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Advocate
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Ask and inform government officials so they create a fair and balanced U.S. foreign policy on Israeli/Palestinian issues.
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Call, email or send letter to President Obama, Secretary of State Kerry, your Illinois Senators Kirk and Durbin and your local Congressperson (find contact information)
- You can read questions here submitted by University of Chicago students for former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, when he spoke at the University of Chicago on October 16, 2009. You can modify these questions and ask candidates for public office, Israeli officials or hard-line, pro-Israel advocates to answer them when they make public appearances.
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Call, email or send letter to chair or members of the following committees and subcommittees:
Appropriations Committee (House, Senate)
House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs
Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs
Committee on Foreign Relations (House, Senate)
House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
Senate Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues
Senate Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection
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Sign up for emails from websites that provide canned content for emails to government officials:
J Street
http://www.jstreet.org/
Americans for Peace Now
http://www.peacenow.org/
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
http://endtheoccupation.org//article.php?list=type&type=20
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=119
Churches for Middle East Peace
http://www.cmep.org/
Just Foreign Policy
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/index.html
Jewish Voice for Peace
http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
Catholic Relief Services Action Center
actioncenter.crs.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ac_homepage
- Sponsor a petition to deliver to your Illinois Congressperson. The Chicago Faith Coalition on Middle East Policy created a petition that was initially used in Congressional District 9. Over 1,000 constituents of Representative Schakowsky endorsed this petition (view and download a copy)
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Establish working relationships with media editors and contacts. Use letters to the editor, op-eds or call in talk shows to influence and inform. Show DVD's that present Israeli/Palestinian issues on your local public access television station. Track media coverage of Israeli/Palestinian issues through the Palestine Media Project at www.geocities.com/palmediaproject/index.htm.
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Boycott and Divest
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Protest and Demonstrate
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Annual Walk for security, justice, peace and reconciliation in Israel/Palestine held every May and sponsored by the Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine. Details on organization's website www.cjpip.org
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Check the CFCMEP calendar for scheduled protests or demonstrations
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