Detroit Greens a local of the Green Party of Michigan

Called by: Palestine Office-Michigan; American Muslims for Palestine; Congress of Arab American Organizations of Michigan;ADC Michigan; Michigan Emergency Committee Against War and Injustice (MECAWI) and other peace and justice organizations of Metro Detroit
ON THURSDAY 1/8.....

**CARPOOLING WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF DETROIT (14350 Tireman- Detroit MI, 48228) TO DOWNTOWN DETROIT**

-----ALL CARPOOL VOLUNTEERS & THOSE IN NEED OF RIDES TO THE FEDERAL BUILDING ARE ASKED TO ARRIVE AT THE SIDE PARKING LOT OF THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF DETROIT AT ***3:50 PM*** ON THURSDAY IN ORDER TO ARRIVE DOWNTOWN IN TIME FOR THE PROTEST-----

PLEASE LOOK BELOW FOR DETAILS ON THURSDAY'S DEMONSTRATION (Cass & Michigan @ 4:30 PM) AND DISTRIBUTE WIDELY!!!

STOP THE GENOCIDAL BOMBINGS

AND SIEGE OF GAZA!

PROTEST the U.S.-ISRAELI WAR

Thurs., Jan. 8, 2009, 4:30 p.m.

McNamara Federal Bldg.

Michigan Ave. at Cass, downtown Detroit

Rally to follow protest at Central United Methodist Church, 23 E. Adams, Detroit

We condemn the US-supported Israeli siege and war on Gaza. We demand an immediate halt to ALL United States military and other aid to the outlaw state of Israel. The Zionist state is the largest recipient of U.S. aid in the world and is Washington's outpost in the Middle East. Every single one of the bombs rained down on the people of Gaza, every single fighter jet and helicopter, every piece of artillery and ammunition, is bought and paid for by the United States – excised from working peoples' tax dollars.

We demand that President-elect Barack Obama end his silence on the terror attacks and condemn Israel's actions immediately. The millions of people who elected Obama did so in large part because they want peace and an end to endless war and militarism. The murderous onslaught against the people of Gaza requires the voicing of yea or nay – to remain silent is to condone Israel's barbaric genocide against the Palestinian people.

We demand an immediate end to the 18-month genocidal siege of Gaza by the Israeli military and its U.S. suppliers. The people of Gaza have been struggling to survive with insufficient food, power and a damaged and depleted healthcare system. The world has condemned this siege as an Israeli crime against humanity.

The siege and the bombings are U.S.-Israeli war crimes. Without billions in yearly U.S. aid Israel could not bomb the 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza, cut off their electricity and kick them out of their homes. Here in Detroit and throughout the U.S., the same U.S. government lets banks foreclose on workers' homes while bosses lay off thousands of workers and millions live in fear of imminent destitution. We demand the immediate cessation of the genocidal war by Israel against the people of Gaza. We demand that the billions of dollars in U.S. aid to Israel be used instead for homes, jobs, health care and education for working people in the U.S.

Phone: 313-680-5508