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this is the time
to be anything but
silent
Layoffs exceeding 610,000 [1] since November 2008
and yet the money we've paid our government to serve us is being
given away:
"the United
States supports increased levels of Foreign Military Financing (FMF)
grants assistance to Israel in future years . . . Total assistance
over the course of this understanding would equal $30
billion."[2]
"Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of US
foreign assistance since World War II. . . Israel has developed an
advanced industrial economy which, according to the World Bank,
places it among the top 50 richest nations in terms of per capita
income . . . With Israel becoming more economically self-sufficient
. . ."[3]
Israel possesses near unrivaled science and weapons
development programs, yet our schools are being closed. Our
friends and families are losing their businesses, their jobs, their
homes. Not only that our hard earned wages are being turned
into tools of apartheid and oppression.
a call to
artists,
musicians, actors,
and wordsmiths:
It is
our aim to host fundraising and public awareness events around
Seattle, and ultimately across the US. All artists can be involved
as little or as much as you choose. But we will need all of you… for
everything from promotions to performances to simply spreading the
word by mouth.
For creative involvement check in at call to artists. This
will be updated regularly.
If
you wish to be involved in grassroots organizing, please visit the
act page, or contact viola at admin@a2eto.org.
[1]
Forbes Layoff Tracker as compiled by Klaus
Kneale.
[2] From
Memorandum of Understanding signed by R. Nicholas Burns,
Undersecretary of State, and Aaron Abramovich, Director General,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
[3]
CRS Report for Congress, US Foreign Aid to Israel
Jan 2, 2008, by Jeremy M Sharp, Specialist in Middle Eastern
Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade
Division.
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