NATIONAL LAWYER GUILD : End Israel's Crimes against Humanity

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NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD
End Israel's Crimes against Humanity & Brutal Repression
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 20, 2006
http://nlg.org/news/statements/LebanonPalestine.htm


NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD URGES ALL TO ACT NOW TO PROTEST AND END ISRAEL'S CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY & BRUTAL AGGRESSION AGAINST PALESTINE AND LEBANON

Israel's violence and aggression against the people of Palestine and Lebanon has already cost the lives of hundreds of people and may provoke a horrific regional or global war. The recent devastation in Palestine and Lebanon magnifies the ever-present reality of the brutal, violent, and racist occupation of Palestine and continued aggression against Lebanon. It is imperative for all people of conscience to stand in solidarity with our Palestinian and Lebanese brothers and sisters in their struggle against Israeli and U.S. occupation, aggression and imperialism. It is also imperative that we continue to fight for an end to the U.S. occupation in Iraq.

The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) encourages local chapters to hold Press Conferences, Teach-Ins, Vigils and other activities in their cities and/or law schools to bring attention to the deadly Israeli military attacks on Palestine and Lebanon and to organize for the National Emergency March to Defend the People of Palestine and Lebanon on August 12th in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The August 12th March is organized by the A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) coalition, and the National Lawyers Guild has officially endorsed this action.

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TAKE ACTION NOW:

1. CONTACT ELECTED OFFICIALS: Call and write to your elected officials, and demand that they call upon the United States to immediately introduce a resolution before the U.N. Security Council demanding that Israel halt its illegal and brutal aggression against Palestine and Lebanon. Demand that your elected officials hold Israel accountable for its war crimes and crimes against humanity committed using weaponry and technology sold to Israel by the United States and funded by U.S. tax money. You can find out who your elected officials are at the following web link: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/. A.N.S.W.E.R. has a link, through their home page, to a template letter that can be sent directly to your elected officials: www.internationalanswer.org. The U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation has also provided a direct link to sending a letter to elected officials: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=1215.

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[Ian David]

1. The National Lawyers Guild can go fuck itself. n/t

[donsu]

2. Ian, do you really think it is OK for Israel to destroy Lebanon?

nt

[Debau2005]

3. Could you be have been more insulting? nt

[Ian David]

5. Yes, I could have been. But I chose to exercise restraint. n/t

[Debau2005]

7. Do you have a basis for your opinion

so that the rest of us can get the other side? Or just an insulting post that has no value other then to be demeaning?

If this group is incorrect in it's thinking, please let us know why.

[Ian David]

8. I don't think I could express it using proper restraint. n/t

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

11. Belligerence is your willful choice...

...just as slaughtering innocent civilians under the guise of self defense is Irael's.

[Ian David]

12. Self-delete

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

10. You exercise discipline and...

restraint in expressing yourself verbally about as well as Israel does militarily.

[Totallybushed]

4. You

took the words right out of my mouth.

[Burma Jones]

6. Pretty Much.....

Let me know when the American Bar Association and the ACLU make similar statements......

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

9. More insightful, enlightening commentary...

...from the shining star of intellectual debate. Very compelling. Thanks, IanDB1.