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

[Green Party of California Updates]

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
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For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, September 14, 2011




The Green Party of the United States endorses the Sept. 15 rally at the UN
demanding self-determination for Palestinians

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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).


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