Free virtual screening of the film "Occupation 101: Voices Of The Silenced Majority"

Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0YKkZG6URbu2t0-bPCk2Sw#/registration

Running Time 88 minutes, 2006, English subtitles. The film screening will be followed by discussions with the audience.

Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority is an award-winning documentary film directed by Sufyan Omeish and Abdallah Omeish, and narrated by If Americans Knew founder Alison Weir. The film focuses on the effects of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and discusses events from the rise of Zionism to the Second Intifada and Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, presenting its perspective through dozens of interviews, questioning the nature of Israeli-American relations — in particular, the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, and the ethics of US monetary involvement. Occupation 101 includes interviews with mostly American and Israeli scholars, religious leaders, humanitarian workers, and NGO representatives — more than half of whom are Jewish — who are critical of the injustices and human rights abuses stemming from Israeli policy in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.

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CALL TO ACTION

1) Email Congress: Urge your members of congress to co-sponsor legislation to block additional lethal weapons sales to the Israeli military.
https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/tell-congress-block-the-bombs/

2) Tell Universities: Protect Student Rights, Reject Trump's Order
http://uscpr.org/protectstudents

3) Contact the White House, your Senators and Representative and urge them to:

✅ [FOR SENATORS] Cosponsor & vote YES on S.J.Res.20-23 & 32-35 to block weapons shipments to Israel
✅ [FOR SENATORS] Cosponsor & vote YES on S.898, a bill to restore funding for UNRWA
✅ [FOR REPRESENTATIVE] Cosponsor & vote YES on H.J.Res.68-71 to block weapons shipments to Israel
✅ Push for a permanent ceasefire and unobstructed humanitarian aid access to Gaza & the West Bank
✅ Support an immediate arms embargo on all military aid to Israel

White House Comment Line
Open Tuesday & Thursday 11am-3pm EST
Comment Line (202) 456-1111
Switchboard (202) 456-1414
Email Contact Page: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

Senator Alex Padilla
(202) 224-3553 DC office
Senator Padilla's other office locations: (415) 981-9369 San Francisco office; (916) 448-2787 Sacramento office, (559) 497-5109 Fresno office; (310) 231-4494 LA office; (619) 239-3884 San Diego office
Email Contact Page: https://www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/

Senator Adam Schiff
(202) 224-3841 DC office
Email: Schiff_California [at] schiff.senate.gov
Website: https://www.schiff.senate.gov/

Congressional Switchboard
(202) 224-3121
Contact your Representative: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

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FOR LOCAL ACTIONS (growing list gathered by USCPR):
https://uscpr.org/pro-palestine-protests/


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BOYCOTT

Boycott Captain America: Brave New World and Snow White! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/e8ede1e3adbb1594506b2558ae0ab689a92fcdee/


#BoycottReebok #NoRestforReebok https://www.instagram.com/p/DHEPPCBTdOe/


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DIVESTMENT

Learn about municipal strategies from the BNC - “Your city can join the BDS Movement”
https://bdsmovement.net/Your-City-Can-Join-The-BDS-Movement

Are There Human Rights Violations Hidden in Your Investments?
https://investigate.info/