Yesterday as news was breaking that Palestinian political prisoners on a mass hunger strike had reached an agreement with Israeli authorities fulfilling demands for more humane treatment and an end to indefinite "administrative detention," we delivered your concerns to the State Department about U.S. inaction on this issue.
URGENT: Right now we need you to make your voice heard in opposition to a resolution that the House will vote on as early as Tuesday, May 7. If 10,000 or more people sign our petition to Rep. Eric Cantor, the sponsor of the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act, by Tuesday, we'll personally deliver it to Cantor before the vote.
The world United Methodist Church's 2012 General Conference has voted to adopt a momentous resolution against: funding Israeli settlements, importing settlement products, and further military aid to the region. We regret the church's vote against divestment from Caterpillar, Motorola Solutions and Hewlett Packard, all complicit in Israel's occupation.
Long Beach, NY, has become the 1,000th U.S. city to which we've sent a packet to empower activists to educate and organize people in their communities to end U.S. military aid to Israel. See our interactive map of these cities, sign up for a packet, and "offset" your taxes going to military aid for Israel.
A national coalition of more than 380 groups, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation works to end U.S. support for Israel's occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. We support a U.S. policy that upholds freedom, justice and equality.
One of our best fact sheets discusses international law in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Educate your community about the rights to: self-determination, freedom from discrimination, resistance to illegal occupation.
Human rights advocates are often under-sourced and over-stretched. But by pooling our resources, we sustain our work and build the coalition we need in order to channel our diverse efforts into a torrent of support for policies that uphold freedom, justice and equality.
The US Campaign is seeking interns for Spring Semester 2012. Interns work 10-30 hours per week under supervision of the US Campaign staff in its Washington, DC, office. Interns are needed to help in our following programmatic areas: Policy, BDS, Media / Tech Support, and Coalition Building.
Member groups of the US Campaign are running ad campaigns in their cities to highlight the moral and financial costs of the United States giving Israel $30 billion in weapons. You never know where you'll see an ad -- perhaps on a billboard, train, or bus near you. Check it out!
Join more than 50,000 others and look forward to receiving timely action alerts, news and analysis about the growing nationwide movement to end U.S. support for Israeli occupation and apartheid. Frequency: about twice per week.
