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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

[haw-info] War on ISIS? Call Congress Today 202-224-312 ( competed message)

War on ISIS? Call Congress Today  (202) 224-3121
 
Although it has evaded the issue for almost a year, Congress will be voting on a H Res Con.55, introduced by Congressional Reps Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee and Walter Jones. This resolution is designed to force a Congressional decision on the war against ISIS. And most importantly it would bring all US troops home in the absence of a decision.
 
 
This vote is happening TODAY, Wednesday June 17. Please forward this message to your members and ask them to call their member of Congress TODAY and to vote yes on H. Res. Con. 55.
 
Historians Against the War  is supporting this effort because we believe that Congress has the responsibility to make decisions on issues of war and peace. Once this issue is properly debated, we believe members of Congress should vote against US military intervention against ISIS -- whether this involves ground troops or the use of air power..

Please Call your Representative and say, "Do your job; vote against endless war." 

You can reach your Representative via the Capitol switchboard, (202) 224-3121 (to confirm who your Representative is, click here). Ask the operator to put you through to your Representative, and then tell the person who takes your call that you want your member of Congress  TO VOTE YES on H.Res.Con 55.

 


[haw-info] War on ISIS? Call Congress Today 202-224-3121

From Carolyn Eisenberg and Margaret Power for the HAW-SC.


Monday, June 15, 2015

[haw-info] HAW Notes 6/15/15: Links to recent articles of interest


Links to Recent Articles of Interest

By Jeffrey P. Kimball, History News Network, posted June 14
The author is a professor emeritus of history at Miami University. See also the last item in this list of articles.

By David Vine, TomDispatch.com, posted June 14
The author teaches anthropology at American University and wrote Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia.

By Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign Relations blog, posted June 11
A short article tracing the steps since June 2014

By Jere L. Bacharach, LobeLog, posted June 9
The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations at the University of Washington.

By Gene Healy, Cato Institute blog, posted June 8

By Alfred W. McCoy, TomDispatch.com, posted June 7
The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin.

By Daniel Ellsberg, The Guardian, posted June 4

Interview with Peter Kuznick, The Asahi Shimbun, English edition, posted June 2
Peter Kuznick teaches history at American University.

By Barbara Myers, TomDispatch.com, posted May 31
A tribute to Daniel Ellsberg's fellow whistleblower Anthony Russo

By William Burr and Jeffrey P. Kimball, National Security Archives, posted May 29
Annotated documents providing background for the authors' new book Nixon's Nuclear Specter (University Press of Kansas).


Suggestions for these occasional lists can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com. In particular, thanks are due to Rosalyn Baxandall, Mim Jackson, and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles for these lists.

Re: [haw-info] Palestinian Children in Detention- Congressional Letter to Secretary Kerry

Consider supporting this effort by Jewish Voices for Peace to bring attention to the plight of Palestinian children in detention.. See their  call for action below.

Palestinian children in Israeli military detention need you to raise your voice

Ask your Representative 
to add their name 
to our sign-on letter 
to John Kerry

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Dear .....

Five years ago, I received my rabbinic ordination. Last month, I started work as JVP's Government Affairs Liaison, working to advance our movement for justice and equality in Washington DC. 

As I see it, my job is to try to bring the best of Jewish values to the debate around Israel and Palestine. One of the most important? Kavod Habriyot, or Human Dignity. It teaches us that each and every human being has infinite value and worth, and must be treated with dignity and respect. And when it comes to children, all of us have a special responsibility to protect that dignity.

But in Israel, the dignity of Palestinians is not respected. Every year, hundreds of Palestinian children are arrested by the Israeli military, held in inhumane conditions, and denied their fundamental rights to due process. Representative Betty McCollum has initiated a sign-on letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, calling on him to make the protecting of Palestinian children a priority in the U.S. - Israel relationship. If we get 10 members of Congress to join this letter, there's no way the State Department will be able to ignore us -- but we can't get 10 members of Congress without you.

Palestinian children need protection, not persecution. Email your Representative, and tell them to join our sign-on letter.

But despite these values which are so fundamental to our tradition, and Israel's purported commitment to them, 700 Palestinian children between the ages of 12-17 experience the Israeli military court system every year.  Seventy-five percent of them fall victim to physical violence at the hands of Israeli forces during arrest, transfer, interrogation, or detention.

Let me give you one example: last year, Tariq Abu Khdeir, a 15 year-old Palestinian-American was savagely beaten by Israeli police whilst visiting. And although the abuse was caught on camera, none of the officers involved have been brought to justice.

The international community is already speaking out about the horror of detention -- UNICEF has condemned the abuse as "widespread, systemic, and institutionalized." But the U.S. has done nothing. We need to change that, and that's why we're proud to be part of the No Way to Treat a Child coalition that's spearheading this campaign.

Tell your Representative to lend their name to the sign-on letter protecting Palestinian children.

Here's the thing about a sign-on letter: it doesn't need a majority vote, like a bill or an amendment. So even though the deck is still stacked against us in Congress, with a sign-on letter, it only takes a few brave Representatives to speak up and make the State Department pay attention. And even if they won't speak out for Palestinian children, every email they receive tells them that their constituents care about human rights, and moves the needle just a bit.

Secretary of State John Kerry needs to hear our message loud and clear: protecting Palestinian children must become a priority in the U.S. - Israel relationship.

Ask your Representative to join Rep. Betty McCullom's sign-on letter.

For Tariq Abu Khdeir. For the hundreds of children whose names we'll never learn. For our future.

L'Shalom,

Rabbi Joseph Berman

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Rabbi Joseph Berman

Government Affairs Liaison

Carolyn Eisenberg, Margaret Power and Jerise Fogel for HAW Steering Committee...