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Urge Michael Moore to make his next film about the US and Israel Is the US an Honest Broker Between Israel and the Palestinians? Ask Michael Moore to Find Out! Both President Bush and Senator John Kerry pledge to preserve the US-Israel special relationship. What has it meant for the Palestinians? And is that relationship really good for either Israel or the United States?  Some say that US military aid to Israel is essential to Israel's survival.  Others say that military aid to Israel is simply another form of corporate welfare.  One man can find the truth... Sign below to ask Michael Moore to take the case! Sample Letter for Campaign Subject: Sign Petition to Michael Moore! US Israel Next Dear [ Decision Maker ] , Dear Michael Moore: We applaud your courage in making a film that examines how the Bush administration used the 9/11 tragedy to push its destructive agenda in the Middle East. As Jews and allies, we the undersigned ask you to make your next film about the special relationship between the US and Israel. As you know, a history of massive US aid has funded Israel's brutal 37-year occupation, resulting in the deaths and injuries of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis. We believe that only you can effectively show how successive US administrations, arms makers, the Christian fundamentalist right, and right-wing Jewish hawks who incorrectly claim to speak for the Jewish people, have all pushed for policies detrimental to stability and peace throughout the Middle East and the West. Signed by:

Campaign Launched: July 16, 2004

Background Information

The remarkable success of Fahrenheit 911 illustrates the importance of popular film as a way to educate voters about issues rarely examined by the mainstream press. We think the logical next target for Michael Moore and his team of filmmakers is the story behind the Israeli occupation--the lethal mix of US military aid, fundamentalist Christianity, corporate profits for arms makers, and Jewish hawks who work to silence even Jewish dissenters.

Special thanks to the Republican Jewish Coalition who provided source material for this fact sheet below which shows that Moore understands the fundamental unfairness of United States' one-sided support of Israel's military occupation.

Michael Moore on Israel:

- Quotes from Michael Moore's book, "Dude Where's My Country?" (Warner Books, 2003) regarding the United States support for Israel:

- Moore dedicated his book, "Dude Where's My Country?" to Rachel Corrie, an International Solidarity Movement volunteer who was killed March 16 by a Caterpillar bulldozer.

- "Of course many Israeli children had died too, at the hands of the Palestinians. You would think that would make every Israeli want to wipe out the Arab world, but the average Israeli does not have that response. Why? Because IN THEIR HEARTS, THEY KNOW THEY ARE WRONG, AND THEY KNOW THEY WOULD BE DOING JUST WHAT THE PALESTINIANS ARE DOING IF THE SANDAL WERE ON THE OTHER FOOT."

- "Hey, here's a way to stop suicide bombings – give the Palestinians a bunch of missile-firing Apache helicopters and let them and the Israelis go at each other head to head. Four billion dollars a year to Israel – four billion dollars a year to the Palestinians – they can just blow each other up and leave the rest of us the hell alone."

- "Now I'm not just talking about your everyday anti-Semites. No, I'm talking about a perceived notion that we Americans are supporting Israel in its oppression of the Palestinian people. Now where did those Arabs come up with an idea like that? Maybe it was when the Palestinian child looked up in the air and saw and American Apache helicopter firing a missile into his baby sister's bedroom just before she was blown into a hundred bits."

- In 1987, Moore was honored by the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee for his "courageous efforts in journalism." (ADC Times, January 1990, page 4)

- In 1990, speaking before the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Moore announced that he would refuse to attend a screening of his movie, "Roger and Me," which was being held in Jerusalem. He was quoted as saying that he would not attend until Israel ceased to occupy the West Bank and Gaza. (Arab American News, 1990)

- Moore attended and spoke at a June 5, 1990 demonstration protesting the continued Israeli occupation at the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. (Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, July, 2001)

- In October 2003, Moore was honored by the Muslim American Public Affairs Council (MPAC) with a media award. (www.mpac.org)

- In his book, "Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation," Moore proposed that Congress give Israel 30 days to end the bloodshed taking place in its name, and if Israel does not do so, funding to Israel should be cut. He also noted that while individual terrorism is bad, state sponsored terrorism is truly evil. Moore also proposed that the Palestinians be given their statehood and receive twice as much economic assistance from the United States as Israel receives.

- "In Liverpool, [Moore] paused to contemplate the epicenters of evil in the modern world: "It's all part of the same ball of wax, right? The oil companies, Israel, Halliburton." (David Brooks in the New York Times, June 26. 2004)

- Moore tried to prevent Fahrenheit 9/11 from being shown in Israel. (New Yorker Magazine, February 16, 2004)

- Moore stated: "Anyway, the support Bush and the Republicans feign for Israel is because Israel is near our oil. If the oil wasn't there, I bet those same Republicans wouldn't [care] about Israel. " (Los Angeles Times, June 22, 2004)