27 December 2008

Theworld majority stands with the Palestinian people in this devastatingtime that Israeli Defense Secretary Ehud Barak calls "just thebeginning." Israeli attacks on Gaza in the past 24 hours have killedover 200 people and injured hundreds more. We decry the multiple formsof collective punishment currently being inflicted that reflectIsrael's 60-plus year history of ethnic cleansing: lack of access toelectricity and potable water, blockades of food and medicine, andthese brutal attacks.

Weare outraged but not surprised by this escalation. Israel'sunilaterally designed and implemented disengagement from Gaza hasmaintained control of the borders, air and water space, and completelyisolated Gaza practically and politically. This has been accomplishedwith unconditional support from the United States and its allies andwith the complicity of the broader international community and Gaza'sneighbors. It has also set the stage for these horrendous events.

Themedia frames this violence as a conflict between warring peoples withequal power. This framing is possible because the media fails torecognize Israel as an apartheid State or as a colonial occupying forcewith one of the most technologically advanced militaries in the world.

TheGaza-based One Democratic State Group has called for "all civil societyorganizations and freedom loving people to act immediately in anypossible way to put pressure on their governments to end diplomaticties with Apartheid Israel and institute sanctions against it." IJANstands in solidarity with the people of Gaza and supports this call.

We Ask You To Join Us and Take Action!

1. Join or organize emergency protests and direct actions in partnership with Palestine solidarity and social justice organizations in your area. Click here for a list of local actions.
   Please send announcements of actions you are joining or organizing (with date, time and location) to ijan@ijsn.net so they can be announced on our web site. Also send reports of actions you participate in so this information can be shared with people around the world.
   
   
2. Donate money through the Middle East Children's Alliance to pay for desperately needed medical supplies and their delivery. The current conditions in Gaza medical facilities are dire. The Middle East Children's Alliance is working with health organizations in Gaza to procure the most-needed medicines and send them direct to Gaza with the help of the Free Gaza Movement.
3. Flood Israeli embassies and consulates with letters and calls decrying the attacks. Find contact info for Israeli embassies around the world.
   
   
4. Contact government officials and call on them to act by denouncing the attacks and demanding an immediate cease-fire.
5. Shift the framing of Israel's actions in the media by phoning into a talk show or writing a letter to the editor.
6. Sign the petition in support of UN General Assembly President Father Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann who has spoken out to condemn Israeli "Apartheid" and call for boycott, divestment and sanctions.

We will update this list as often as possible.  Please sendannouncements of actions you are joining or organizing (with date, timeand location) to ijan@ijsn.netso they can be announced here. Also send reports of actionsyou participate in so this information can be shared with people aroundthe world.

Barcelona

• Lunes 29 a las 19 horas : concentración unitaria en la camara de comercio España-Israel. Travessera de Gràcia 21.

Belfast

• Monday Dec. 29, 12 noon: Belfast City Hall.

• Sunday Dec. 28: There was an ad hoc demo with 30 people, many of whom later went to the offices of Raytheon, cluster-bomb company, where there has been a rooftop protest camp for two weeks. More actions are planned for the coming week.

Copenhagen

• Sunday Dec. 28, 4pm: Demonstration at the Israeli Embassy, Lundevangsvej 4, Hellerup.

Leeds

• Tuesday Dec. 30, 4:30pm: Protest and vigil outside the Town Hall and art gallery.

• 				Saturday Jan. 3, 1pm: Leeds City Centre outside the art gallery.	

London

• Sunday Dec. 28, 2-4pm: Emergen cy protest opposite Israeli Embassy on Kensington High Street. Nearest tube: High Street Kensington.
• Monday Dec. 29, 1:30pm: Egyptian Embassy, 26 south street, Nearest tube Marble Arch or Green Park.
• Monday Dec. 29, 4-6pm: Emergency protest opposite Israeli Embassy on Kensington High Street. Nearest tube: High Street Kensington.
• Saturday, Jan 3, 12:30pm: Assemble along Embankment, by Embankment tube station, London WC2 - Nearest tube Embankment or Charing Cross. 
• Sunday Jan. 4, 1pm: at Paddington Green Station.

