Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace
Action Alert
Action Alert - completed, 12/17/03
[POSTED: December 1st, 2003]
Support the Geneva Accord: Write to Congress Now
Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congresswoman Lois Capps have introduced resolutions into the Senate and House in support of the Geneva Accord. Brit Tzedek, in concert with Americans for Peace Now and the Israel Policy Forum, is actively supporting this initiative. APN and IPF are advocating intensively on Capitol Hill. We urge you to support these efforts by participating in a massive grassroots campaign of faxes, telephone calls, and emails urging our Congressional representatives to co-sponsor these landmark resolutions.
We don't yet have our one-click-does-it-all software (coming soon on a computer near you!), so you will need to do it the harder way by clicking on one of the two links listed below--one link will allow you to identify your senators and representative and retrieve their telephone and fax numbers, the other will allow you to identify them and email them directly--depending on which method of communication you prefer.
Below are sample letters for fax or email transmission, as well as talking points for phone calls.
It is crucial that your elected representatives hear from you this week. This is a unique opportunity, one that we have all been waiting for a long time, to activate Congress in support of Israeli-Palestinian peace initiatives.
Please take action, and send this email on to others, as widely as you can.
Please let us know that you have responded to this action alert by sending an email to advocacy@btvshalom.org so that we can gauge the impact of this action alert.
L'Shalom,
Steve Masters, Chair, and Diane Balser, Co-Chair
Advocacy/Public Policy Committee
To look up the phone/fax numbers of your senators and representative, [click here]
To send an email message to your senators and representative, [click here]
Sample Fax Message
| TO SENATORS:
Dear ___________, I am an American Jew and supporter of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace. I urge you to co-sponsor the Senate resolution being introduced this week by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ). The resolution applauds the efforts of Israelis and Palestinians working privately toward peace and urges President Bush and Israeli and Palestinian leaders to embrace these efforts. sincerely, [SIGN YOUR NAME] |
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| TO REPRESENTATIVES:
Dear ____________, I am an American Jew and supporter of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace. I urge you to co-sponsor the House resolution being introduced this week by Representatives Lois Capps (D-CA) and Amo Houghton (R-NY). The resolution applauds the efforts of Israelis and Palestinians working privately toward peace and urges President Bush and Israeli and Palestinian leaders to embrace these efforts. Sincerely, [SIGN YOUR NAME] |
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TALKING POINTS
- You are an American Jew.
- You are a supporter of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace.
- You ask that [your Senators _____________] co-sponsor the Senate Resolution introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein and others in support of the efforts of Israelis and Palestinians working privately toward peace and urging the President and Israeli and Palestinian leaders to embrace these efforts.
- You ask that [your Representative ______________] co-sponsor the House Resolution introduced by Congresswoman Lois Capps and others in support of the efforts of Israelis and Palestinians working privately toward peace and urging the President and Israeli and Palestinian leaders to embrace these efforts.
BACKGROUND
- SENATE RESOLUTION 276
- Text of the Senate Resolution [click to read]
- Press Release from Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on the Senate Resolution [click to read]
HOUSE RESOLUTION PARALLEL TO S. RES. 276 (to be introduced December 8, 2003) - Text of the House Resolution [click to read]
- Press Release from Representative Lois Capps (D-CA) on the House Resolution [click to read]
BACKGROUND ON THE GENEVA ACCORD - Haaretz Geneva Accord page: [click to read]
- HOUSE RESOLUTION 462: Text of House Resolution 462 [click here]