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MET Emergency Forum! Understanding Justice and Equality for All Through the Strength of Law and Compassion

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Written by Muslim Educational Trust Muslim Educational Trust
Published: 30 January 2017 30 January 2017


Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served
MET Community and Educational Center
10330 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Tigard, Oregon, 97223

Please join us on Wednesday, February 1st at 6:30 p.m. for an important forum titled "Understanding Justice and Equality for All Through the Strength of Law and Compassion. Distinguished speakers will discuss Civil Liberties in light of President Trump's Executive Order Banning Refugees. They will also address the fear that such order has created in the local American Muslim and Arab Communities.

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Netanyahu hails Trump’s cruel racist crackdown

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Written by Ali Abunimah Ali Abunimah
Published: 30 January 2017 30 January 2017

President Donald Trump’s executive orders barring entry to refugees and ordering the completion of a southern border wall “have united the world against you,” former Mexican president Vicente Fox warned in a tweet on Saturday.

Even some Republican lawmakers are publicly criticizing Trump’s policies.

But through all the anger and chaos he has created, Trump has found at least a few staunch allies: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some of his hard-line US supporters.

Netanyahu’s public alignment with Trump’s incendiary policies will likely accelerate the erosion of some of Israel’s traditional bases of support in the US.

Read more on Electronic Intifada

American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon (ACLU) Statement on Trump's Executive Order Banning Refugees

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Written by ACLU ACLU
Published: 29 January 2017 29 January 2017



In response to President Trump's Executive Order banning entry into the United States by people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the ACLU of Oregon has joined with local attorneys to assist in the representation of anyone affected.

If you or someone you know has a family member who will be arriving in the next 72-hours from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan or Yemen at Portland International Airport (PDX), or who was detained already by Customs pursuant to President Trump's Executive Order, please call the ACLU of Oregon at (971) 412-2258 or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We are deeply relieved that, on Saturday evening, a federal judge stayed the removal of individuals with approved refugee applications, valid visas, and other individuals from the seven banned countries legally authorized to enter the United States. The stay means that people detained at airports may not be deported, but people may still be detained pending these proceedings.

ACLU Statement

TAKE ACTION: Congress Voting on Pro-Settlement Resolutions!

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Written by US Campaign for Palestinian Rights US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Published: 10 January 2017 10 January 2017

Blumenauer, Defazio, and Merkley did the right thing. Wyden of course did not! 

 

http://uscpr.org/campaigns/tell-congress-not-oppose-un-resolution-israeli-settlements/

 

TAKE ACTION: Congress to Vote on Pro-Settlement Resolution!

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Written by US Campaign for Palestinian Rights US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Published: 04 January 2017 04 January 2017

http://uscpr.org/take-action-congress-vote-pro-settlement-resolution/

 

By now you’ve probably heard that President Obama—after waiting eight years and watching Israel’s settler population increase by more than 100,000—finally did something about Israel’s unrelenting colonization of Palestinian land.

On December 23, the United States abstained on UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which reiterated that Israeli settlement activity “has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law.” This abstention allowed the resolution to pass, 14-0.

The resolution is consistent with fifty years of stated bipartisan US opposition to Israeli settlements and recapitulates the international community’s longstanding consensus on this issue. Secretary of State John Kerryadmitted that the resolution “does not break new ground.”

Nevertheless, some Members of Congress are indignant that the Obama administration allowed the resolution to pass, even though it doesn’t even threaten to sanction Israel if it refuses to comply.

Tomorrow, as one of its very first acts of business in the new 115th Congress, the House of Representatives will vote on H.Res.11 objecting to UN Security Council Resolution 2334 and the Obama administration’s abstention.

And from what we’re hearing, the Senate will soon be voting on its own version of a similar resolution.

Call your Members of Congress right now and urge them to oppose these Congressional resolutions, which are designed to protect and promote Israel’s illegal colonization of Palestinian land.

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