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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dear Folks--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>A One State meeting reminder: </FONT><FONT size=2>Tomorrow
night</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>First Public Meeting -- Welcome to New
Members!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Monday, 7pm </FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Bostonians for One Democratic State in
Israel/Palestine</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Democracy Center. 45 Mt Auburn
St</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Harvard Sq</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><A
href="http://www.democracycenter.org/directions-contact-informatio/">http://www.democracycenter.org/directions-contact-informatio/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Tentative agenda:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Meet each other!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Do we want to take the London One State
Declaration</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>as the philosophical basis of our organization?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Do we want to endorse the Palestinian Civil Society
statement?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Who would like to work on the website? this involves
contributing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>idea and articles, not web tech work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Do we want to organize a One State forum/workshops in mid May,
to coincide</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>with the commemoration of the Nakbah? If so, who would we like
for speakers?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>would it be possible to have it at Harvard Law School, MIT, or
Northeastern?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Do we want to endorse the Gaza Benefit Concert, April 22?
(Principles below)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The concert is planned as both a fundraiser and a
consciousness raiser-- we</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>want to get as many organizations as possible to sign on to
the statement</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>below. Anyone wanting to help with organizing the concert,
publicizing,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>or fundraising, is more than welcome-- send me email (<A
href="mailto:amyh@texnology.com">amyh@texnology.com</A>)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>===---===</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Noble Larson made DVDs of Joel Kovel's talk at Coolidge Corner
Cinema--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>if they arrive in the mail soon enough, I'll be bringing 5
copies with me,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>and you can get one for $10 -- Ideally we will get these on
all the cable TV</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>stations in the area. He also is sending along 5 copies of the
Mearsheimer/Walt</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>talk in October.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Noble also mentioned that he was able to get a tape from Roger
Leisner of the Israel Shahak/Chomsky</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>dialogue from some time in the 80's, which he recounts as the
conversation that</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>set Dershowitz against Chomsky. Anyone know more about Israel
Shahak? this</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>might be something for our upcoming website.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>A brief history of One state activism might be useful too. I
hear that the Palestinians</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>were calling for one state years ago, and would like to know
more. We do have a Palestinian</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>contact in Gaza, Prof. Haider Eid, whose email I've forwarded
to the list separately.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>=====</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Principles Statement for Gaza Benefit Concert:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>We are called by conscience to express our outrage and to extend help to
the people of Gaza.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Due to Israel’s
siege and blockade of Gaza, 1.5 million Palestinians are living in what has been
described as the world’s largest open air prison, suffering cold and privation
due to power cuts, lack of food and water, shortage of medicines, economic
strangulation, and attacks by the Israeli army. As Americans, we are aware of
the complicity of our government in supporting and funding this ongoing
atrocity, and thus of our shared responsibility for the suffering and death of
defenseless innocents.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In
solidarity, we join with other organizations in the Boston area in endorsing the
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Benefit Concert for the People of
Gaza</I>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In so doing
we demand an end to this unconscionable and illegal collective
punishment, a</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> lifting of the
blockade and restrictions on movement, cessation of military incursions, and the
freeing of the more than 10,000 Palestinian political prisoners now</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>held in Israel. We call for immediate negotiations leading to
equal rights for all, in compliance with International Law.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><FONT size=2>(any group
wanting to endorse, please get in touch with Amy at </FONT></STRONG><A
href="mailto:amhy@texnology.com"><STRONG><FONT
size=2>amhy@texnology.com</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT size=2>,
Thanks)</FONT></STRONG></P>
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face="Times New Roman">===</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><FONT size=2>Hope to see
you tomorrow night!</FONT></STRONG></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>