LAST CALL!: Upcoming Hilo Peace Action Tuesday, Nov. 21st.
Monday, November 20th, 2023
Special Hilo Action Tuesday, Nov. 21st from 10 AM -Noon at Hawaii County Building
See info below
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Call for a CEASEFIRE in Gaza and the escalating violence in the Middle East.
Call for canceling the lease and seizure of Hawaiian lands by the US military at Pohakuloa. Stop the Bombing and all live-fire at Pohakuloa! Clean up the military toxic mess, and return the land to the Hawaiian people. Pohakuloa live-fire bombing area located in the dry, windy, center of Hawaii Island is a Lahaina firestorm in the making.
Meet Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023 – 10 AM -Noon
Hawaii County Building in Hilo – 25 Aupuni Street entrance
to urge Mayor Mitch Roth (808) 961‑8211 and Council members (808) 961-8225 to take action on the above concerns, and place Ceasefire, and Cancel Pohakuloa Lease ribbons on the County’s peace poles.
Join in national and international peace actions here https://www.codepink.org
Also – Go to https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ to send the following message to Congress
I am writing as your constituent to urgently ask that you call for a ceasefire to end the deadly violence unfolding right now in Gaza and become a cosponsor of H.Res 786, the Ceasefire Now resolution.
Since October 7, over 10,800 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes, including over 4,300 children. Countless more are trapped and buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings. The Israeli military’s indiscriminate bombing of the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza has hit schools, hospitals, ambulances, and flattened entire neighborhoods. The scale of the catastrophe is overwhelming.
The Israeli military has also tightened its 16-year military blockade of Gaza, suffocating and starving the Palestinians who live there — over half of whom are children. Hospitals have run out of the power and fuel they need to save lives. The entire health care system has collapsed.
There is no military solution, and we cannot bomb our way to peace. I call on you, as my representative, to urgently demand a ceasefire to prevent the further loss of life, ensure the release of hostages and everyone arbitrarily detained, and to allow the entrance of life-saving humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The U.S. must focus on a political solution, de-escalation, and ceasefire. Not fuel violence by the Israeli military by supporting its attacks and sending more weapons. U.S. complicity in Israel’s occupation, blockade, and apartheid must end.
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You are also urged to call your elected officials on the above matters.
Congressperson Jill Tokuda Phone: (202) 225-4906, Phone: (808) 746-6220 https://tokuda.house.gov/
Senator Brian Schatz Phone: (202) 224-3934, (808) 523-2061 schatz.senate.gov.
Senator Mazie Hirono, Phone (202-224-6361) or (808-522-8970) or email hawaiioffice@hirono.senate.gov. https://www.hirono.senate.gov
Contact State Representatives and Senators here: https://lrb.hawaii.gov/par/
Contact Hawaii County Council members here: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/legislative/county-council/council-members-and-districts
Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawai’i 96760
Phone (808) 966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org to receive our posts.
For more information see: https:malu-aina.org
-- Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawai'i 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.orgReminder Hilo Peace Vigil every Friday at the downtown Post Office 3:30 – 5 PM
