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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"'>►<a href="http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/">Contact your California Assemblymember</a>* and ask them to <a href="http://sacbds.org/free-speech/">vote NO on SCR 35,</a> which is headed to the Assembly floor. <a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=scr_35&sess=CUR&house=B&author=stone_%3Cstone%3E">SCR 35</a> is another thinly veiled attempt to label criticism of Israel as anti-Jewish in order to silence students at University of California and California State University campuses who are working to end their schools’ complicity with the Israeli government’s egregious, well-documented violations of human rights and international law. SCR 35 references a poorly worded statement about <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/301/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=17832&track=kickerlink1">anti-Semitism included on the U.S. State Department</a> website that includes examples of how criticizing Israel could (falsely) be considered anti-Semitic. <br> In concessions to objections, the bill was amended to add<i> “Nothing in this resolution is intended to diminish the rights of anyone, including students, to freely engage in any speech or other legal activity protected by the United States Constitution, <u>including that which is critical or supportive of the policies of any country.</u>” </i>However, this addition did not remove the link to the State Department definition, leaving the door open for actions challenging Israel’s policies to be considered anti-Semitic, that could lead to charges of hate speech, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Students are currently protected against discrimination on the basis of their religious beliefs, ethnicity, etc., so SCR 35 is not necessary, except as a vehicle to intimidate students from legitimately criticizing and organizing to challenge <a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/americas/17688-senior-un-officials-slam-israeli-human-rights-abuses">the abuses of the Israeli government.</a><br> *<b> Email</b> Sacramento area Assemblymembers: <a href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD07">Kevin McCarty</a>; <a href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD08">Ken Cooley</a>; <a href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD09">Jim Cooper</a>; <a href="https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD04">Bill Dodd</a><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"'>► Contact your <a href="http://senate.gov/">Senators</a> and <a href="http://www.house.gov/">Representatives</a> and ask them to demand that <a href="http://blog.endtheoccupation.org/2015/06/briefing-on-capitol-hill-examines.html">Israel end its abuses of Palestinian children</a>. Tell them to support the call by <a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2015/06/palestinian-children-behind">19 of their colleagues</a> that the State Department make the protection of Palestinian children a priority in the United States' <span style='color:black'>relationship with Israel. Call 202-224-3121 or click to email: Reps. <a href="https://matsui.house.gov/email-representative-matsui">Matsui</a>; <a href="https://bera.house.gov/connect-with-me/email-ami">Bera</a>; or <a href="https://garamendi.house.gov/contact-me/email-me">Garamendi</a> and Sens. <a href="https://www.boxer.senate.gov/contact/shareyourviews.html">Boxer</a> & <a href="https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me">Feinstein</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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"'>►</span></b><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white;font-weight:normal'> <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/301/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=17832&track=kickerlink1">Sign petition urging Secretary of State Kerry<b> </b></a>to<span style='color:black'> press the Netanyahu government not to attack </span></span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><a href="http://rt.com/op-edge/270145-gaza-strip-flotilla-float/"><span style='font-weight:normal'>the Gaza flotilla.</span><span style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'> </span></a></span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>► </span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;background:white'><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/301/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=18000"><span style='font-weight:normal'>Sign the petition telling UC President Napolitano and the UC Regents</span></a> </span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal'>that criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic.</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>►</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Support Palestinian rights: sign petitions for Palestine at</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>: </span><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.sacbds.org/petitions">www.sacbds.org/petitions</a></span></u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> and don't buy <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/products">products</a> or <a href="http://wedivest.org/">invest</a> in companies that support Israel’s occupation & apartheid.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#217145'>► Stay updated on news affecting Palestinian rights:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="https://www.maannews.com/">Ma’an News Agency</a>; <a href="http://www.btselem.org/">B’Tselem</a>; <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/">Electronic Intifada</a>; <a href="mondoweiss.net">Mondoweiss</a>. <a href="http://sacbds.org/news-resources/">Click for more resources</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>