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[Action Alert] Tell Senator Obama: Make Visit to Israel & the West Bank Count!
Tell Senator Obama: Make Visit to Israel & the West Bank Count!
During Senator Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Israel and the West Bank, he plans to meet with several Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, as well as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Sign this petition BY MONDAY, JULY 21ST, 11PM EST, to urge Senator Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, to demonstrate his intent, during this trip, to make Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking a national foreign policy priority during his presidency!
Brit Tzedek will deliver this letter with a complete list of signatures to the Obama campaign prior to his visit.
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Note: This campaign is directed at Senator Obama in light of his upcoming trip. Brit Tzedek is a non-partisan organization and does not endorse any candidate for office.
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Subject: Demonstrate your support for Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking during upcoming Mideast visit!
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
Dear Senator Obama,
During your upcoming visit to Israel and the West Bank, I urge you to demonstrate your intent to make Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking a national foreign policy priority of your presidency.
The next U.S. President cannot repeat the mistakes of President Bush by waiting until the final year of an Administration to become actively engaged in the peace process. Indeed, the next president must be actively engaged in Israeli-Palestinian and Arab-Israeli peacemaking from the very beginning.
In order to demonstrate, during your trip, your intent to make peacemaking a priority in your future Administration, I urge you to:
- Listen to the perspectives of both Israelis and Palestinians and assess the security and humanitarian concerns of both sides.
- Avoid statements that could predetermine the outcome of peace talks or undermine the ability of the next American president to return the U.S. to its long-standing role as honest broker in the region.
- Declare your support for recent diplomatic achievements in the region, including the Gaza ceasefire, Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Israeli-Syrian peace talks, and recent U.S. plans to engage with Iran.
I, along with the vast majority of American Jews, believe that a truly pro-Israel president will do everything in his or her power to bring about a negotiated two-state resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I urge you to stand with us.
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