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Dear
CODEPINKer,
This
week, when President Obama met with Egypt's President Mubarak
to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and possible paths toward
peace, the public was unaware of their duplicity: Both
nations are aiding Israel's strangulation of the people of
Gaza. Israel has sealed its border with Gaza, but so
has Egypt--keeping 1.5 million people in
a virtual prison. President Obama has done nothing about
it, and Congress just handed Israel another $3
billion!
Families
are separated, commerce is destroyed, the sick lack medicines, and
nothing has been rebuilt from the devastation of the 22-day Israeli
invasion. Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter has said the people
of Gaza are being treated "like animals.”
 Where
is the outrage? Where is the compassion?
If
the leaders won't take action, we will. CODEPINK is partnering with dozens
of organizations inside Gaza and around the world to organize the
Gaza
Freedom March--a massive non-violent march to the Gaza/Israeli
border on January 1, 2010. We will tell the Israelis, the Egyptians
and the world's leaders: “Enough
is Enough. Open the borders. End the Siege!”
You
can join us a couple of ways:
 Endorse
the Freedom March by signing our pledge
Travel
to Gaza with us December 27-January 2,
and be part of the historic March
This
march is part of a broader strategy to end Israeli occupation by
targeting nonviolently its flagrant violations of international
law from house demolitions to settlements to separation walls.
We draw inspiration from Gandhi, from Martin Luther King, Jr., and
from the thousands of Palestinians who have, for decades, used various
forms of civil disobedience to resist the occupation. Please
join us.
Thank
you for helping us tear down these unjust walls.
In
solidarity,
Dana,
Farida, Gael, Gayle, Janet, Jean, Jodie, Medea, Nancy K, Nancy
M, Paris, Rae and Whitney
P.S. We saw non-violent protest in action this week when CODEPINK
members and other activists attempted a citizens arrest of John
Yoo, whose legal memos were used to justify the torture of suspected
terrorists. You can read the Washington Post's coverage of
the action here.
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