Tuesday, December 30, 2008

ACTION ALERT: Sign Ceasefire Petition for Gaza & Israel‏

I received this from my sister and wanted to pass it on.............please sign the following Ceasefire Petition...........I'm not sure that there is anything that will really help when the two sides are some firmly entrenched in their ideologies.................but we still have to try..........Thanks..........PEACE..............Scott


Hi folks, I have signed this, and I have heard from PsySR experts on the Middle East and especially Israeli/Palestinian issues that this is an appropriate move to make at this point. So, I urge you to sign on and pass it on.

May the New Year be a happier one for everyone! Anne
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Sent: 12/30/2008 11:39:55 AM
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Anne Anderson, LICSW
Washington, DC
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www.psysr.org
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Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 2:08 PM
Subject: [psysr-announce] ACTION ALERT: Sign Ceasefire Petition for Gaza & Israel

Dear PsySR Members and Friends,

Given the emergency situation in the Gaza Strip and Israel, please consider signing immediately the petition below, organized by Avaaz, pressing for an immediate ceasefire on all sides. The message about it below is forwarded from Avaaz, which is an online activist organization that invites people around the world to speak together on issues of peace and justice. The petition reads as follows:

Petition to the UN Security Council, the European Union, the Arab League and the USA:
We urge you to act immediately to ensure a comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, to protect civilians on all sides, and to address the growing humanitarian crisis. Only through robust international action and oversight can the bloodshed be stopped, the Gaza crossings safely re-opened and real progress made toward a wider peace in 2009.

To sign the petition go to: http://www.avaaz.org/en/gaza_time_for_peace/?cl=161625896&v=2605

Please also consider, especially for PsySR members in the U.S., making the following contacts to speak out against the violence and for an immediate ceasefire on all sides:

** The U.S. White House: Call 202-456-1111, or send an email to comments@whitehouse.gov

** The U.S. State Department: Call 202-647-6575.

** U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate: Call 202-225-3121 or 202-224-3121. (If you foget your lawmakers' names, just give the operator your zip code.)

** Write a letter to the editor to local or national media. Go to http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/ for help with the names and email addresses of particular news media.

Again, see more about the petition in the message below forwarded from Avaaz, and please consider signing immediately and distributing it widely to other potential signers. Thank you -- Colleen Cordes, PsySR Executive Director
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Sent: 12/29/2008 7:37:53 AM
Subject: Gaza: Ceasefire Now

Dear friends,


The Gaza crisis has exploded -- put your name to our emergency petition demanding a ceasefire. We'll deliver it immediately to the UN Security Council, the Arab League, the US and other world leaders!



As we watch the Gaza bloodshed with horror, appalled at how the crisis is spiraling further out of control, one thing is clear -- this violence will only lead to further civilian suffering and an escalation of the conflict.

There must be another way. Over 280 are dead so far in the Gaza Strip and hundreds more injured -- rockets are striking Ashdod deep inside Israel for the very first time, and the sides are mobilising for invasion. A global outcry has begun, but it'll take more than words -- the immediate violence won't end, nor will wider peace be secured, without firm action from the international community.

Today, we're launching an emergency campaign which will be delivered to the UN Security Council and key world powers, urging them to act to ensure an immediate ceasefire and address the growing humanitarian crisis -- only with robust international oversight and action can civilians on all sides be protected and real steps be taken toward a wider peace. Follow this link now to sign the emergency petition and send it to everyone you know:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/gaza_time_for_peace/?cl=161625896&v=2605

After Gaza's bloodiest day in recent memory and eight or more years of ineffective US and global diplomacy, we need to get world leaders to do more than issue statements if they're to ensure a lasting ceasefire.1 Through the UN Security Council and other international bodies, the world can provide the help and pressure needed to stop the violence and change the situation on the ground in Gaza -- preventing the rockets and incursions, re-opening crossing-points under international oversight so that instead of weapon-smuggling, the 1.5 million ordinary people of Gaza can get the fuel, food and medicines they so desperately need.

All sides to the conflict will continue to act as they have in the past if they believe that the world will stand by and allow them to do so. We mobilised for a ceasefire in 2006's Israel-Lebanon war and succeeded, but this time the international community must not delay -- let's raise a truly worldwide outcry. 2009 is a year that things can be different. As we face this crisis, and the possibilities of a new year, it's time for us everywhere to work together to stop this violence.

With hope and determination,

Brett, Ricken, Alice, Ben, Pascal, Paul, Graziela, Paula, Luis, Iain and the whole Avaaz team


1 Further actions could include: a formal resolution from the Security Council rather than issuing a press statement as was done on 28 December 2008; explicit private and public international pressure on the parties to end the hostilities including developing clear terms for the resumption of negotiations; proper international oversight of the Rafah border; and in time, a detailed Security Council resolution setting out the terms in international law for a permanent peace between Israel and Palestine. For background, see this Jerusalem Post article, "No international pressure to end op": http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456497503&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull)

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