Dear Supporter,

Once every four years, the Democratic and Republican Parties adopt a platform that guides the policy-making of their elected officials for that period. This platform always includes a plank on Palestinian-Israeli affairs. 

I’ll cut right to the chase. I need you, Supporter, to be one of the first petition signers on our new website platformforpalestine.org, a joint campaign with Jewish Voice for Peace Action, to make sure that the parties know that we want Palestinian rights in their platforms this year. 

We’ve launched this website with an ambitious goal of delivering 10,000 signatures to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) by Wednesday, July 15.

Our petition is a straightforward statement of principles. Israel’s separate-and-unequal rule over the Palestinian people denies them their rights. Our political parties should support Palestinian freedom, justice, and equality by backing an end to Israeli occupation, the right of refugees to return, and equal rights for Palestinian citizens of Israel. And the US should end its funding for and complicity in Israel’s systematic denial of Palestinian rights.

If you agree, then please sign our petition right now.  

In addition to signing the petition, here are three things you can do today:

Help us get the word out far and wide about this campaign. We need to raise $5,000 today to reach one million social media users. Make your tax-deductible contribution right here.

You can also help us get petition signers by retweeting our message here and sharing these posts to your Facebook and Instagram with the hashtag #PlatformforPalestine.

We’re launching this campaign with JVP Action. Would your organization like to endorse the petition as well? If so, please let us know.

We need you to take action today because the parties only recently announced a very short time frame for determining their platforms because of COVID-19. 

That means we need to do everything in our power right now to take advantage of this opportunity to impact the DNC and the RNC before they finalize their positions for the next four years. 

Thank you for taking action!

Sincerely,

Josh Ruebner, Managing Director

PS: Our petition also mentions the urgency of supporting Palestinian rights in light of Israel’s impending illegal annexation of additional Palestinian land.

Don’t forget to join us today, the 15th anniversary of the historic Palestinian civil society call for BDS, on Facebook Live at 1:30 PM Eastern as a panel of experts, Dr. Osama Abuirshaid, Phyllis Bennis, and Prof. Omar Dajani, break down the legal and political aspects of Israeli annexation. Our own Education Coordinator Tarek Khalil will moderate and explain how you can be involved in our campaign against Israeli annexation.