HELP DANNY GLOVER PUSH THE BLACK CAUCUS TO SPEAK UP FOR ENDING THE GAZA BLOCKADE Dear Hocine, Help Danny Glover push the Black Caucus to speak up for ending the Gaza blockade. Join our Twitter storm The talks in Cairo on a sustained ceasefire in Gaza have collapsed over Israel’s refusal to end the blockade of Gaza, and attacks between Israel and Gaza have resumed. [1] The only way this ends is with a political agreement that lifts the blockade, and that’s going to require increased international pressure. Norway has spoken up. [2] The UN has spoken up. [3] Oxfam has spoken up. [4] We need the U.S. government to speak up. Actor and Director Danny Glover has a piece on the front page of the Huffington Post, calling on Members of Congress to stand with Representatives Keith Ellison and Barbara Lee in pressing for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict that ends the blockade on Gaza. [5] We want to share Danny’s post with as many people – especially Members of Congress and their staffs – as possible. We’re making sharing Danny’s post a highlight of our daily 15 minute Twitter storm against the Gaza blockade [12pm ET/11CT/9AM CT]. Can you join us? Instructions and sample tweets are here: justforeignpolicy.org/act/end-gaza-blockade-in-cairo [Please refresh the page before the start of the storm to make sure you have the Danny Glover tweets.] If you can’t join us in the Twitter storm, please share Danny’s post with friends and family however you share things: Twitter, Facebook, email, or carrier pigeon! huffingtonpost/danny-glover/stand-with-keith-ellison-_b_5689392.html Thanks for all you do to help end the blockade of 1.8 million human beings in Gaza, Robert Naiman and Megan Iorio Just Foreign Policy Help us reach our August fundraising goal—make a $10 tax-deductible contribution today! If you can donate, please do. Your financial support helps us create opportunities for Americans to agitate for a more just foreign policy. justforeignpolicy.org/donate References: 1. “Israeli army strikes Gaza in response to rocket fire,” Haaretz , Aug. 19, 2014, haaretz/news/diplomacy-defense/1.611250 2. “Norway: Gaza reconstruction aid conditioned on lifting of blockade,” AFP, 8.18.14, ynetnews/articles/0,7340,L-4559789,00.html 3. “Unless blockade ends, Gaza faces years of misery: U.N.” Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters, August 18, 2014, news.yahoo/unless-blockade-ends-gaza-faces-years-misery-u-154440348.html 4. “Lifting blockade crucial to Gaza recovery,” Oxfam International, August 14, 2014 oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2014-08-14/lifting-blockade-crucial-gaza-recovery 5. “Stand With Keith Ellison and Barbara Lee to End the Blockade of Gaza,” Danny Glover, Huffington Post, August 18, 2014, huffingtonpost/danny-glover/stand-with-keith-ellison-_b_5689392.html
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