Protest! The Annual Oregon AIPAC Event

Please join Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights (AUPHR) and other groups for our annual protest of the Oregon American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) community dinner.

AIPAC is the largest and most powerful hard-line pro-Israel lobby organization in the United States and serves to tie U.S. and Oregon politicians closer to Israel's right wing policies of occupation, settlement expansion, and apartheid. Many local, state and federal politicians from across Oregon attend this event, which typically lays out AIPAC's political strategy for the coming year and serves to garner support and build community for AIPAC and Israel while ignoring injustice.

In part because of AIPAC, U.S. politicians are unwilling to take a courageous stand against Israel's policies and unwilling to hold Israel accountable for virtually any human rights violations. It is time for citizens to stand up and say "No to AIPAC, no to apartheid, and no to our politicians' complicity with Israeli human rights violations!"

AUPHR is providing many signs that say "Stop Funding Israeli Occupation and Apartheid" and ask that protesters dress in black attire. Help us send a unified message!

Time: 4-6pm

Date: Sunday, March 6th, 2011

Location: Mittleman Jewish Community Center

6651 SW Capitol Highway, Portland, Oregon 97219

Contact: Peter Miller, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Sponsored by Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights. Visit our web site at http://www.auphr.org

 

 

Following is a list of last year's attendees of the annual AIPAC event in Oregon on April 25, 2010. Please consider contacting your politicians and ask them not to attend this year's event. The names were announced by the AIPAC hosts at the podium.  Akiva Tor, Ron Wyden, Earl Blumenauer, and Kurt Schrader all gave speeches at the event.

Kurt Schrader stated during his speech that, "If I want to learn about the Middle East, I know who to go to, I go to AIPAC."

Kulongoski in a speech to AIPAC in 2006 said that "Even in these partisan times, support for AIPAC is an article of faith for both political parties.  This is as it should be . . ."

 

Israel consulate general Akiva Tor

Japan Deputy Consul General: Hirofumi Murabayashi

Ted Kulongoski

Ron Wyden

Earl Blumenauer

Kurt Schrader

From Oregon State Senate: Richard Devlin (D-Tualatin District 19), Martha Schrader (D-Canby District 20), and Chris Telfer (R-Bend District 27) (also candidate for state treasurer)

From Oregon House: Brent Barton (D-Clackamas District 51), Sal Esquivel (R-Medford District 6), Val Hoyle (D-West Eugene District 14), Jim Weidner (R-Yamhill District 24), Gene Whisnant (R-Sunriver District 53) , Matt Wingard (R-Wilsonville District 26), Ron Mauer (R-Grants Pass District 3) (who is also running for state superintendent of public instruction)

Clark County Commissioner Mark Bolt

Multnomah County Commissioner Judy Shiprack

Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle

Republican Candidate for Oregon Governor Allen Alley

Candidates for OR first district Republican Rob Cornilles, Republican Doug Keller, Republican John Kuzmanich, Democrat David Robinson, Republican Stephen Brodhead

Candidate for second district Democrat Joyce Segers

Candidate for fourth district Republican Jaynee Germond

Candidates for Washington's third (to replace Brian Baird): Democrat Denny Heck, Democrat Craig Pridemore

Joining Wyden, state director Lisa Rockower

Joining Earl, finance director Elizabeth Wilson

Representing Wu, field rep Brian Plinski

Accompanying Schrader, Field rep Trevor Sleeman

Representing Sam Adams: Portland Director of International Affairs Noah Siegel

Multnomah County Republican Party Chair Jay Kushner

AIPAC National President Lee Rosenberg

 

 

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