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Friends --

I wanted to make sure you saw this footage from the West Bank of a settler
attack earlier this month.

The video below -- circulated by Rabbis for Human Rights -- is difficult
to watch, but we cannot look away. It shows yet another violent attack on
Palestinian farmers and Israeli peace activists aimed at intimidating
Palestinian families off their land.

These attacks have been met largely with impunity and inaction from
Israeli authorities, which has only enabled the situation to get worse.
That’s why I’m asking you to join our push for accountability, justice and
an end to this appalling violence.

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As distressing as these images are, it’s vital that we confront the harsh
realities of the occupation if we are going to convince our leaders to
take the steps required to end it.

Together, we’re making clear that this type of violence and impunity stems
from a military occupation that denies fundamental equal rights and
freedoms to millions of people. That this systemic injustice is
incompatible with our vision of a just, peaceful and democratic homeland
for the Jewish people.

Your support helps us raise awareness, expose the unjust reality of the
occupation, and take our advocacy directly to the offices of our leaders
in Washington.

We couldn’t do it without you. Thank you for being a part of this work.

Ben Winsor
Deputy Digital Director, J Street

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Friends --

Israeli peace activists posted videos of the attack while still nursing
their wounds.

The images are distressing. Over a dozen masked settlers converging on
Palestinian farmers and Israeli activists in the occupied West Bank.
Beating them with poles. Setting a car ablaze. Leaving them with fractured
bones and bloody headwounds.

The footage below -- circulated by Rabbis for Human Rights -- is just the
latest evidence of a surge in violent attacks against Palestinian families
and farmers, as well as the Israelis who stand with and support them.

Over the last 12 months, these attacks have left several dead, dozens
injured and put a child in the hospital after a rock fractured his skull.
One Israeli minister called the attacks “organized terror.” Another said
that “violent settler gangs supported by the indifference of the army” are
making the lives of Palestinians “unbearable.”

Yet Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who counts the settlement movement as
part of his political base, has said the problem is “insignificant.” Week
after week, month after month, the attacks have continued.

I know this footage is upsetting to watch -- especially for those of us
who have friends in these communities and care deeply about Israel’s
future as a just, democratic homeland for the Jewish people -- but we
cannot look away. We must confront the realities of the occupation if we
are going to convince our leaders to take the action needed to end it.

[ [link removed] ]Footage of Settler attacks against Palestinians and Israeli activists.
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Friends -- We need your name on our petition calling on the
Biden Administration to push for immediate action on this.

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Every week, groups like Rabbis for Human Rights, the Olive Harvest
Coalition and Machsom Watch quite literally put themselves on the
frontline of our shared fight for justice, equality and peace. Here in the
United States, it’s vital that we have their backs.

For months, our movement has been organizing to bring more attention to
the issue of settler violence, to press for Israeli authorities to end the
impunity and prevent these attacks, and to call for [ [link removed] ]stronger US action
to stop this injustice. It’s an effort that’s gaining in strength.

In recent days, a growing chorus of leaders both in Israel and the US have
spoken out. Last week, seven prominent American Jewish groups -- including
the Reform Movement, the Conservative Movement and the Anti-Defamation
League -- called on Israeli leaders to take “unequivocal action” to stop
“ongoing terrorism and political violence committed by Jewish Israeli
extremists in the West Bank.”

We must build on this momentum and make sure that our leaders take this
crisis seriously. [ [link removed] ]Please read, sign and share our petition if you have
not already done so >>

Together, we’re making clear that this type of violence and impunity stems
from a military occupation that denies fundamental civil rights and
political freedoms to millions of people. That’s why we must commit
ourselves to ending it, and to achieving a better future in which the
rights and security of both Israelis and Palestinians are guaranteed.

Thank you, sincerely, for joining us in this fight.

Yours,

Logan Bayroff,
VP of Communications


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