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Occupation magazine - Activism Home page  back Print  Send To friend Bernie Sanders sponsors special Congressional Briefing: Palestinian children speak about peace Event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/353754621722770/ By Donna Baranski-Walker Congressional Briefing: Palestinian children speak about peace Initiated by þþýChurches for Middle East Peaceýþ and þýRebuilding Allianceýþþ Place: United States Capitol Building, Visitors Center room SVC 212-10 (Senate Side), Washington, DC The office of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is sponsoring a special briefing on Capitol Hill, on Tuesday at 10:30am in SVC 212-10, for International Peace Day featuring Palestinian children and human rights defenders including Rabbi Arik Ascherman from Torat Tzedek, and Alon Cohen-Lifshitz from Bimkom: Planners for Planning Rights. The Palestinian children will present their vision of peace. They are among thousands in the U.S. and around the world making #PinwheelsforPeace, writing down what peace means and drawing what peace looks like, then forming a pinwheel that turns in the wind. They come from the Palestinian villages of Susiya and Al Aqaba, and from Gaza City. This is the 3rd Annual #ICareAboutPeace Congressional Briefing. Invited by Rebuilding Alliance, an American non-profit dedicated to rebuilding war-torn communities and bringing the world together to keep them safe. Congressional action is key: •Susiya Village is facing the very real risk of demolition because the Israeli Army denied their master plan. Their appeal before Israel’s High Court awaits the pronouncement of Israel’s Minister of Defense, due on Oct. 1st. We ask Congressional intervention to keep Susiya standing. •Al Aqaba is the first Palestinian village in the West Bank’s Area C to issue its own building permits in accordance with their master zoning plan. They need your help to keep 22 new homes standing. It has been two years and no demolition orders were issued - let`s keep them safe! •Gaza City, like all of Gaza, is experiencing 22 hours of blackout every day. We ask Congress to assure shipments of Nur al-Amal (light of hope) solar lanterns to all 750,000 children in Gaza and help lift the blockade so that families will have jobs and be able to pay their electric bills. It is our hope that upon hearing their presentation, members of Congress will personally make calls to the Israeli Embassy to express concern, stop the demolitions, recognize Palestinian planning rights, assure due process, and turn on the lights in Gaza. If your org or peace group would like to co-sponsor, please do message us. The briefing is called #ICareAboutPeace. Constituents (that`s you!) are invited and please invite your members of Congress, click here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-members-of-congress-to-attend- intl-peace-day-briefing Please share with friends! Links to the latest articles in this section Sunita`s Harp Tour in Israel and Palestine, Oct.-Nov. 2019 Sunita`s Harp Tour in Israel and Palestine, Oct.-Nov. 2019 Touring the Israeli Occupation: Young U.S. Jews Get an Unflinching View