The Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County will be dedicating the next peace vigil – Friday, June 4th, 5:30 to 6:30, Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa – to condemning Israel’s killing of international human rights activists who were trying to deliver aid to the imprisoned people of Gaza. Israel sent armed commandos onto a civilian ship in international waters – an illegal act which culminated in civilian deaths.* The Center, while condemning all acts of violence, takes particular issue with violent acts committed in our names and with our tax dollars. The United States, in both word and deed, through Republican and Democratic administrations, continues to fund and support extreme and disproportionate acts of violence from Israel, of which the current action is but one. Come tell Obama that “regret” is not enough. Hold Israel accountable.
For downloadable signs from Jewish Voice for Peace, go to: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/images/JVPPOSTERS.pdf
*Israel has tried to blame the deaths on the resistance they received. But international law requires that permission be granted before anyone can board a ship in international waters and it also allows a ship that is being illegally boarded to fight back in self-defense (though such violence is not condoned by the Center).
