[ [link removed] ]People amongst the rubble of destroyed buildings in Rafah
John,
Gaza has become hell on earth at the hands of the Israeli government. A
mass famine looms and STILL Israel faces no consequences.
In days, we can start to change that.
The Olympic Committee has a major meeting in Switzerland next week. We
plan to team up with partners in order to meet them, in the streets and in
the media, with a powerful call to ban Israel from international sports
until further notice – just like they made with Russia 4 days after
Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
We know a ban is possible but we can’t win it without you – we'll need an
unbelievable amount of pressure to get the Olympic Committee to listen.
If all of us chip in we can launch a mega-campaign to get activists on the
ground, buy ads, and plan media-grabbing stunts right outside the Olympic
Committee’s upcoming meetings and Olympic qualifying events to make our
call impossible to ignore.
This is about more than sports – it’s about starting to hold Israel’s
government accountable on the world stage. Can you chip in to demand
accountability for the horrors in Gaza?
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It’s unbelievably hypocritical – the Olympic Charter says that the
Olympics should "contribute to building a peaceful world..." There is
nothing peaceful about genocide and famine. That’s why it’s so important
the Olympic Committee follows its OWN rules by banning Israel from the
games!
Billions of people globally watch the Olympics – and are watching in
horror at what is happening in Gaza. Barring Israel from the world’s
biggest television event would send a powerful message that Israel WILL be
met with resistance on an international platform.
Over 300 sports teams in Palestine have already demanded action from the
Olympic Committee. With your help, we can amplify their voices and pile on
the pressure getting campaigners on the ground, printing banners,
flyering, buying ads, and renting billboards to put our call right in the
Olympic Committee’s face.
But we just have a matter of days to pull this off. For this to work we
need the Ekō community to make as big of a splash as possible right now.
Can you chip in to make this happen?
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John, we know we can use sports to push for justice in Gaza.
After Israel's 9-day siege on Gaza in 2021, 140,000 Ekō members like you
called one of the world’s biggest sports brands, PUMA, to drop its
sponsorship of the Israel Football Association. We met with PUMA’s CEO to
deliver our message. And thanks to our collective pressure, and the
tireless work of Palestinian solidarity activists over the years, PUMA
announced it ended its relationship with Israel’s football federation last
year, months after Israel’s current invasion.
Let’s do it again!
Thanks for all that you do,
Angus and the Ekō team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]Palestine Olympic Football Team Coach Killed by Israel in Gaza – Over
1,000 Athletes Killed so far. Palestine Chronicles. 7 January 2024.
[ [link removed] ]These are the sports that Russia has been suspended from. CNN. 7 March
2022.
[ [link removed] ]Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case. Human
Rights Watch. 26 February 2024.
[ [link removed] ]Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert
says. The Guardian. 27 February 2024.
[ [link removed] ]Olympics and FIFA: Ban Israel from international sports now. Ekō.
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