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Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 11:18:27 -0500
Subject: Fwd: JAT 30 May 2003: Petition to President Bush
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>SUBJ: Petition to President Bush
>
>At a 10 am press conference today in Manhattan, the
>Interdenominational Rabbinic Committee, coordinated by Amcha
>(the Coalition for Jewish Concerns), released the text of a
>letter they sent to President George W. Bush. The letter
>was signed by 375 congregational rabbis who serve hundreds
>of thousands of American Jews from the three major branches
>of Judaism and represent the entire religious and political
>spectrum of the Jewish community. Never before have so many
>diverse congregational rabbis come together to sign a letter
>of consensus on such an important issue affecting Israel.
>
>Noting the overwhelming grassroots response to the letter,
>the rabbis announced the launching of a drive to garner one
>million American signatures. The petition can be viewed at
>
> http://www.cjcamcha.org/
> or
> http://www.petitiononline.com/amcha503
>
>ACTION
>------
>
>1. Sign the petition.
>
>2. Spread the word.
>
>TEXT OF PETITION
>----------------
>
>To: President George W. Bush
>
>President George W. Bush
>The White House
>1600 Pennsylvania Ave
>Washington, DC 20500
>
>Dear President George W. Bush,
>
>We support and commend your courageous leadership in the
>Middle East and are sincerely grateful for your further
>deepening of the strong ties between America and Israel.
>
>Mr. President, on June 24, 2002 you presented your vision
>for achieving peace in the region. You concluded by saying,
>
> this moment is both an opportunity and a test for
> all parties in the Middle East – an opportunity to
> lay the foundations for future peace, a test to show
> who's serious about peace and who is not. The choice
> here is stark and simple. The Bible says, "I have
> set before you life and death, therefore choose
> life." The time has arrived for everyone in this
> conflict to choose peace and hope and life.
>
>The undersigned Americans, representing the entire religious
>and political spectrum of the country, are united in the
>belief that to fulfill your vision, the relationship between
>Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) must be governed
>by the following principles:
>
>1) The PA must renounce the notion of a Palestinian "Right
> of Return" to the Jewish State. This ostensible "right"
> is a ploy to destroy the State of Israel. Were the
> millions of Palestinians currently living throughout the
> world actually resettled in Israel, the Jewish State
> would cease to exist.
>
>2) The PA must dismantle the existing terrorist
> infrastructure and end its anti-Semitic incitement to
> violence before the Road Map is implemented. Additional
> obligations on the parties must be introduced
> sequentially, not simultaneously.
>
>3) Road Map advancement must be based on performance, not on
> arbitrary timetables that encourage noncompliance.
>
>Adherence to these principles offers the best prospect of
>"peace and hope and life" that we all pray for daily.
>
>Sincerely,
>
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>GENERAL POINTS WHEN WRITING A LETTER:
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>* make your viewpoint clear in the first sentence;
>* do not use inflammatory or abusive language;
>* be specific, positive, and professional;
>* let your points do the talking;
>* letters sent by fax or mail are more effective;
>* phone calls may be the most effective;
>* messages sent by email are less effective
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