Wed 7/16: Jews Join in Mourning Gaza in Chicago | 4pm

Jewish Voice for Peace // www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org

BREAKING MEDIA ADVISORY
Activists Enter Boeing HQ, Protest for Gaza - Boeing, War Profiteer, Provides Israel with Machinery


Coverage:

Police Arrest 5 Anti-Israel Protesters At Boeing HQ | via CBS 2 Chicago
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/07/17/police-arrest-5-anti-israel-protesters-at-boeing-hq/

5 arrested at Boeing headquarters protest amid Gaza conflict | via ABC 7 Chicago
http://abc7chicago.com/news/5-arrested-at-boeing-headquarters-protest-amid-gaza-conflict/193188/

Storify with photos and tweets:
https://storify.com/plussone/chicago-vigil-for-gaza-and-boeingbds-action-6-arre



****** Boeing Caught Red-Handed in Gaza ******
JVP and allies across the country take action against companies profiting from Gaza bloodbath

WHEN: 5:00 P.M. Wednesday, June 16th, 2014

WHERE: Boeing Company (100 N. Riverside Plaza)

WHO: The Chicago branch of Jewish Voice for Peace, in partnership with the American Friends Service Committee and the Chicago Anti-War Committee.

WHAT: As part of coordinated actions across the country targeting complicity in the Israeli assault on Gaza, Chicago activists are entering the premises of multinational aeronautics giant Boeing’s corporate headquarters. We are doing so to point to the blood on the hands of war profiteers like Boeing who provide Israel with the machinery to kill over 200 Palestinians with impunity, 80% of whom were civilians.

WHY: For a lasting peace to be achieved, Israel must be held accountable for its human rights violations. In solidarity with the international Palestinian call for nonviolent resistance to Israeli brutality through boycotts, divestment, and sanctions, we call for end of the ability of companies like Boeing to make massive profits from Israeli-inflicted bloodshed. The Boeing Company was listed in 2012 as the second biggest arms supplier worldwide. Boeing has sold Israel F-15A fighter jets and Apache AH 64 helicopters used in attacks on Gaza. We must divest university endowments, pension funds, and church funds from companies like Boeing that profit from and perpetuate the suffering of the occupation. Only when the profit is taken out of endless war will Israel takes the necessary steps toward peace by ending the occupation and siege of the West Bank and Gaza. Otherwise, more wars like the current one will erupt.


	VIDEO/PHOTO: Follow @ChicagoDivests, @ChicagoJVP

	Photos from the vigil and action:

	***  via @ChicagoJVP  ***
	Arrest at Boeing: pic.twitter.com/3c9wdjBsqQ
	Protesters at Boeing: pic.twitter.com/sdV5QpW7Gq
	Police at Boeing: pic.twitter.com/yUskoTxW2o
	Demonstrators inside Boeing (1): pic.twitter.com/PAh39Vjtln
	Demonstrators inside Boeing (2): pic.twitter.com/xbRY2oy3g4
	Vigil at Israeli Consulate (1): pic.twitter.com/JyM8SUU6eJ
	Event flyer: pic.twitter.com/x1AsWCfDmR

	***  via @ChicagoDivests  ***
	Arrest at Boeing (1): pic.twitter.com/sKafSKbd0f
	Arrest at Boeing (2): pic.twitter.com/ksX8USFFuI
	Demonstrators inside Boeing (1): pic.twitter.com/2cIPSioT7L
	Vigil at Israeli Consulate: pic.twitter.com/i0LyZ0MnHN

	***  via @meinemischung  ***
	Arrest at Boeing: pic.twitter.com/05Cin6ryYm
	Demonstrators inside Boeing: pic.twitter.com/XRyUlh849l
	Vigil at Israeli Consulate: pic.twitter.com/b2nZWZeeN3

	***  via @shirienbean  ***
	Arrests at Boeing: pic.twitter.com/fP8ELg5rk7
	Vigil at Israeli Consulate: pic.twitter.com/deUxOcxESI
	Demonstrators inside Boeing: pic.twitter.com/laBTMunjJG




Chicago Jewish Voice for Peace
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jewish-Voice-for-Peace-Chicago/115079878546208

American Friends Service Committee
https://www.facebook.com/AFSCchicago

Chicago Anti-War Committee
http://antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com/

WeDivest
https://wedivest.org/

Chicago Divests
https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoDivests


Jewish Voice for Peace (www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org) is a national, grassroots organization dedicated to achieving a just and lasting peace that recognizes the aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians for security and self-determination. Jewish Voice for Peace has over 130,000 online supporters, 40 chapters, a youth wing, a Rabbinic Cabinet, and an Advisory Board made up of leading U.S. intellectuals and artists.
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Jewish Voice for Peace // www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org
MEDIA ADVISORY


Jews Join in Mourning Gaza

Jewish Voice for Peace joins with others to mourn the casualties of Israel’s aggressive war in Gaza


	WHEN: 4:00-5:30 P.M. Wednesday, June 16th, 2014

	WHERE: Israeli Consulate General (500 W. Madison St.)

	WHO: The Chicago branch of Jewish Voice for Peace, in partnership with the American Friends Service Committee and
	the Chicago Anti-War Committee.

	WHAT: Expressing the grief of Palestinians and the world at the 200+ Palestinians dead as a result of
	Israeli bombardment of the Gaza strip. Communities in Palestine and across the world are reeling, and we will join
	members of various faiths in mourning the passing of those killed, 80% of whom were civilians. As American Jews,
	we will also call for accountability for Israel and the U.S.’s role in the suffering: as long as Israel maintains
	its occupation of the West Bank and ongoing siege of Gaza, we must call for an end to US military aid to Israel
	and heed the international Palestinian call for nonviolent resistance to Israeli brutality through boycotts and
	divestment form companies that profit from the occupation, and sanctions against Israel for its human rights
	violations.

	WHY: The trauma of Palestinians who have lost friends and family members to Israel’s bombardment must be made
	visible and prominent in the United States. The United States Government is directly responsible for Israel's
	attacks on the people of Gaza. The U.S. gives Israel $3.1 billion a year: our tax dollars are being used to kill
	civilians overseas. Major U.S. corporations, as well, profit from the bloodshed and have a stake in continuing it.

	VIDEO/PHOTO: Follow @ChicagoDivests and @ChicagoJVP on Twitter.

Vigil Facebook Event
https://www.facebook.com/events/691920807528076/

Chicago Jewish Voice for Peace
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jewish-Voice-for-Peace-Chicago/115079878546208

American Friends Service Committee
https://www.facebook.com/AFSCchicago

Chicago Anti-War Committee
http://antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com/


Jewish Voice for Peace (www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org) is a national, grassroots organization dedicated to achieving a just and lasting peace that recognizes the aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians for security and self-determination. Jewish Voice for Peace has over 130,000 online supporters, 40 chapters, a youth wing, a Rabbinic Cabinet, and an Advisory Board made up of leading U.S. intellectuals and artists.


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