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Insanity Break: The Terms

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NJDhockeyfan6/19/2012 7:25:20 am PDT

At the NC Democratic Party State Convention in NC they had many Resolutions for Consideration including this one:

26. BRINGING A JUST PEACE TO THE MIDDLE
EAST: ISRAEL AND PALESTINE (4TH CD)

June 16, 2012

WHEREAS, U.S. provides Israel $3 billion annually
in military aid;

WHEREAS, the Israeli occupation,
disenfranchisement and impoverishment of
significant numbers of the Palestinian population, and
Israel’s overwhelming military might and its role as
the only nuclear power threaten stability in a region
witnessing increased demands for democracy and an
end to autocratic rule;

WHEREAS, Israel uses this aid to continue its
illegal occupation, demolition of Palestinian homes,
expansion of existing illegal settlements built on
expropriated Palestinian land, and a continued
blockade of essential goods from Gaza, a blockade
causing a UN documented humanitarian crisis;

WHEREAS, U.S. military aid has caused increased
violence and insecurity to Israelis, Palestinians, and
helps subvert any prospect for peace;

WHEREAS, Israel’s human rights violations and its
illegal occupation and settlements violate
International and U.S. law, including the U.S. Arms
Export Control Act of 1976; and

WHEREAS, the escalating tension between Israel,
the Palestinians, and the Arab world in the Middle
East threatens the peace and stability of the region
and the world;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the North
Carolina Democratic Party hold its elected congress
members and senators accountable for helping end
our government’s role in continuing the Israeli
Palestinian tragedy by making the human rights of
both peoples central to U.S. foreign policy by ending
Israel’s illegal occupation, by advocating for a viable
Palestinian state, and membership of that state in the
United Nations;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the North
Carolina Democratic Party urge its congressional
delegation to support the following principles that
will insure a just and secure peace for both peoples,
including:

Bringing all parties, including Hamas, to the table to
negotiate an end to the Israeli Occupation and a
secure peace based on the 1967 borders;
An immediate end to settlement expansion and
removal of existing settlements in the West Bank and
East Jerusalem;

An end to Palestinian house demolitions;
A halt to further construction of the wall;
An end to the Gaza blockade;
The establishment of a nuclear free zone in the
Middle East;

Redirecting U.S. Military aid to Israel to promote
social and economic development for peace in both
Israel and Palestine;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the North
Carolina Democratic Party press our NC
Congressional delegation to demand the State
Department implement Federal legislation that
prohibits use of U.S. military aid to support human
rights violations, breaches of international law and
UN Security Council Resolutions.

Ugh.