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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:maroon'>CALL YOUR SENATOR: <br>The Senate to Vote on Anti-BDS Legislation Today</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:maroon'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Senator Feinstein </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;background:white'>(202) 224-3841 – <a href="https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me"><span style='color:red'>Click to email </span></a> <br>Senator Harris </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;background:white'>(202) 224 – 3553 <b>- <a href="https://www.harris.senate.gov/contact/email"><span style='color:red'>Click to email</span></a></b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>(WASHINGTON, D.C. 1/28/2019)—</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Now that the government shutdown has ended, S.1, or the </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xRusmbgZGjUMHfSOY7lXZTc8pmgkf5AH" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>“Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019,”</span></a></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> will be brought to the Senate floor for a fourth time this month. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The Senate will vote on this legislation TODAY at 5:30 PM. </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>This bill, which contains the Combatting BDS Act of 2019, attacks our right to boycott. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>With the shutdown over, it is likely that this</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> bill will gain more support from Democrats who previously opposed it. We can’t let this happen. </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#CC0000'>You can make a difference by acting now and calling your senators this morning!</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br>This bill calls on state and local governments to withhold contracts from any individual or business entity that boycotts Israel. It ultimately stifles criticism of Israel at the federal level.<br></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:maroon'><br>TAKE ACTION NOW:</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RGH1d9MHhXT0PEoIfAtdGTc8pmgkf5AH" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>Please call your two senators</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> immediately.<b><u> Be sure when you contact them that you mention your opposition to S.1 and that you are a constituent of their state. </u></b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The <a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5yophYIg8tkmnydMKtYzIjc8pmgkf5AH" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>ACLU </span></a>has said that all measures criminalizing BDS violate the First Amendment by penalizing Americans for political speech. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Do not silence one side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or sacrifice our constitutional rights for the interests of a foreign government. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:maroon'>The 5th Annual Palestine Advocacy Day & Training<br>April 5 - 8, 2019<br>Washington, D.C.<br><br></span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>