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Hawaiian Sovereignty Restoration Day!

     Hawaiian Sovereignty Restoration Day marks July 31, 1843, when British Admiral Richard Thomas ordered the Union Jack lowered and the Hawaiian Kingdom flag hoisted above Honolulu, ending five months of British occupation and restoring the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom government to legitimate power.

     In 2024, we are still waiting, 131 years and counting, for an end to the US illegal occupation of Hawaii, following the US military/sugar baron coup to overthrow the government of Queen Lili’uokalani in 1893.  Meanwhile, as a positive step in the restoration process, let us act to end all US military leases of Hawaiian lands at Pohakuloa on Hawaii Island, on Oahu, etc.  Also, restore Hawaii County’s historic Nuclear-Free Law (Ordinance #665) passed in 1981, but amended in 1984 to exempt the US military.  Remove the US military exemption (#84-39) Now!  Hawaii is one of the most militarized places on the planet. Hawaii, the land of aloha, has been transformed under US military occupation, into the US military Indo-Pacific command center and training ground for Nuclear War and the destruction of the entire planet.

     RIMPAC 2024, the world’s largest international war exercise concludes on August 2 after over a month. The US invited 28 other countries, including Israel, to come and bomb Hawaii as part of maintaining US global domination. Forty surface ships, 3 submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft, and more than 25,000 personnel participated. RIMPAC involved the sinking of ships (and harm to marine life) by bombing and shelling in Hawaiian waters, onshore military beach assault landings, bombing, shelling, and troop training at Pohakuloa and other areas, as well as human trafficking with military troupes entering tourist areas. Canceling future RIMPAC War Games, and ending the US illegal occupation of Hawaii Now & Forever will be a Justice, Peace, and climate victory for all!

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Aug. 2, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1192– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office

Press Release 7/22/24

Israel Prime Minister –War Criminal Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu impersonator to make an appearance at the Hawaii County Building in Hilo on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at approximately 11 AM

On that same day, the real Bibi war criminal is scheduled to speak in Washington, DC before Congress unless pressure mounts to cancel his talk,  Some Congresspeople, including Hawaii’s senator Brian Schatz are boycotting his talk.  (Good for Brian) See the story here. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/…/schatz-will-boycott… <https://spectrumlocalnews.com/…/schatz-will-boycott…>

On Wednesday, around 11 AM the Bibi impersonator will appear in a jail suite and be led around the county building by a rope with others carrying signs saying Stop the Genocide, Free Palestine, Cancel RIMPAC, etc. We welcome others to join this message for an immediate Ceasefire and peace in the Middle East.

On July 19, 2024, the UN World Court (ICJ) declared that Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory “is unlawful,” and that “all states are under an obligation not to recognize the decades-long occupation.”  Under international law, an occupying power like Israel cannot claim a right to defend itself in occupied territory.  (See Hawaii Tribune-Herald, Saturday, July 20, 2024 page A-3)

Stop the US/Israel Genocide in Gaza!

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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.org

July 20, 2024, Hilo Cancel Rimpac Protest, Stop Bombing Pohakuloa, & Stop the Genocide in Gaza Held on Hilo Bayfront near the King Kamehameha Statue