(Jan 28, 2010) Last December, we asked you to make one phone call to Congress for
the sake of Gaza. Many of you did, and 54 Congresspeople heard you loud
and clear. That's the number of Congressional Representatives who
signed onto the Jim McDermott and Keith Ellison letter to President
Obama -- sent this week -- which criticizes Israel's blockade of Gaza
as "de facto collective punishment" leading to the "unabated suffering
of Gazan civilians," and calling for a lifting of the restrictions imposed by the blockade.
If you live in one of those districts:
Would you send a quick email thanking your Congresspeson?
For your information, here is a link to the signed letter, and here is the list of the members of Congress who signed it:
Jim McDermott (D-WA)
Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Lois Capps (D-CA)
William Delahunt (D-MA)
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
Bob Filner (D-CA)
James McGovern (D-MA)
John Conyers (D-MI)
Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA)
Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Barbara Lee (D-CA)
James P. Moran (D-VA)
Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
Adam Smith (D-WA)
David Price (D-NC)
Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
Donald Payne (D-NJ)
Michael Capuano (D-MA)
Andre Carson (D-IN)
Sam Farr (D-CA)
Peter Welch (D-VT)
John Tierney (D-MA)
Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Gwen Moore (D-WI)
Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH)
John Olver (D-MA)
Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
James Oberstar (D-MN)
Bruce Braley (D-IA)
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)
Joe Sestak (D-PA)
Jim Himes (D-CT)
Nick Rahall II (D-WV)
John Yarmuth (D-KY)
Michael Honda (D-CA)
Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Donna Edwards (D-MD)
Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
John Dingell (D-MI)
Brian Baird (D-WA)
Paul Tonko (D-NY)
Jackie Speier (D-CA)
Diane Watson (D-CA)
George Miller (D-CA)
Glenn Nye (D-VA)
Eric Massa (D-NY)
Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI)
Sincerely,
Sydney Levy
Jewish Voice for Peace
