[Peace] Fwd: Webinar Follow-Up: "THE POLITICS OF ISRAEL-PALESTINE IN THE U.S."

Wed Jun 7 10:15:19 MDT 2023

One more very useful webinar.
Tony

Tony Palomba
781-664-3525

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Date: Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 3:42 PM
Subject: Webinar Follow-Up: "THE POLITICS OF ISRAEL-PALESTINE IN THE U.S."
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Cc: Jeff Klein <jjklein123 at gmail.com>

Dear Activists,

Thank you for registering and/or attending our May 31 webinar on “The
Politics of Israel-Palestine in the US”. We hope you found it informative.

For those who could not attend or who want to review the presentations, a
video recording is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cl2-cMZshM

We encourage you all to be active in working for a change in the one-sided
US policy -- and continuing efforts to defend Palestinian human rights and
their struggle for self-determination.

Mass Peace Action has an active Palestine-Israel working group and we
frequently circulate useful action alerts on this issue, with an easy
mechanism to contact your elected representatives.

We urge you to take this opportunity join us https://masspeace.us/join --
or if you live in Massachusetts and have the interest and capacity to work
more actively on this issue with our MAPA PI working group, please respond
to this email.

In solidarity,

Jeff Klein, for the MAPA Palestine-Israel Working Group.

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*The Politics of Israel-Palestine in the U.S.*

*Wed May 31 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT *

[image: Politics of Israel-Palestine in the US]

[image: Register]
<https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpcOysqDsqHdebeAqnqNDbIkXpIWxdw_H5>

Every year US taxpayers subsidize Israeli military spending to the tune of
almost $4 billion (almost $5 billion in 2022). More $billions are expended
to replace tax deductible contributions to so-called Israel -centric
“charities” like “US Friends of the Israel Defense Forces,” AIPAC’s
“educational”
arm, or financial support for illegal Israeli settlements on occupied land.
Congress regularly passes legislation proposed by Israel’s US supporters,
like the recent *H.Res.311
<https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/311> *–
*“Encouraging
the expansion and strengthening of the Abraham Accords to urge other
nations to normalize relations with Israel” *-- which, among other
things, pledged
to continue the flow of US taxpayer funds to Israel. The resolution was
adopted in the House, with almost no debate, by a vote of 401-19. The US
also makes sure that Israel is not held accountable at the UN for its
violations of international law and numerous Security Council and General
Assembly resolutions.

Recent opinion polls show that an increasing number of people in the US –
and a plurality of Democrats – are skeptical about the nature of the
Israeli government, its continuing occupation and illegal settlement
building, while denying millions of Palestinians any political rights. It
is commonplace now for international human rights organizations and
millions of Americans to characterize this system as Apartheid. Yet the
leadership of both parties remains steadfast in financing Israel’s military
and resisting any calls to hold it accountable.

Why is that – and how can we bring about change from this unquestioned
support for Israel? Why does the US, which claims to support democracy and
self-determination, ignore the rights of Palestinians and give Israel a
permanent pass? How can US citizens more effectively hold our elected
officials accountable for defying US public opinion on Israel and Palestine?

This MAPA webinar will look at the politics and influence behind these
one-sided US policies toward Israel and Palestine with two well-informed
two experts.

*Lara Friedman* is the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace
(FMEP). She is a leading authority on the Middle East, with particular
expertise on U.S. foreign policy in the region, on Israel/Palestine, and on
the way Middle East and Israel/Palestine-related issues play out in
Congress and in U.S. domestic politics, policies, and legislation. Lara is
a former officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, with diplomatic postings in
Jerusalem, Washington, Tunis and Beirut. She also served previously as the
Director of Policy and Government Relations at Americans for Peace Now.

*Michael Arria* is the U.S. correspondent for Mondoweiss, where he's worked
for the last five years. His work has appeared in In These Times, The
Appeal, Truthout, and a number of other places. He is the author of *Medium
Blue: The Politics of MSNBC*. He does a weekly politics newsletter for the
website called The Shift, which you can subscribe to on their site. He's
originally from New England and recently moved back."
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