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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>----- Forwarded Message ----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> shane que hee <squehee@ucla.edu><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wed, September 14, 2011 6:05:20 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> GP ADVISORY: US Greens endorse Sept. 15 rally at UN demanding self-determination for Palestinians<BR></FONT><BR><BR>>Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:21:16 -0400<BR>>Subject: GP ADVISORY: US Greens endorse Sept. 15 <BR>>rally at UN demanding self-determination for Palestinians<BR>>From: Green News - DC <<A href="mailto:dcsgpnews10@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:dcsgpnews10@gmail.com">dcsgpnews10@gmail.com</A>><BR>><BR>><BR>>GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES<BR>>http://www.gp.org<BR>><BR>>For Immediate Release:<BR>>Wednesday, September 14,
2011<BR>><BR>>Contacts:<BR>>Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614,<BR>><A href="mailto:mclarty@greens.org" ymailto="mailto:mclarty@greens.org">mclarty@greens.org</A><BR>>Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, <A href="mailto:starlene@gp.org" ymailto="mailto:starlene@gp.org">starlene@gp.org</A><BR>><BR>><BR>>The Green Party of the United States endorses the Sept. 15 rally at<BR>>the UN demanding self-determination for Palestinians<BR>><BR>>• Green Party Speakers Bureau: Green leaders available to speak on<BR>>foreign policy: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php<BR>><BR>><BR>>WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States has endorsed<BR>>the Thursday, September 15 Palestine Rally at the United Nations, in<BR>>support of the right of self-determination for Palestinians.<BR>><BR>>The march and rally<BR>>(<A
href="http://al-awdany.org/2011/07/sept-15-palestine-rally-at-the-united-nations" target=_blank>http://al-awdany.org/2011/07/sept-15-palestine-rally-at-the-united-nations</A>),<BR>>scheduled to take place in advance of a UN vote on recognition of<BR>>Palestinian statehood, are sponsored by the Palestine UN Solidarity<BR>>Coalition.<BR>><BR>>Participants will call for the US to cut off aid for Israel, for<BR>>Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories, and for<BR>>national and international boycott, divestment, and sanctions against<BR>>Israel until it complies with numerous resolutions promising<BR>>Palestinians their basic rights. The Green Party has consistently<BR>>supported these goals and spoken out publicly for sovereignty,<BR>>equality, and the right of return for Palestinians, including an end<BR>>to apartheid inside Israel.<BR>><BR>>"For too many decades, Palestinian rights have
been delayed. The<BR>>protests that are taking place in various cities this week will<BR>>communicate an important message: delaying rights is effectively<BR>>denying rights. The time to recognize and implement rights is now,"<BR>>said Muhammed Malik, member of the Green Party's International<BR>>Committee (http://www.gp.org/committees/intl) and co-chair of<BR>>Miami-Dade Green Party. Mr. Malik will be speaking at the South<BR>>Florida Palestinian Self-Determination Rally on September 15<BR>>(<A href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=217314961638622" target=_blank>http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=217314961638622</A>).<BR>><BR>>Marchers in New York City will gather at Times Square at 4:30 pm and<BR>>march to Grand Central and then continue on to the UN at 5:30 pm.<BR>>Greens plan to participate and march under the party's banner. For<BR>>events in Washington, DC and other cities,
visit "September 15: Real<BR>>Democracy, Not Hypocrisy" (http://www.september15.org and<BR>><A href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=219805248070924" target=_blank>http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=219805248070924</A>).<BR>><BR>>"The UN vote alone won't solve the Middle East conflict and ensure<BR>>Palestinians their human rights," said Justine McCabe, co-chair of the<BR>>International Committee. "That's why the demands of the September 15<BR>>rally remain important. We must place pressure on Israel and push the<BR>>US to reverse its policy of unquestioning support for Israel's<BR>>criminal actions, such as the 2009 invasion of Gaza, occupation of the<BR>>West Bank and Gaza, and internal apartheid."<BR>><BR>>The Green Party has called for a negotiated, peaceful resolution to<BR>>the conflict that establishes full rights and security for all<BR>>Israelis and Palestinians, with an immediate
end to all violence<BR>>directed at unarmed civilians.<BR>><BR>>Green Party leaders view the two-state solution as a half-measure,<BR>>intended at best to end Israel's military occupation in some parts of<BR>>the West Bank, while not addressing the heart of the conflict -- the<BR>>dispossession since 1948 of the majority native population of historic<BR>>Palestine and Israel's refusal to allow Palestinian refugees to return<BR>>home. Greens have advocated the one-state solution, in which all<BR>>citizens enjoy full citizenship and rights regardless of ethnicity or<BR>>religion, and have warned that the two-state solution will result in<BR>>ongoing conflict and violence, while the formation of a single<BR>>democratic state would bring greater possibility for sustainable<BR>>peace.<BR>><BR>>Greens supported the Gaza-bound flotillas that faced blockades and<BR>>assaults by the Israeli Navy when they
carried food and humanitarian<BR>>aid to besieged Palestinians<BR>>(<A href="http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=431" target=_blank>http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=431</A>).<BR>><BR>><BR>>MORE INFORMATION<BR>><BR>>Green Party of the United States <A href="http://www.gp.org/" target=_blank>http://www.gp.org</A><BR>>202-319-7191<BR>>• Green candidate database and campaign information:<BR>>http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml<BR>>• News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml<BR>>• Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers<BR>>• Ballot Access Page http://www.gp.org/ballotstatus<BR>>• Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus<BR>>• Video Page http://www.gp.org/video/index.php<BR>><BR>>Press conferences, forums, and other events at the Green Party's 2011<BR>>Annual National Meeting in Alfred, NY, broadcast and archived on the<BR>>Green Party's Livestream
Channel<BR>><A href="http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus" target=_blank>http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus</A><BR>>• 2011 Annual National Meeting http://nygreenfest.org<BR>><BR>>Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of<BR>>the United States (Summer 2011 issue now online)<BR>>http://gp.org/greenpages-blog<BR>><BR>><BR>>~ END ~<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>