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Avaaz
.org
"voice" or "song" in several languages |
 Avaaz.org is an online community for global citizens to take action on urgent
global issues, from climate change to global poverty to the crisis in the Middle
East. Our mission is to
ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decisions.
We use the latest technology to empower people to directly contact key global
decision-makers, corporations, and the media when there is an urgent opportunity
to make a difference. Avaaz.org was co-founded by MoveOn.org Civic Action and Res Publica. |
Petition to continue meaningful negotiations at
Middle East peace talks
Dear friends,
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Over 80,000 of us signed
the campaign for Real Middle East Peace Talks, and the diplomatic buzz is
growing. We put up billboards in Jerusalem created by Avaaz members there.
The response was great, including national media coverage – then a couple of
extremists vandalised the billboards. |
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Don't let
vandals stop our Real Peace Talks campaign - spread the word so we can put
our billboards back up with even more support! |
This is good news -- it shows we're making a real impact. Let's put the
billboards back up with even more signatures, and put them in Tel Aviv as well
as Jerusalem! Can you help spread the word before next week, to grow the
campaign to more than 100,000 voices for peace? Just email your friends now and
ask them to add their name at:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/real_middle_east_talks
That'll show the vandals: every time they deface our message we'll put it back
up with more support. Most Israelis and Palestinians say they want proper
negotiations: we refuse to be silenced by a small minority. You can see the
billboards via the link above. At this moment of upheaval in Middle East
politics, these mock travel adverts are challenging and disarming the Israeli
public -- here's some of what the Jerusalem Post said:
While enticing Israelis to travel by featuring attractive women and scenery
are nothing new, these billboards were created to stop Israelis in their tracks.
These ads feature "enemy states" such as Saudi Arabia and Syria in a whole new
way, with only the fine print noting that the price is for one room and a double
bed - dependent on the Saudi peace plan.
"Israelis visiting Damascus, Dubai, even Jericho is inconceivable today –
unless they're in uniform," said Hilder. "We wanted to help Israelis look and
think again about the Arab Peace Initiative."
We've had a great response to the ads, though Israel's politicians are still
dancing around the idea of real peace talks based on 1967 borders. So don't let
the extremists silence us - spread the word, get us to 100,000 and we'll put up
even more billboards!
http://www.avaaz.org/en/real_middle_east_talks
With hope,
Ricken, David, Iain, Andrea, Jeremy, Rachel, Tom, Hannah, Paul, Lee-Sean,
Galit, Graziela, Nicole and the whole Avaaz team
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PS - In our first four weeks Avaaz has made tremendous progress, with over
100,000 new members, and press coverage in major newspapers in Germany, Mexico,
the US, the UK, France, Colombia and many other countries. Our climate change
campaign has run a TV ad on three continents, and 92,000 Avaaz members
participated in a global virtual march for peace on Washington DC. The new site
is up in 10 languages and has the climate change ad and pictures from the March
in Washington, so after you sign the Middle East peace talks petition, check out
our site!
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