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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:120%'><b>Upcoming January 2016 events, details below:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:120%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%'>- Sat, Jan. 16: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1528256327486131">Read Palestine Book Club</a> at McClatchy library<br>- Sun, Jan. 17: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1646762058919331/">Twitter storm</a> to protest AirBnB in illegal Israeli settlements <br>- Mon, Jan. 18: Annual Martin Luther King Jr. March<br>- Wed, Jan. 20: <a href="http://www.remodelremax.org/?utm_campaign=remax_actionsac&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink">Tell ReMax</a> to stop selling in illegal Israeli Settlements<br>- Sun. Jan. 31: Protest annual AIPAC meeting in Sacramento<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><b>Actions</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>As Israel continues its attacks (see news links below), including extrajudicial killing of Palestinians and arrests of Palestinian children, it is imperative that our electeds hear from us. Please take these actions: <br><br>►Sign petition to </span><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/641/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=18885">Oppose H.Res. 567, Congress’ Attack on EU’s Labeling of Israeli Settlement Goods</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>► Sign petition <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/641/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=18904">supporting Student Workers’ Union Historic BDS vote</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>► <span style='color:black'>Contact</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact">President Obama</a> </span><span style='color:black'>(202-456-1111) and urge him to veto HR 644 which includes</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://prospect.org/article/why-are-democrats-voting-israeli-settlements">a provision protecting Israel’s illegal West Bank settlements</a>. </span><span style='color:black'>All these </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/31/un-panel-israeli-settlements-illegal_n_2589394.html">settlements are in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>►Tell your <a href="http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/">California Assembly member</a> to publically state they will not support recently introduced <a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1551-1600/ab_1551_bill_20160104_introduced.htm">AB 1551</a>, the “<span style='color:black'>California Israel Commerce Protection Act” that attacks the successful efforts to use boycott and divestment to pressure Israel to ends its occupation, Apartheid policies, and </span> violations of human rights and international law. <a href="http://sacbds.org/contact/">Click for electeds contact info.</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>► <a href="http://www.remodelremax.org/remax_petition">Sign petition telling ReMax</a> to stop selling in Israel’s illegal settlements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>► <a href="http://www.sacridehuman.org/">Sign petition asking</a> Sacramento Regional Transit to not extend its contract with human rights violator G4S. <a href="https://sacridehumandotorg.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/message-sacramento-regional-transit.pdf">Tell the Sac RT Board that</a> you support public contracts only with ethical and socially responsible firms and G4S doesn’t meet that standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><b>News Links<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>See <a href="http://www.maannews.com/">Ma’an News</a> for updates about the situation for Palestinians, including these articles:<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769737">Majority of Jerusalem Palestinians detained in 2015 were minors</a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><br> <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769723"><span style='font-weight:normal'>Gazan 14-year-old sentenced to 6 months in prison by Israeli court</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769782"><span style='font-weight:normal'>Israeli soldier praised for shooting protesters in video footage</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769816"><span style='font-weight:normal'>Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian fishermen off Gazan coast</span></a><br><br>See </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>also: <a href="imeu.org">IMEU</a>, <a href="mondoweiss.net">Mondoweiss</a>, <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/">Electronic Intifada</a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><b>Events in January 2016 Sacramento related to Palestine & Palestinian Rights<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Saturday, Jan 16</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>, 2pm, SacramentoBethlehem Sister City <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1528256327486131">Read Palestine Book club</a> will discuss <a href="http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/children-of-the-stone-9781608198139/">Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land</a>. McClatchy Library, 2112 22nd St., Sacramento. FMI: <a href="mailto:SacramentoBethlehem@yahoo.com">SacramentoBethlehem@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;background:white'><br>Sunday, Jan 17</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white'>, Join<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1646762058919331/">Twitter storm</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>to protest<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.salon.com/2016/01/13/profiting_from_colonization_airbnb_rents_illegal_israeli_settlements_on_occupied_palestinian_land_remax_sells_it/">Airbnb renting illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land</a>.</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Monday, Jan 18</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>, <a href="http://www.mlk365.org/">Martin Luther King Jr Memorial marches</a>. One march starts 8am from Grant Union High School, 1400 Grand Ave, Sacramento. FMI: 916-646-6631. One march starts 9am from Sac City College, 3835 Freeport Blvd, Sac, near Hughes Stadium. FMI: 916-426-4227. Both marches converge at Convention Center, 13th and K Sts. Sacramento. Two contingents leaving from Sac City College: Anti-war sacpeace@dcn.org, 916-448-7157 and anti-racism Sac@answercoalition.org, 916-572-9680</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Tuesday, Jan 19</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>, 4 - 6pm, Vigil for Palestinian rights. <a href="http://www.aidtoisrael.org/section.php?id=379">End U.S. aid to Israel.</a> & <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/products">Boycott companies aiding Israel's abuses</a>. <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/petitions">Sign petitions for Palestinian rights</a>. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Wednesday, Jan 20</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>, 12:15 - 12:45pm, <a href="http://www.remodelremax.org/?utm_campaign=remax_actionsac&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink">No Open House on Stolen Land!</a> #RemodelREMAX Action CodePink. <a href="http://www.remodelremax.org/remax_petition">Sign petition.</a> RE/MAX Gold Midtown Office 2014 Capitol Ave, Sacramento. FMI: arielgold19@gmail.com</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Sunday, Jan 31</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>, End U.S. support for Israel's human rights abuses, apartheid, extrajudicial killings, etc. etc. Protest at the annual event of AIPAC, the self-proclaimed Israel lobby. Time & Location TBA. FMI: SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or for more information, email: <a href="mailto:SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com">SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>