<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;display:inline!important"><b><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:14px"><font color="#000000"><font size="4">Jewish Voice for Peace wants you to take a stand</font></font></span></b></p>
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<b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="4"><b><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:14px"><font color="#000000">AGAINST ISRAEL'S PRAWER PLAN</font></span></b></font></b></font></b></p>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><b></b></b></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;display:inline!important"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><b><b><span style="line-height:1.15;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot" target="_blank">Sukkot</a>, Stop Israel’s Forced Expulsion of over 40,000 Bedouin People</span></b></b></b></font></p>
<p></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000" size="4"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal">Wednesday, Sept. 25</span><span style="vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal">th</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal"> 12:00pm-1:00pm</span></font></font></h1>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" size="4">The Israeli Consulate: 20 Park Plaza, Boston</font></span></font></p>
<p></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b></b></font></p><p></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Israeli parliament approved the first reading of the</span><a href="http://adalah.org/eng/?mod=articles&ID=1589" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Prawer Plan</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, which calls for the forced expulsion of 40,000 Bedouin people from their homes, property, and ancestral homeland. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">This massive violation of human rights just got a big step closer to reality. But it's not too late to stop it: if we act now, we can make a difference.</span></font></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">With the holiday of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sukkot</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> upon us, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston will be staging a holiday-themed action outside the Israeli Consulate on Wednesday, September 25 from 12:00pm-1:00pm, with a possible march afterwards.  On Sukkot we remember when our Jewish ancestors wandered through the desert with no shelter or homes of our own. We will not stand silently by and let the Israeli government forcibly remove an entire people from their rightful homes and homeland.  </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">All are welcome, and participation in a brief Jewish ritual is optional.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">  We will bring a Sukkah and signs, so no need to bring anything!</span></p>
<br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span></font><b><font color="#000000" size="3" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/362719067194181/" target="_blank">Share over facebook.</a>  </span></font></b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap">Contact </span><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:liza@jvp-boston.org" target="_blank">liza@jvp-boston.org</a></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap"> with any questions.</span></font></div>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Liza Behrendt</span><div><div><i>Organizer, Jewish Voice for Peace - Boston</i></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">603-397-2412, </font><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="mailto:liza@jvp-boston.org" target="_blank">liza@jvp-boston.org</a></span></div>
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