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Tell U.S. to Support UN Resolution on Israeli Settlements
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Please add your name right now to our petition below to U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice asking her to vote in favor of this resolution.
One would expect that the Obama Administration would support this resolution since the President himself "does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements," as stated in his June 2009 Cairo address.
But instead, the Obama Administration is threatening to use its veto in the Security Council once again to protect Israel from abiding by international law.
If more than 10,000 people sign our petition before the vote, we will hand-deliver it to the U.S. Mission to the UN. Add your voice and help us spread the word now!
Dear U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice,
I urge you to vote in favor of the upcoming Security Council resolution reaffirming that Israel's settlements “are illegal and constitute a major obstacle to the achievement of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace.”
President Obama himself has stated that the United States “does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.” A 1978 State Department legal memo, which is still official U.S. policy, concluded that Israel's settlements are "inconsistent with international law."
As the Obama Administration appears to be supporting human rights in Tunisia and Egypt and their citizens' demands for freedom, the United States will lose credibility if it vetoes a UN resolution that supports those same rights for Palestinians.
The State Department said on Human Rights Day last December that “there is a single universal standard that applies to every country, including our own. We apply it to the Israelis, and we also view... Palestinians as being human beings under the Universal Declaration [of Human Rights] and entitled to those rights.”
I urge you to put these words into action by voting in favor of the UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel's illegal settlements.
I urge you to vote in favor of the upcoming Security Council resolution reaffirming that Israel's settlements “are illegal and constitute a major obstacle to the achievement of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace.”
President Obama himself has stated that the United States “does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.” A 1978 State Department legal memo, which is still official U.S. policy, concluded that Israel's settlements are "inconsistent with international law."
As the Obama Administration appears to be supporting human rights in Tunisia and Egypt and their citizens' demands for freedom, the United States will lose credibility if it vetoes a UN resolution that supports those same rights for Palestinians.
The State Department said on Human Rights Day last December that “there is a single universal standard that applies to every country, including our own. We apply it to the Israelis, and we also view... Palestinians as being human beings under the Universal Declaration [of Human Rights] and entitled to those rights.”
I urge you to put these words into action by voting in favor of the UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel's illegal settlements.