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Dear Friends:
 In August, AAPER supporters across the United
States met with their members of Congress to request that they sign a
letter asking President Obama to press Israel's government to end
its closure of and restrictions on Gaza. On Wednesday, four members
of Congress began circulating two letters calling on their colleagues to
support the same. In short, our work continues, but you are making a difference!
Rep. Jim McDermott
(D-WA) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) circulated a letter asking their
colleagues to call on President Obama to "press for immediate relief
for the citizens of Gaza". While AAPER
believes that the Israeli government's objectives in imposing
restrictions on Gaza are other than those stated in the letter, we
welcome the letter's specific request that the President "advocate
for immediate improvements for Gaza" in access to clean water, food,
agricultural materials, medicine and health care products, sanitation
supplies, construction materials for repair and rebuilding, fuel and spare
parts. It further seeks improvement in the ability of people as
well as commercial and agricultural goods to move into and out of Gaza.
Rep. James Moran
(D-VA) and Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC) also circulated a letter on Wednesday
requesting that their colleagues urge Secretary of State Clinton to
"advocate that the Israeli government end the ban on student travel
from Gaza to the West Bank, and in its place establish an
effective mechanism to evaluate and approve requests from Gaza residents
to study in the West Bank in a timely manner."
In light of both letters' clear and unequivocal support for a lifting of
restrictions on goods and movement into and out of Gaza, AAPER supports both letters, and
urges you to contact your representative and ask that he or she sign on
to both the McDermott/Ellison letter and the Moran/Inglis letter today.
Ask
Your Member of Congress to Support Congressional Letters Calling on the
Obama Administration to Press for a Lifting of Israeli Restrictions on
Gaza!
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