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ACTION ALERT

For Immediate Release
December 20, 2005

SEND OUR PREWRITTEN LETTER NOW

JOINT CFL/AL AWDA ALERT: ASK YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO STOP INTEL FROM BUILDING A PLANT ON ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN LAND

Recent newspaper reports indicate that, Intel, one of the largest chip-makers in the world, plans on building a $3.5 billion plant next to its existing facility in 'Kiryat Gat'. The extra plant will be built on land that belongs to the Palestinian village of Iraq Al Manshiya. According to Zionist historian Benny Morris, Israel expelled the villagers of Iraq Al Manshiya by "intimidation using all means."

 *Tell your representatives that you are opposed to American companies investing in illegally occupied land.  Educate your representatives by telling them that Israel forced out the original inhabitants of Iraq Al-Manshiya and the nearby village of Al-Faluja after the 1948 war ended
contrary to international law and an armistice agreement sponsored by the UN and which Israel signed.   Tell your representatives that you resent American companies who continue to assist Israel's flouting of the law and that as a tax paying citizen you believe that given Israel's apartheid policies, continuing abuses of  fundamental human rights, and violations of International Law, Intel and all American companies should divest from Israel forthwith

*Tell your elected officials that you are outraged that American companies profit from the illegal dispossession of Palestinians. Israel is denying Palestinian refugees their right to return to their lands and homes which it is occupying. This natural and inalienable right is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Law, and is supported by numerous UN resolutions. Remind your representatives that if Intel goes through with their plans they will be an American company who is actively participating in the violation of international law by being complicit in the Israeli terror which drove the Palestinians off of their land in 1948.

*Tell your representatives that they should be encouraging American companies to invest in the U.S., particularly the areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina which provide more attractive long-term helpful options for building and expanding and remind them that building in the U.S. is in the best interest of the American economy and Intel's customers, shareholders and employees.

EMAIL AND OR CALL THE WHITE HOUSE
WHITE HOUSE COMMENTS LINE: 202-456-1111
WHITE HOUSE SWITCHBOARD: 202-456-1414
WHITE HOUSE FAX: 202-456-2461

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Citizens for Fair Legislation
http://www.cflweb.org

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
http://www.al-awda.org





 

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