<http://www.aaper.org/site/lookup.asp?c=quIXL8MPJpE&b=5629621> <http://www.aaper.org/site/lookup.asp?c=quIXL8MPJpE&b=5629621>Dear Friends: ** *Last year, AAPER distributed a "Letter to Bethlehem" to show the people of Bethlehem -- and Palestine -- that many Americans stood with them. *We think that the letter is an important statement, but we also think that it is a great way to easily introduce more Americans to the modern realities of Bethlehem and Palestine. *And so, this year, we recirculate the letter in the form of a "Card to Bethlehem."* The card will be given to Bethlehem's mayor and a member of Bethlehem's City Council during the week of Christmas. The card's front will be the Free Bethlehem logo and its message is below. *We invite you to sign the card and, most importantly, forward it to others* so that more Americans can learn about the situation in Bethlehem and Palestine. *Sign the Card to Bethlehem today!* <http://www.aaper.org/site/lookup.asp?c=quIXL8MPJpE&b=5629621> <http://www.aaper.org/site/lookup.asp?c=quIXL8MPJpE&b=5629621> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Dear Friends in Bethlehem, **We write you** today from the United States with a message of solidarity.* *We write you* *to let you know that you and your town are in our thoughts during this holiday season.* *We write you** to let you know that Americans across our country feel pain at your plight, but pride in your perseverance. **We know **that you have lived under Israel's military occupation for more than 40 years and that your town is now disfigured by Israel’s massive wall surrounding it. **We know **that that wall has separated Palestinians from Israelis, and Palestinian children from their schools, workers from their jobs, farmers from their fields, elders from their doctors, and families from their kin.* *We know **that this situation has severely damaged your economy, particularly your tourist industry, depriving many of your townspeople of incomes and causing many of your family members, friends and neighbors to leave. *We stand with you* because we can no longer silently accept this unaccepable state. *We stand with you* because we cannot allow the symbol of human coexistence that is Bethlehem to become the symbol of inhuman separation that is segregation. *We stand with you* because we cannot stand by while the birthplace of Jesus is made into a burial place of peace. **We pledge **to make your plight known among our fellow Americans, this holiday season and beyond. * *We pledge **to make to make your liberty our labor and your cause our campaign.* *We pledge** to press our government to finally adopt a just policy toward Palestine that upholds the highest ideals of our nation -- that every human being is born equal and is endowed with inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. **We will succeed* *because the truth cannot be forever hidden from the eyes of people of conscience.* *We will succeed* *because, as more Americans learn of your people's plight, they will join our movement for freedom and equality for Palestine. **We will succeed* *because the future belongs not to the physical power of arms, but to the moral power of love, which our noble and righteous movement represents. **And when we do**, the promise of Bethlehem will be born anew, both as an earthly town and as a universal symbol of what human beings can achieve when united in the service of justice. Sincerely, ***Sign the Card Here* <http://www.aaper.org/site/lookup.asp?c=quIXL8MPJpE&b=5629621>****** ** <http://www.aaper.org/site/lookup.asp?c=quIXL8MPJpE&b=5629621>** ________________________________________________________________________________________ // /The American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights (AAPER) is America's Free Palestine Lobby. Its mission is to (a) educate Americans about Palestine and (b) help shape an equitable U.S. policy toward Palestine that advances equal rights in Israel and Palestine, peace in the Middle East, and sustainable security for the United States./ / / /AAPER’s website is /*/http://www.americansforpalestine.org <http://www.americansforpalestine.org/>/*.** ** *Keep up with AAPER on Facebook & Twitter* ** <http://www.facebook.com/pages/AAPER/136511076359526> <http://www.twitter.com/aaper>
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