AAUMC Call to People of Conscience

Israel has recently released a few hundred people from its prisons. Over 650,000 Palestinian men have been locked up in Israeli prisons at some point in their lives (Gideon Levy in Haaretz) - over 40% of the male population in the occupied/colonized territories. Israel stripped the native Palestinians of most of their land leaving 5 million people as refugees or displaced. Israel impoverishes the remaining Palestinians and squeezes them into large concentration camps behind high separation walls including the true leaders of all rank and file working people. Israel persecutes Palestinian leaders, labor and political activists to undermine the Palestinian people's political activities.

We call upon all union members, leaders, activists, friends and supporters of justice in Palestine, to support our campaigns to free all Palestinian Prisoners held by the illegal occupation in all Israeli jails including, but not limited to, the elected leaders - Husam Khadir , Marwan Al Barghouthi and the Palestinian National leader Ahmad Saadat. Saadat is courageously facing the racist Israeli court starting today, August 1st. Many days of court sessions will follow.

Please check out the web site below and take action NOW.

http://www.freeahmadsaadat.org

Occupation, repression continue. Recent increased promises of economic and military aid to Israel , with George Bush claiming to bring stability to the Middle East, is really a reward to the apartheid state of Israel. The billions of dollars spent are also a slap in the face to working families in America who are denied a basic health care system, and decent educations in the richest country in the world.

Monadel Herzallah
Arab American Union Members Council