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<h1><b>Protest Olmert!<br><br>
</b></h1><h2><b>Union Square, San Francisco<br>
October 22
6pm</b></h2><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2><b>
<a href="http://www.stopaipac.org/olmertprotest.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.stopaipac.org/olmertprotest.htm<br><br>
</a></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Protest</b> <b>Ehud
Olmert, former Prime Minister and war criminal for his role in the
brutal attack on Gaza in December/January, who will be appearing as a
speaker for the
<a href="http://www.itsyourworld.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=2578&SnID=2">
World Affairs Council</a>. (see also
<a href="http://www.stopaipac.org/olmertprotest.htm#chicago">Chicago</a>
)<br><br>
</b>On Thursday October 22, while former Prime Minister Olmert speaks in
the St Francis Hotel, we will be gathered outside on Union Square. We
want Israel and its leaders held accountable for their crimes against the
people of Palestine and Lebanon.<br><br>
We support the findings of the
<a href="http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=2352">Goldstone
Report</a>, that detail the crimes committed by Israel during its war
against the whole people of Gaza of last December/January, in
"Operation Cast Lead". President Obama and most politicians
have simply refused to take this report seriously, some by vocally
rejecting it, or just ignoring it completely.<br><br>
It is therefore up to us, civil society, to again do what politicians are
just too afraid to do. Call for universal application of human rights and
international law. This will be the message of our protest. We demand
that Olmert, who initiated "Operation Cast Lead" be held
directly responsible for the crimes that took place. Olmert is also
responsible for the insane attack against Lebanon in the Summer of 2006.
Olmert shares criminal responsibility for the siege on Gaza that leaves
children hungry and 1.5 million people in desperate
circumstances.<br><br>
Please plan on being there. Please spread the word. We need to stand
together to create a new reality. We will not accept that Israel may act
with impunity and total disregard for human life. This protest is our
opportunity to stand up and be counted.<br><br>
</font><h2><b>Chicago October
15th</b></h2><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><b><a name="chicago">
</a>Protest in Chicago<br><br>
</b>Al-Awda, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)-Chicago,
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), Arab Student Union at Moraine
Valley, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN), International
Solidarity Movement (ISM), Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG), Students for
Justice in Palestine (SJP) at DePaul & UIC, respectively, and United
States Palestine Community Network (USPCN) ask you all to join us
to.....<br><br>
Protest Ehud Olmert at University of Chicago<br><br>
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WHEN: Thursday, October 15th, at 3:30 PM<br><br>
WHERE: University of Chicago's Mandel Hall<br>
1131 E. 57th Street, Chicago (Hyde Park)<br><br>
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be speaking at the
University of Chicago next Thursday, October 15th. He has been invited by
the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, which is using
grant money supplied by King Abdullah II of Jordan to pay for the
program.<br><br>
A coalition of Palestinian, Muslim and human rights groups are outraged
that the University of Chicago would invite Olmert, who was prime
minister during Operation Cast Lead, in which Israel Defense Forces
killed more than 1,400 Palestinians and wounded more than 5,300. Olmert
is also responsible for implementing the siege on Gaza, now well into its
third year. The siege has plunged more than 80 percent of the population
into abject poverty. More than 400,000 people have no access to clean
drinking water, according to the United Nations. Israel is violating
international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention in denying basic human
and civil rights to the occupied people of Palestine. <br><br>
In light of the Goldstone Report, which found Israel guilty of war crimes
and possible crimes against humanity during Operation Cast Lead in
December 2008 and January 2009, we denounce the Harris School for its
completely unacceptable and reprehensible invitation to Olmert.<br><br>
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