><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>