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$2.55 billion in military aid for Israel

Dear peace activists,

See below a sign-on letter from the US Campaign to End the Israeli
Occupation opposing Bush´s request for $2.55 billion in military aid for
Israel for FY2009. Please let us know via email (info@peaceandjustice.it) by
Sunday, March 2, if you agree that our group endorse this letter.

Please note: this is a sign on letter for groups and organizations. If you
would like to send your own personal letter to Congress, see:
http://tinyurl.com/2da7qd

Again, please let us know by March 2.

Anna, Gene, Maria, Maria Chiara and Stephanie
U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice - Rome
info@peaceandjustice.it
http://www.peaceandjustice.it

Sign-On Letter to Appropriations Subcommittee Opposing FY2009 Military
Aid to Israel

Deadline for Signing: March 4, 2008

TO: Senate and House Subcommittees on State, Foreign Operations, and
Related Program, Appropriations Committees

We are writing to let you know that our organizations oppose the
President´s FY2009 budget request for $2.55 billion in Foreign Military
Financing (FMF) for Israel, which would be a 9% increase over actual
spending in FY2007.This proposed increase is the first installment of a ten-
year agreement between the United States and Israel, signed in August
2007, to increase military aid to Israel by 25%, totaling $30 billion by
FY2018.

Israel uses weapons purchased through FMF to enforce its illegal 40-year
military occupation and siege of the Palestinian West Bank, East
Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip and to commit human rights violations against
Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and against civilians in Lebanon.
Israel´s ongoing use of U.S. weapons to enforce an illegal military
occupation and to commit human rights abuses places it in violation of the
Arms Export Control Act and Foreign Assistance Act.

The Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
must examine the President´s FY2009 budget request for $2.55 billion in
FMF for Israel in light of Israel´s violations of these U.S. laws. We urge the
Subcommittee to hold Israel accountable for its violations of U.S. laws and
apply the appropriate sanctions for countries that violate its terms. As long
as Israel continues to violate U.S. law, the United States must cut off
military aid, not increase it.

Signed by,

1. American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
2. Council for the National Interest
3. Jewish Voice for Peace
4. Peace Action
5. United for Peace and Justice
6. US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

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