-----Original Message----- From: Umm Yakoub [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 8:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Urgent! Need Eyewitness Speaker
Urgent! Need Eyewitness Speaker Hi, The City of Somerville, MA (near Boston) is considering becoming the first city in America to pass a resolution in favor of divesting from Israel. In particular, it will be recommended that the retirement plan for public employees divest from Israel bonds and from companies such as Caterpillar that are involved in Israeli military operations. The Aldermen are 5 to 1 in favor of the resolution. However, the remaining Alderman threw us for a loop by insisting that "the other side" be allowed to speak. He is inviting the Israeli Consulate, and representatives from all the accused corporations to come to City Hall and speak, before letting the vote go through. The issue he has with the resolution is that Israel is accused of "war crimes." Therefore, we are in need of counter-weights: a person to testify briefly as a witness to or speak as a person knowledgeable about Israeli war crimes, or someone well-versed in international law who could define the Israeli war crimes in question. Would anyone you know in Boston be willing to volunteer as an informal expert witness or speaker on Israeli war crimes? The day is soon: Nov 8. See http://www.divestmentproject.org Thank you Karin Friedemann 617 548 1523 _________________________________________________________________ Don�t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/MknplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VTJP/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