Los Angeles / SouthernCalifornia

• Sunday Dec. 28, 2pm: Emergency Demo for Gaza in Anaheim 512 S. Brookhurst St. between Orange Ave. & Broadway.
• Tuesday Dec. 30, 4:30pm: Rally in front of Israeli Consulate (6380 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles).

• Monday Dec. 29, 4-6pm: vigil on Broadway and Baxter across from Cave Hill cemetary.

Madrid

• Sábado 27 de Diciembre Encierrro: en la Asociacion Hispano Palestina Jerusalén, en la calle Navarra 35 de Madrid, metro Estrecho.
• Domingo 28 a las 12 del mediodia concentracion : ante la Embajada de Israel en Madrid, calle Velázquez 150, metro República Argentina.

Minneapolis

• Tuesday, Dec. 30, 10am - 5pm: at Sen. Klobuchar's office (1200 Washington Ave. S.) & at Rep. Ellison's office (2100 Plymouth Ave. N.) in Minneapolis. 1pm press conference at Sen. Klobuchar's office.

• Sunday, Dec. 27: One small one today brought together on a couple of hours notice.
• Tuesday, Dec. 30, 4-6pm: Larger demo at the corner of Albany and George Streets, in front of Bank of America Building.

• Sunday, Dec. 28, 2:00 pm: Met at 50th St. and 5th Ave. then marched to the Israeli Consulate at 800 2nd Ave. btw 42nd and 43rd Sts.
• Monday, Dec. 29, 5-6pm: Leafleting at the south end of Union Square, near the corner of 14th St. and 5th Ave. and at the triangular park at 6th Ave and 32nd Street.
• Monday, Dec. 29, 6:30pm: Funeral Procession meets at the triangular park at 6th Av. & 32nd Street. Look for the Palestinian Flag. March to Bryant Park.

• Tuesday 30 Dec. 4pm: rally outside the US Embassy, Quay Street.

Philadelphia

• Tuesday December 30, 4pm: Meet outside the Israeli Consulate, 1880 JFK Blvd.

Rabat

• Sunday Jan 4, 10am:  In front of the Morrocon House of Parliament.

Rochester

• Tuesday, Dec. 30, 4-5pm: Meet at Federal Building.  Plan is to stand with a large picture of Picasso's Guernica with the caption "Gaza" and a picture of a US / Israel missile targeting Gaza.

San Francisco/ Bay Area

• Sunday Dec. 28, 12pm: Emergency Demo in SF. Meet at Market and Powell.
• Monday Dec. 29, 5pm: Silent Vigil at Feinstein's Office (Montgomery and Market, SF). Bring candles, posters, banners; wear black. Rain or Shine.
• Tuesday Dec. 30, 5pm: Rally in front of Israeli Consulate (456 Montgomery St., SF).
• Friday Jan. 2, 2:30pm: at Powell and Market.

• Lunes 29 a las 19 horas : Plaza de la Marina inicio de la calle Larios. Convocan: Asociación Al Quds y Paz Ahora de Málaga.

• Sunday Dec. 28, 2pm: Demonstration outside the Israeli Consulate (180 Bloor Street West)
• Tuesday Dec. 30, 5-6pm: at the Israeli Consulate Building, 180 Bloor Street West (across from ROM), Northwest corner of Bloor and Avenue Rd.
• Wednesday Dec. 31, 5-6pm: at the Israeli Consulate Building, 180 Bloor Street West (across from ROM), Northwest corner of Bloor and Avenue Rd.
• Thursday Jan. 1, 5-6pm: at the Israeli Consulate Building, 180 Bloor Street West (across from ROM), Northwest corner of Bloor and Avenue Rd.
• Friday Jan. 2, 5-6pm: at the Israeli Consulate Building, 180 Bloor Street West (across from ROM), Northwest corner of Bloor and Avenue Rd.

• Domingo 28 a las 6 de la tarde : en la puerta del Ayuntamiento de Sevilla.
• Martes día 30 de Diciembre, a las 19h : en la Plaza de la Virgen.

• Monday Dec. 29, 12 noon: US Consulate (1075 West Pender) Gather on HASTINGS side (corner Thurlow).

Warwick

• Wednesday, Dec. 31, 12-2pm: Protest Against Ron Prosor, the Israeli Ambassador to the UK, at TES, University of Warwick.

Click here for a list of actions in the United States. 

To add an action, email us at ijan@ijsn.net.