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<div>Jewish and Palestinian activists are
currently blockading the Tukwila Boeing office
in protest of that company's support for
Israel's war on Gaza. Nine activists have
blockaded the entrance while 40 others conduct a
"die-in" nearby. A press release for the action
is below and attached. <br>
<br>
As the war in Gaza enters its third week, we
hope you will be able to cover this nonviolent
civil disobedience now underway in Seattle. <br>
<br>
Please contact us for interviews, images.<br>
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<div>Sincerely, <br>
Dan<br>
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Seattle Jewish Voice for Peace<br>
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Queers Against Israeli Apartheid<br>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 28, 2014</span></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman""> <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">Jews
and Allies Lock Down in Civil Disobedience,</span></b><span
style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">Demand
Boeing Cease Arming the Israeli War Machine</span></b><span
style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">Washington
Jews and Allies Stand Against Israel’s Brutal
Assault on Gaza</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">July 28, at 8:30 AM. At 9725
East Marginal Way S Seattle, WA 98108</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">July 28,
2014—While Israel’s offensive in Gaza enters its
21st day, deeply concerned Jews and allies from
across Puget Sound are engaging
in nonviolent civil disobedience to stand
against Israel’s
massacre of the Palestinians in Gaza
and demand accountability from the corporations
that are profiting off this war
on civilians.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">Nine
activists have just locked together to blockade
the main entrance to the
Tukwila offices of Boeing in an act of civil
disobedience. At the same time,
forty other members are staging a silent “die
in” across the sidewalk
representing the Palestinians killed in Israel’s
latest offensive in Gaza.
Members of Jewish Voice for Peace will read the
names of the more than 1,000 Palestinians
that Israel
has killed since July 8. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">Boeing
Defense, Space and Security, part of which is
located at the Tukwila facility,
is a unit of Boeing responsible for weapons
manufacturing. Boeing (NYSE:BA) has
been a major supplier of weapons to the Israeli
Defense Force, including
missile systems, F15 software, Apache
Helicopters, and Joint Direct Attack
Munitions, a guided air-to-surface weapon.
Israel is using weapons such as
these on civilian targets including homes,
mosques, hospitals, and schools.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">Demonstrators
demand that the truth be told about the
horrendous violence being perpetrated
by the Israeli government against 1.8 million
Palestinian people. Participants
in the protest point to the hugely
disproportionate use of Israeli force
in Gaza. “We
are engaging in civil disobedience at Boeing
because they are profiting from
the Israeli government’s systematic and ongoing
brutality against Palestinians,”
said Eitan Isaacson, a participant in today’s
action and an Israeli member of
Jewish Voice for Peace – Seattle.
“The Palestinian people, who have been stateless
for decades and many of whom
who are being held captive as prisoners inside
of Gaza, are being
bombarded with some of the most advanced weapons
in the world, including those
made here at Boeing. Palestinians in Gaza
have no shelters to run to and no way to leave.
“</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">Samira
Shifteh, a participant in the action and member
of Queers Against Israeli
Apartheid, another co-sponsor of today’s
demonstration, points to one of
the fallacies of the Israeli hasbara
(propaganda) spin: “The Israelis claim
they are not targeting civilians but the Apache
helicopters and F-15A
jets provided by Boeing tell a different story.
Israel is using
such weapons of war to destroy hospitals,
schools, water and electrical lines.
Such targets are clearly intended to create
widespread suffering among the
entire population.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">Sallie
Shawl, of JVP – Tacoma, another of the action’s
organizing groups, added: “Last week, 15,000
Palestinians in the West Bank risked their lives
to hold one of the largest
demonstrations there in decades. Here in the US,
people are flooding to the
streets to hold the corporations that profit off
the brutality of the
Occupation accountable. All of us, across the
world, say to the Israeli
government that there can be no ceasefire
without addressing the root causes of
the violence in Gaza: Israel’s ceaseless war
against
Palestinian freedom and equality.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">The
activists risking arrest today call upon Israel
to end its brutality and call upon American Jews
and all Americans to stand
against Israel’s military
occupation of Palestine.
The Jewish groups protesting today make clear
that, despite claims to the
contrary by the Israeli government, they and
thousands of Jews vehemently
oppose Israel’s
behavior and stand firmly with the Palestinians
of Gaza during this time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">“As a Jew,
I am outraged that Israel’s
one-sided war of choice is being done in my
name,” said Eliana Horn, a member
of Jewish Voice for Peace and a granddaughter of
Holocaust survivors. “My
Jewish values compel me to stand with those who
face violence and oppression. As
such, we call on all people of conscience to
divest from Boeing and all
companies profiting from the Israeli occupation
of Palestine
until Israel’s
brutal war against Palestinians ends. If we want
real peace, we have to take
the profit out of violence.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">The call
for an immediate end to Israeli state violence
and the call for human rights
and justice for the Palestinian people are
reverberating across the globe.
Calls for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
(BDS) against Israel and companies that profit
from the
Israeli occupation of Palestine
have intensified and are now more important
than ever.</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"
align="center"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">###</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">Today’s
action was sponsored by the Seattle and Tacoma
chapters of Jewish
Voice for Peace and Queers Against Israeli
Apartheid - Seattle.<br>
<br>
</span></p>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman""><i>Jewish Voice for Peace is a
national,
grassroots organization dedicated to achieving a
just and lasting peace that
recognizes the aspirations of both Israelis and
Palestinians for security and
self-determination. Jewish Voice for Peace has
over 180,000 online supporters,
40 chapters, a youth wing, a Rabbinic Cabinet,
and an Advisory Board made up of
leading U.S.
intellectuals and artists. </i></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><i><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman"">Queers Against Israeli
Apartheid - Seattle is a multi-racial
group of queer and trans* folks working to
cultivate solidarity for Palestinian
liberation among LGBTQ communities and
communities who stand against homophobia
and transphobia. Queers Against Israeli
Apartheid supports the Palestinian call
for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions as a
strategy for ending the racism,
apartheid, and colonial violence of the
occupation of Palestine.</span></i></p>
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