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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.1in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;line-height:normal'><b>Please take these actions now and attend these events for Palestinian Rights<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.1in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:black'>► </span></b><a href="https://org.salsalabs.com/o/301/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=21599"><b><span style='color:black'>Sign petition to ask the band Radiohead not to play in Israel</span></b></a><b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><a href="https://org.salsalabs.com/o/301/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=21599">https://org.salsalabs.com/o/301/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=21599</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.1in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:red;background:white'>►On Sunday, May 7</span></b><b><span style='color:red;background:white'>, 2017,</span></b><span style='color:red;background:white'> <b>12:30pm <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/290487474721490/"><span style='color:red'>Protest the Celebrate [Apartheid] Israel</span></a></b></span><span style='color:black;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='color:black;background:white'>A week before Nakba day, this event is being held by an Israel lobby (AIPAC) local affiliate at the Scottish Rite, 6151 H St. (just north of Sac State).<br>There is <b>nothing to celebrate</b> about Israel's brutal occupation, torture and other mistreatment of political prisoners, violent repression of Palestinian activists, shoot-to-kill policies, kidnapping of children, and other abuses of human rights and international law. <br>Meet at H & Carlson, Sacramento. <br>FMI: SacReg4PalestinanRights@gmail.com; 916-448-7157</span><span style='color:black'> <br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/290487474721490/">Facebook</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=rtejustify style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:0in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:0in;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>► <b>Support Palestinian political prisoner hunger strikers</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=rtejustify style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> On April 17, 2017, Palestinian political prisoners started a hunger strike to demand: family visits, proper medical care, an end to Israel’s practice of detaining Palestinians without charge or trial in so-called administrative detention and stopping the use of isolation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=rtejustify style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tell Congress </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>to stop supporting Israel’s human rights abuses including against political prisoners. Call 202-224-3121 or click to email: </span><a href="http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sen. Feinstein</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, </span><a href="http://www.harris.senate.gov/en/contact"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sen. Harris</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>; </span><a href="https://matsui.house.gov/contact"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rep. Matsui</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>; </span><a href="http://www.bera.house.gov/contact"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rep. Bera</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>; </span><a href="https://garamendi.house.gov/contact-me"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rep. Garamendi</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>; </span><a href="http://www.mcclintock.house.gov/contact"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rep. McClintock</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=rtejustify style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tweet: </span></b><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal'>#Free_Palestinian_Political_Prisoners #PalHunger </span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'> #StopAD End Israel’s illegal administrative detention </span></strong><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'> #NotATarget Stop attacks on Human Rights Defenders</span></strong><b><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>More info: </span></strong></b></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><a href="http://www.addameer.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=242&qid=369231"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC5F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Stop Administrative Detention campaign</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> and </span><a href="http://www.addameer.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=243&qid=369231"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC5F2F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Human Rights Defenders campaign.</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></strong></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:0in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>►</span><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;background:white;font-weight:normal'><a href="https://sacbds.org/take-action-2/"><b><span style='color:red'>Tell the Sacramento Bee to Stop Biased Editorials Against Palestinian Rights</span></b></a></span><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Send an email to the Sacramento Bee Editorial Board objecting to their biased portrayal of performer Roger Waters as anti-Jewish because Waters openly supports Palestinian rights, including refusing to play in Israel. Details below. Waters, formerly of Pink Floyd, plays at the Golden 1 Center on June 12, 2017. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You can send one message by copying and paste these emails of the</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3D596D'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorial-board/">Bee Editorial board:</a></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3D596D'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3D596D'><a href="mailto:jterhaar@sacbee.com"><span style='color:#00AADC'>jterhaar@sacbee.com</span></a>;<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:dmorain@sacbee.com"><span style='color:#00AADC'>dmorain@sacbee.com</span></a>; <a href="mailto:esmith@sacbee.com"><span style='color:#00AADC'>esmith@sacbee.com</span></a>; <span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:johman@sacbee.com"><span style='color:#00AADC'>johman@sacbee.com</span></a>; <a href="mailto:greed@sacbee.com"><span style='color:#00AADC'>greed@sacbee.com</span></a>;<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:shubler@sacbee.com"><span style='color:#00AADC'>shubler@sacbee.com</span></a>;<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:frhee@sacbee.com"><span style='color:#00AADC'>frhee@sacbee.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You can also tweet the Bee: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:1.0in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3D596D'>Shame @sacbee_news for deceptive editorials against those working for Palestinian rights like @RogerWaters. <a href="https://sacbds.org/take-action-2">https://sacbds.org/take-action-2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:1.0in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3D596D'>Shame Sac Bee @jterhaar @foonrhee for deceptive editorials against those working for Palestinian rights @RogerWaters <a href="https://sacbds.org/take-action-2">https://sacbds.org/take-action-2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Details</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3D596D'>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- Columnist</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3D596D'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/foon-rhee/article144215114.html">Foon Rhee’s April 13, 2017 column</a></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3D596D'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ignores the reality of Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine. Rhee sympathizes with Zionist Alan Edelstein for taking a “strong stand on an issue clearly close to his heart” and quotes Edelstein calling Roger Waters “a Jew hater”. Not only does Rhee leave this slur unchallenged, he says nothing about Waters’ principled stance for Palestinian human rights, obviously one close to the hearts of many, including Waters.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3D596D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1in;margin-left:.5in;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.6gd;mso-para-margin-left:.5in;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3D596D'>-<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article145567094.html">On April 20, 2017, the Bee ran an Op Ed</a> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>by Rabbi Reuven Taff that takes Waters’ song lyrics completely out of context in an attempt to smear him as anti-Jewish. The song,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.pink-floyd-lyrics.com/html/in-the-flesh-2-wall-lyrics.html">In the Flesh</a></span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, is satire that uses fascism to parody “mindless stadium rock”. The lyrics include: “Are there any queers in the theater tonight? Get 'em up against the wall … Now, that one looks Jewish. And that one's a coon. Who let all this riffraff into the room?” <span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>Reuven also seems to think that Israel should be let off the hook because the death toll in Syria is higher than that of the Israel Palestine conflict. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>To subscribe, unsubscribe, for more information or to make comments, email SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>