Action Items
The Action Items section of EI contains occasional requests for letter writing to the media about problematic reportage, and general action calls. Related organisations are welcome to submit content.
Support the Canadian Union of Postal Workers' campaign against Israeli apartheid
Appeal, Tadamon!, 29 April 2008
We the undersigned organizations congratulate the Canadian Union of Postal workers (CUPW) for joining the international boycott of Israeli apartheid. We call on workers and labor unions worldwide to join CUPW in creating a strong and effective labor movement in solidarity with struggles against Israeli apartheid and violence.
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Only pressure will lift Gaza medical siege
Appeal, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, 9 January 2008
A delegation of four Israeli members of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel), including three doctors and PHR-Israel's Clinic Manager, entered Gaza this morning. At the same time, an emergency dispatch of medical supplies at a value of approximately US $40,000 was delivered by PHR-Israel into Gaza, for the purpose of distribution to al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City and the European Hospital in Khan Younis, both of which are suffering from severe shortages. [MORE]
Patients dying at closed Erez checkpoint
Appeal, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, 31 October 2007
Barely two weeks since extensive media attention successfully compelled Israel to allow access to lifesaving care for patients through Erez Crossing, Israeli policies at the crossing lead to a repetition of a similar crisis: Sixteen patients in life-endangering condition stranded in Gaza without proper care due to "security prohibitions"; permit-bearing cancer patient detained a full day at Erez Crossing and ordered to return; two permit-bearing patients die within one week at Erez Crossing; Erez Crossing closed again since 28 October 2007. [MORE]
Open letter: Suspend Israel from Euro 2008 competition
Open letter, Various undersigned, 31 July 2007
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) urges the Football Association (FA), the Union of European Football Association (UEFA) and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to take appropriate measures to suspend the national Israeli football team from all international fixtures until the state of Israel entirely complies with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions to end Israeli occupation. This should include a suspension of the Israeli team from the current Euro 2008 qualifiers. [MORE]
San Francisco Queers Say No Pride in Apartheid
Appeal, QUIT!, 29 May 2007
In March, over 100 members of the LGBT/queer community sent the following letter to Frameline, organizer of the San Francisco International Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Trans Film Festival, which according to its website is the largest LGBT cultural event in the world. The letter asks Frameline to honor calls for an international boycott of Israeli political and cultural institutions, by discontinuing Israeli consulate sponsorship of the LGBT film festival and not cosponsoring events with the Israeli consulate. [MORE]
DC Metro Ads are Racist and Islamaphobic
Release, Coalition for Justice and Accountability, 24 May 2007
StandWithUs and AMCHA-The Coalition for Jewish Concerns have placed ads in stations of the DC metropolitan area metro/subway system (WMATA) in response to ads by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and United for Peace and Justice for the June 10 Mobilization Against Israeli Occupation. Contrary to their sponsors' claims, nothing on these ads responds to the main issues raised by the June 10 demonstration ads... [MORE]
War criminal Dan Halutz on the loose at Harvard
Action Alert, AJME, 14 May 2007
Activists and community members will converge May 14 at Harvard Business School (HBS) in search of notorious war criminal Dan Halutz, last spotted there attending an executive management course. The Alliance for Justice in the Middle East (AJME), based at Harvard University, is launching a search for the elusive Halutz, distributing WANTED posters, making inquiries, and soliciting the help of the campus community. AJME hopes that this week's actions will alert the community to the presence of this war criminal on the loose and lead to more information on his whereabouts. [MORE]
Tell Israeli government that new Hebron settlement is violation of international law
Action Alert, Christian Peacemaker Teams, 30 April 2007
On 19 March 2007, Israeli settlers illegally occupied an empty four-story Palestinian building. This multi-unit Hebron building is close to the Kiryat Arba settlement of 7000 residents and is strategically located to link Kiryat Arba to the smaller enclaves inside Hebron's Old City. Under Israeli law, settlers need permission from the Ministry of Defense before expanding their presence in the West Bank. Since they have not received permission, this occupation is illegal. [MORE]
Call for boycott against the Israel Medical Association
Statement, Various Undersigned, 27 March 2007
We, the undersigned, Palestinian Medical and Health institutions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, call on world medical and health institutions to immediately end cooperation with, and refrain from participation in, any form of collaboration or joint activities with the IMA; advocate for the condemnation of the IMA; support Palestinian medical and health institutions directly without requiring them to partner with Israeli counterparts as a condition for such support. IMA's medical ethics record on torture has been well documented and the institution has never denounced or seriously confronted the Israeli government's use of torture. [MORE]
Save Sami Al-Arian's life; demand his immediate release
Action Alert, Al-Awda, 20 March 2007
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, calls on all people of conscience to demand that Dr. Sami Al-Arian is immediately freed from his political imprisonment. Dr. Al-Arian is a Palestinian former University of Florida professor who is currently on his 58th day of a water-only hunger strike. He is protesting his maltreatment by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) which violated an earlier plea agreement that absolved Dr. Al-Arian from any further cooperation with the government. [MORE]
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