Invest In Peace

I am an American Jew. I lived and worked in Israel in the summer of 1970 on a kibbutz. I urge you to please vote for selective divestment from companies that benefit form the occupation. It is the most powerful, nonviolent way we, as Americans, have to pressure the Israeli government to end its occupation. Only through ending the occupation will we have a chance for a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

“If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical
rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class,
and our nation, and this means we must develop a world perspective.

No individual can live alone; no nation can live alone, and as long as we
try, the more we are going to have war in this world. Now we must either learn to
live together as brothers or we are all going to perish together as fools.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Violence as a way of achieving justice is both impractical and immoral. It
is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all.
The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral
because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it
seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it
thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood
impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by
defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the
destroyers. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The ultimate measure of a community is not where it stands in times of
comfort and convenience, but where it stands in times of challenge and
controversy.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Shalom,

Larry