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[ [link removed] ]A Palestinian family are squatters in their own home after it was
destroyed by Israeli forces

John,

Before dawn on one of the coldest nights of the year, Israeli security
forces raided a home while a family slept. Officers pulled grandparents,
parents, and children from bed and assaulted them, then quickly destroyed
the home and everything in it, leaving 18 Palestinians homeless.

For decades, Israel has done this again and again, demolishing Palestinian
homes to build settlements. Until now.

As Israel’s #1 trading partner, the EU has the leverage to stop the
destruction. But so far, they’ve failed to do it. So in days, a group of
international law experts are launching a new European Citizens'
Initiative (ECI) to force the EU to end trade with Israel's occupied
territories.

All we need to do is help them gather 1 million signatures and the EU will
be required to consider the ban.

It will entail tremendous effort – everything from canvassing door to door
to a massive online ad campaign. But we’ve done it before and can do it
again. John, can you chip in to power the signature campaign
and finally pressure Israel to end its illegal settlements?



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It couldn’t be clearer that Israel's incessant land-grabbing and
displacement of Palestinian communities is illegal under international
law. And without consequences for its actions, the Israeli government will
continue to raze Palestinian homes.

That's why this ECI is so important -- if we can stop the EU from trading
with these illegal settlements, it will force Israel to return to the
negotiating table to finally restore Palestinians’ rights.

Here’s what we have to do: gather one million signatures from more than
seven European countries. The process for collecting them is burdensome,
and then they all need to be reviewed to make sure each and every
signature is legitimate.

The good news is we’ve done this before as part of our work to stop
dangerous pesticides and save the bees – and we won. Now we can do it
again.

Only voting-age EU citizens are eligible to sign the initiative, but the
campaign to collect the signatures can be funded by anybody, anywhere.
That's why we're counting on you, John -- will you stand up
for the rights of the Palestinian people and chip in today?



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  Thanks for all that you do,  
Allison, Eoin and the SumOfUs team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Israeli forces demolish Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah. AlJazeera.
19 January 2022.
 
[ [link removed] ]CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE ON THE BAN OF TRADE WITH ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS.
ECCP. 23 September 2021.
 
[ [link removed] ]Ensuring Common Commercial Policy conformity with EU Treaties and
compliance with international law. European Citizens' Initative. 08
September 2021.
 
[ [link removed] ]Debt and trauma as Israel destroys Palestinian homes, businesses.
AlJazeera. 18 July 2021.
 
[ [link removed] ]Israel Begins Tearing Down Palestinian Housing on Edge of East
Jerusalem. New York Times. 22 July 2019.

 

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