ACTION ALERT: Israel Brings Apartheid to NJ - Speak out against the Teaneck Apartheid Settlement Fair!
New Jersey Solidarity
Israel brings Apartheid to New Jersey!
TAKE ACTION - PLEASE READ BELOW TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO!
While the Zionist State of Israel uses violent means to prevent Palestinian refugees from returning to Palestine, "Amana – The Settlement Movement" will host a real estate fair in New Jersey to recruit more colonizers to illegally occupy Palestinian land in the West Bank. The event announcement declares: "Come learn how you, a group of friends or even a community can own a home and strengthen the Zionist dream."
View the event announcement here:
http://www.amana.co.il/Index.asp?CategoryID=108&ArticleID=350
Set on the hilltops of stolen Palestinian land, the illegal settlements feature lush green yards, plentiful electricity, and beautiful views of the land of Palestine. In the villages below, Palestinians are forced to endure a brutal occupation, subjected to an apartheid system of checkpoints, closures and curfews. Incursions by zionist militants (also known as the "IDF") are frequent, with the murder and maiming of Palestinians of all ages, arrests and detentions, home demolitions and harassment - all enforced sentences for the crime of being Palestinian, and all committed with the end goal of ridding Palestine of Palestinians.
The town of Teaneck, New Jersey is allowing Congregation Bnai Yeshurun to host a racially exclusive real estate fair on Sunday, February 25th at 641 West Engelwood Ave. Ten illegal settlements will be represented, making Palestinian land available to Jewish American citizens, but not to Palestinians.
The inhabitants of these colonies regularly terrorize the Palestinian communities whose land they occupy, carrying weaponry with which to attack Palestinians. Settlers regularly attack Palestinians, harassing and beating them as Palestinians attempt to live on their own land. Settlers are rarely prosecuted for their violent behavior, and when they are, receive little punishment. At the same time, Palestinians living under brutal military occupation and the settlers' guns, arrested minutes away from these settlements, are subject to arbitrary detention, military courts, and extensive political imprisonment. The universal international consensus, despite the dominance of US power at institutions like the UN, is that these settlements are unquestionably illegal under international law and have been condemned by the UN on numerous occasions.
Although in Palestine the Zionist State of Israel uses weapons, terror and
even its courts to maintain a system of apartheid which discriminates against
Palestinians, people's struggle in the U.S. has resulted in laws which are
intended to prevent discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age,
national origin, or disability. Nevertheless, this real estate fair for illegal
colonies discriminates against non-Jews, primarily Palestinians whose land was
stolen to create these "real estate opportunities." As such, this real estate
fair represents the epitome of housing discrimination of a sort that is
absolutely illegal within the U.S.
NOW IS THE TIME
TO TAKE ACTION! FIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO....
Please take action
now to express your outrage about a fair for the sale of stolen Palestinian land
taking place in New Jersey!
1. CALL UPON THE MAYOR to
speak out against this discriminatory sale of stolen land in
Teaneck:
Mayor Elie Katz - Call: 201-715-5179
Email: he...@katz07666.com
2. CALL UPON THE TEANECK MUNICIPAL MANAGER to condemn this apartheid land sale in Teaneck:
Municipal Manager Helene Fall - Call: 201-837-4807
E-mail: twspm...@teanecknjgov.org
3. CONTACT THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS about this racist, discriminatory sale taking place in New Jersey:
Call: 973-977-4500
Email: http://www.nj.gov/oag/dcr/email.html
4. WRITE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR to the Bergen Record and the Herald News - express your outrage at this apartheid land sale and the pressing need for justice; make reference to the points above:
Write to the Bergen Record: lettersto...@northjersey.com
Write to the
Herald News: hnle...@northjersey.com
Contribute to Indymedia: http://newjersey.indymedia.org
5.
PROTEST. Teaneck community members and other concerned citizens are
planning to protest the fair on Saturday, February 25. They have applied for
permits. Please watch for announcements about planned protests and contact us
with questions; we will provide you with updates!
New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine
http://www.newjerseysolidarity.org/
in...@newjerseysolidarity.org
973-954-2521