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Above: President Trump displays proclamation recognizing the Golan Heights as Israeli territory. Behind him, left to right: Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, who has been working on crafting the Trump administration's long-awaited peace plan for Israel/Palestine, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jason Greenblatt, U.S. Mideast Envoy, and David Friedman, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, a long-time supporter of the Israeli settlements enterprise in occupied Palestinian territory.
Read these sections of the
Winter-Spring 2019
newsletter:
TAKE ACTION:
• NO US $$$ for Abuse of Children - goes to our action alert eblast
• Rise Against Racism, Counter CUFI
• UNITED METHODISTS' NEWS:
Response to GC2019; 2019 Resolutions;
Oppose Anti-Free Speech Bill; MFSA Says "No"; UMC Board's Actions
• PARTNERS' NEWS
Two Steps Forward for Lutherans; AMP: 500 Strong on Capitol Hill; JVP: "Zionism, a false & failed answer"
IN THE NEWS: ISRAEL/PALESTINE
• SUMUD: The Great March Continues
• UN Report: Israeli War Crimes
• Removing Last Restraints in Hebron
• Palestinian Revenues, Economic Crisis
• Waging War on Prisoners
• Deporting and Denying Entry
• Israeli Elections: Game-changer or...?
IN THE NEWS: UNITED STATES
• Ilhan Omar and a New Frontier
• US, Israel Fight Int'l Criminal Court
• Airbnb Whirlwind Ends in Disgrace
• Occupied no longer? Golan Heights
• Deal of the Century...Not!
IN THE NEWS: SPOTLIGHT
• Black-Palestinian Solidarity
• SEIZE THE DAY
Coming Events, June-Dec 2019
• THE HOLY LAND BECKONS:
News on ethical tourism AND
Upcoming 2019 Trips
UMKR Newsletter - Winter-Spring 2019
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IN THE NEWS: UNITED STATES
Deal of the Century...Not!
Above: In this recently revised U.S. government map of northern Israel/Palestine, tweeted by U.S. Mideast Envoy Jason Greenblatt, the border between Israel and Lebanon and the border of the West Bank are dotted lines and are identified as Armistice Lines. The entire border with Syria is a solid line and includes the now unmarked occupied territory of the Golan Heights within Israeli territory, in contradiction of international law and consensus.
See the map below for comparison. (Note that "Lake Tiberias" and "Sea of Galilee" are alternate names for the same body of water.)
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