[GPSCC-chat] Fw: GP ADVISORY: US Greens endorse Sept. 15 rally at UN demanding self-determination for Palestinians

[Caroline Yacoub]

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>Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:21:16 -0400
>Subject: GP ADVISORY: US Greens endorse Sept. 15 
>rally at UN demanding self-determination for Palestinians
>From: Green News - DC <dcsgpnews10 at gmail.com>
>
>
>GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
>http://www.gp.org
>
>For Immediate Release:
>Wednesday, September 14, 2011
>
>Contacts:
>Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614,
>mclarty at greens.org
>Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at gp.org
>
>
>The Green Party of the United States endorses the Sept. 15 rally at
>the UN demanding self-determination for Palestinians
>
>• Green Party Speakers Bureau: Green leaders available to speak on
>foreign policy: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php
>
>
>WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States has endorsed
>the Thursday, September 15 Palestine Rally at the United Nations, in
>support of the right of self-determination for Palestinians.
>
>The march and rally
>(http://al-awdany.org/2011/07/sept-15-palestine-rally-at-the-united-nations),
>scheduled to take place in advance of a UN vote on recognition of
>Palestinian statehood, are sponsored by the Palestine UN Solidarity
>Coalition.
>
>Participants will call for the US to cut off aid for Israel, for
>Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories, and for
>national and international boycott, divestment, and sanctions against
>Israel until it complies with numerous resolutions promising
>Palestinians their basic rights.  The Green Party has consistently
>supported these goals and spoken out publicly for sovereignty,
>equality, and the right of return for Palestinians, including an end
>to apartheid inside Israel.
>
>"For too many decades, Palestinian rights have been delayed.  The
>protests that are taking place in various cities this week will
>communicate an important message: delaying rights is effectively
>denying rights.  The time to recognize and implement rights is now,"
>said Muhammed Malik, member of the Green Party's International
>Committee (http://www.gp.org/committees/intl) and co-chair of
>Miami-Dade Green Party.  Mr. Malik will be speaking at the South
>Florida Palestinian Self-Determination Rally on September 15
>(http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=217314961638622).
>
>Marchers in New York City will gather at Times Square at 4:30 pm and
>march to Grand Central and then continue on to the UN at 5:30 pm.
>Greens plan to participate and march under the party's banner.  For
>events in Washington, DC and other cities, visit "September 15: Real
>Democracy, Not Hypocrisy" (http://www.september15.org and
>http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=219805248070924).
>
>"The UN vote alone won't solve the Middle East conflict and ensure
>Palestinians their human rights," said Justine McCabe, co-chair of the
>International Committee.  "That's why the demands of the September 15
>rally remain important.  We must place pressure on Israel and push the
>US to reverse its policy of unquestioning support for Israel's
>criminal actions, such as the 2009 invasion of Gaza, occupation of the
>West Bank and Gaza, and internal apartheid."
>
>The Green Party has called for a negotiated, peaceful resolution to
>the conflict that establishes full rights and security for all
>Israelis and Palestinians, with an immediate end to all violence
>directed at unarmed civilians.
>
>Green Party leaders view the two-state solution as a half-measure,
>intended at best to end Israel's military occupation in some parts of
>the West Bank, while not addressing the heart of the conflict -- the
>dispossession since 1948 of the majority native population of historic
>Palestine and Israel's refusal to allow Palestinian refugees to return
>home.  Greens have advocated the one-state solution, in which all
>citizens enjoy full citizenship and rights regardless of ethnicity or
>religion, and have warned that the two-state solution will result in
>ongoing conflict and violence, while the formation of a single
>democratic state would bring greater possibility for sustainable
>peace.
>
>Greens supported the Gaza-bound flotillas that faced blockades and
>assaults by the Israeli Navy when they carried food and humanitarian
>aid to besieged Palestinians
>(http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=431).
>
>
>MORE INFORMATION
>
>Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org
>202-319-7191
>• Green candidate database and campaign information:
>http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml
>• News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml
>• Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers
>• Ballot Access Page http://www.gp.org/ballotstatus
>• Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus
>• Video Page http://www.gp.org/video/index.php
>
>Press conferences, forums, and other events at the Green Party's 2011
>Annual National Meeting in Alfred, NY, broadcast and archived on the
>Green Party's Livestream Channel
>http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus
>• 2011 Annual National Meeting http://nygreenfest.org
>
>Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of
>the United States (Summer 2011 issue now online)
>http://gp.org/greenpages-blog
>
>
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