If you go to the link, you'll hear this wonderful 3 minutes on Palestine
with Democrats cheering. But, unbelievably, they couldn't get the statement
about the occupation of the West Bank into the platform.
Miriam
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Josh Ruebner, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 12:21 PM
To: miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: You Won't Believe What Got the Loudest Boos at DNC's Platform
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Friday, July 15,
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We're Headed to the RNC and DNC Today for These Palestine Events
Dear Miriam,
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US Campaign supporters and Cornel West at the DNC platform committee
meeting.
Last weekend in Orlando, something amazing happened.
Our supporters blanketed the Democratic National Convention (DNC) platform
committee meeting, distributing our "Progressive for Palestine" and "I
Support Palestinian Human Rights" buttons to delegates, many of whom were
eager to show their support on national TV. [1]
Even though the committee, by a narrow margin, outrageously voted down
amendments calling for an end to Israeli occupation and illegal settlements,
and for rebuilding Gaza, you've got to check out this inspiring three-minute
video of Maya Berry, from the Arab American Institute, and Dr. Cornel West,
who got a standing ovation from delegates and the public for declaring
"Palestinians ought to be free!"
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And CNN acknowledged that the failure of these pro-Palestine amendments to
pass "led to the loudest boos of the day." [2]
The message was clear: publicly declaring support for Palestinian human
rights is no longer taboo at even the highest levels of political discourse.
That's why we're excited to head to Cleveland today for the Republican
National Convention (RNC) and to Philadelphia next week for the DNC, where
we'll be creating an even
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American Institute.
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We're especially excited to let you know about a path-breaking round table
we're hosting in Philadelphia with AFSC on Monday, July 25, featuring Rep.
Keith Ellison, Linda Sarsour, and Dr. Jim Zogby, entitled "Progressive for
Palestine: Is the US Ready to Rethink Policy on Israel?"
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Josh Ruebner
Policy Director
PS: By the way, the Democratic Party wasn't alone in debating its stance on
Israel and the Palestinians in its platform. The RNC platform committee
earlier this week reportedly scrubbed its former support for a two-state
resolution. [3]
[1] Watch the entire debate on the Palestine amendments at the DNC platform
committee meeting on
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[2] Eric Bradner, "Clinton supporters reject Israel settlements proposal,"
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[3] Nathan Guttman, "In Major Shift, GOP Rejects Two-State Solution, Says
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