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From: Abir Elzowidi, Just Foreign Policy <i...@justforeignpolicy.org>
Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:07 PM
Subject: Five members of my family were just killed in Gaza
To: nai...@justforeignpolicy.org
Just Foreign Policy
Dear Robert,
Help me stop the violence in Gaza and end the blockade by signing my
petition at MoveOn.
Take Action
My name is Abir Elzowidi. I work in Los Angeles for a small NGO called
“Oasis of Peace” promoting peaceful co-existence between Israelis and
Palestinians, Christians, Muslims and Jews.
A few days ago, five members of my family—including two small
children—were killed in my village of Beit Hanoun in Gaza. A few days
before, several other family members were told to leave their homes and
made to stand by and watch as members of the Israeli Defense Force
bombed their homes. They are now homeless, including my 93 year-old
grandmother. Now I am afraid for the safety of my mother, my sister, my
brother and their children in Gaza City as they are bombing randomly all
around them. They, like others in Gaza, have nowhere safe to go.
I am grieving but I need your support. Together, we are not powerless.
We can use our voices in this country to say enough is enough: stop the
bombing, stop killing innocent children!
Thursday, July 24, will be a national day of action on Gaza. Here are
two things you can do to help stop the violence:
Sign my petition calling on the Obama Administration and Congress
to use all the tools at their disposal to end the violence and lift the
blockade of Gaza.
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/gaza-end-war-end-blockade
Sign up to deliver petition signatures to your Representative or
Senator’s local office. We’ll help you every step of the way. Just fill
out our quick form to let us know you’re interested.
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/gaza-petition-delivery
As of Monday, July 21, at least 550 Palestinians have been killed and
3,350 wounded since the new round of violence started two weeks ago in
Gaza. Twenty-seven Israelis, including 25 soldiers and two civilians,
have been killed.
The US, Israel and Egypt put together a ceasefire agreement last week,
but what they proposed did not address a root cause of the violence:
Israel’s seven year-old economic blockade of Gaza. We need to stop the
killing now, but we also need to prevent more killing in the future.
Lifting the siege is the only way to stop the killing long-term—and keep
more people like me from losing family members in the future.
Please help me stop the killing in Gaza. Sign the petition telling the
Obama Administration and Congress to stop the violence and lift the
blockade of Gaza.
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/gaza-end-war-end-blockade
Thanks for all you do to help end the violence,
Abir “Abby” Elzowidi
Just Foreign Policy
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