<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-- please fwd widely --</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br></span></font></div><div>Sisters and
brothers,</div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> Israel's savage attack on <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1246316819_1">Gaza</span>
in December and January shocked the world. It also, as an unintended
consequence, brought people around the world together in solidarity
with the people of Gaza. We were heartened and proud to be part of the
greatest outpouring of solidarity with Palestinians in Boston in recent memory. We met together, marched together, organized together, and raised our voices
together. </div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;">
Building solidarity with Palestine, of course, predates the most
recent assault on Gaza, and it continues after the bombing. One of the
most inspiring and urgent efforts in that vein is the Viva Palestina
U.S. relief mission to Gaza. The delegation of hundreds of people from
the U.S., led by British Member of Parliament <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1246316819_2">George Galloway</span>, leaves <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1246316819_3">on July 4</span> bringing urgently needed <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1246316819_4">humanitarian aid</span>. We are excited and humbled to have been invited on the mission.</div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;">
We would like to invite you to join us in a dinner on <b>Wednesday at 9pm at Andala Cafe in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1246316819_5">Cambridge (address/link below)</span></b>
following Mazin Quimsyeh's talk at the Senior Center to celebrate and
discuss the convoy, and how it can be connected to the movement in
Boston. We are also asking for your help--in supporting the convoy and
our ability to participate in it--financially. The dinner will act as a
fundraiser for which all contributions are deeply appreciated. </div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> Your contributions are vital to the success of the Viva Palestina
convoy, and our ability to bring this aid directly to the hands of the
people of Gaza, an experience which we would then proactively use to help build the
movement here with writing and speaking. We will not be able to join this historic effort without your
help. Please read the attached letter by George Galloway, which
explains the purpose of Viva Palestina, and appeals for your support. We are trying to raise $10,000. With everyone's help this is entirely possible. <b>If you can't join us </b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1246316819_6"><b>on Wednesday</b></span><b>, please contact us directly as soon as possible and we can arrange a means to collect your contribution from you.</b> We
hope to see you Wednesday and we look forward to drawing upon our
experience in Gaza to contribute to all of our work in Boston.</div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;">
<br>in gratitude and solidarity, </div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;">Tom Arabia and Khury Petersen-Smith<br>
</div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span><span><span><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.vivapalestina-us.org/">http://www.vivapalestina-us.org/</a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;">Tom: <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1246316819_9">617-970-2701</span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;">398 Centre Street #3</div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;">Jamaica Plain, MA 02130</div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times,
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