In the past few weeks, it seems like every day brings more alarming news regarding Israeli settlement activity in
the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Some of this activity poses a direct threat to the viability of a two-state
solution.
In the coming weeks, we will urge you to take action to oppose these dangerous developments.
This week, we are inviting you to a Thursday briefing call on this issue with two of the world’s leading experts on
West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements: Hagit Ofran, the director of Peace Now’s Settlement Watch project,
and Daniel Seidemann, the founder and director of Terrestrial Jerusalem. We are also urging you to send
letters to Secretary
of State John Kerry and to Israel’s ambassador to
Washington, Ron Dermer, to save the West Bank Palestinian village of Sussya.
The briefing call with Danny and Hagit will take place this Thursday, August 25, at 2:30 pm. To join the call,
please dial 951-797-1058 and enter the code 147414.
In addition to educating yourself on the current developments regarding settlements, we are asking you to join the
campaign to save the Palestinian village of Sussya, which has involved extraordinary efforts by human rights
activists both inside and outside Israel. This campaign has now reached a decisive moment.
The Israeli government is poised to make a final decision on whether to raze almost half of the village, located in
Area C on land long-coveted by settlers.
Now is the time to take action and add your voice to those of so many other activists working to save Sussya. We
know the Israeli government and leaders around the world are listening. Take action now.
Click here to send
your message to Secretary of State John Kerry.
Click here to send
your message to Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer.
