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For Immediate Release

February 15, 2003

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CFL ACTION ALERT: BELGIUM PAVES WAY FOR TRIAL OF WAR CRIMINAL ARIEL SHARON

On February 12th, Belgium's highest court decided that Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon could be tried for war crimes after his term in office ends. The U.S. cannot claim to stand for "freedom" and "liberation" while sending an astronomical amount of welfare to a colonial state led by the likes of Sharon. We will no longer vote for Representatives that turn a blind eye to the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people. Furthermore, Congress recently passed a resolution commending the Israelis for democratically" reelecting Sharon. Why do our elected Representatives feel so free to support such a man? We must show them that there are repercussions for their actions.

TAKE ACTION:

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TALKING POINTS

. *Demand that Congress and the President cut ties with all Israeli leadership currently being investigated for war crimes and all those that advocate committing future war crimes. Currently Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Mofaz are being investigated for war crimes, while Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Housing Minister Effie Eitam are calling for ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians.

*Demand that Israelis stop electing known war criminals and remind them that democratization does not mean that they can freely elect killers into their government. We cannot place ludicrous demands on the Palestinians to elect "democratic" leaders and look the other way while Israelis elect criminals.

*Demand a ban against all official Israeli visits to the US until they comply with international law and open their doors to international inspectors. It is time for the world to see what Israel is doing to the Palestinians.

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