DEADLINE: Wednesday April 14 at 7pm PST
Join JVP, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Judith Butler and Israeli peace groups like the Shministim, Gush Shalom, and the Coalition of Women for Peace and help make history at UC Berkeley by sending a letter of support for divestment now.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2747
On March 18, UC Berkeley’s student senate voted 16 to 4 to divest from General Electric and United Technologies because of their role in harming civilians as part of Israel’s illegal occupation and the attack on Gaza.
A week later, the Senate president vetoed the bill despite a massive outpouring of support for divestment.
But the final decision will be made ***TODAY,*** Wednesday April 14 at 7pm PST, when the veto can be overturned with just 14 votes.
The bill’s opponents have been waging a fierce campaign of misinformation, including a closed door meeting with the Israeli Consulate General where student senators were actually told that massive Jewish support for divestment is a cultural pathology. The senators have also been flooded with letters and we’ve now heard that Alan Dershowitz may be on campus.
That’s why we’re asking you to email the UC Berkeley senators to let them know why you support divestment and why they should overturn the veto.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2747
Please forward the message above to friends and family or download our 2 page fact sheet on Jewish and Israeli support for UC Berkeley divestment.
Also, you can join us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/JewishVoiceforPeace or Twitter at http://twitter.com/jvplive.
Thanks!
Sydney Levy
Jewish Voice for Peace
