JVP Northern New Jersey will be hand-delivering this letter at the Newark offices of Senators Menendez and Booker on May 30th, at noon.
Letters to Our Ruling Class (3): Protesting the Killings in Gaza
Policy of Truth
The website and group blog of Irfan Khawaja
Policy of Truth 
Coverage of the protest at NJ.com. The print version, I believe, appears in today’s Bergen Record.
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2018/05/30/aactivists-urge-booker-menendez-speak-out-octivists-urge-booker-menendez-speak-out-gaza-killings/653386002/
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Coverage at NJTV, New Jersey Public Television:
https://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/protesters-call-for-nj-senators-to-speak-out-on-violence-in-gaza/
They interviewed me, but apparently decided not to include that segment in the final version of their piece.
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Coverage at Fios1 New Jersey. There’s a snippet of the interview they did with me at 1:20.
http://www.fios1news.com/newjersey/gaza-truce-brings-little-relief-to-volatile-situation#.WxAFJO4vwdW
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Coverage from Real Progressives, via Diane Moxley (1 of 3):
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Part 2 of 3:
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Part 3 of 3:
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Senator Menendez, tweeting a few hours before he met with us.
No word on Israel’s targeting Gazan civilians, on Palestinians’ right of self-defense, on Israeli accountability for the killing of unarmed, non-threatening individuals, or on the possibility of Israel’s having violated the Leahy Law. No acknowledgement of the significance of the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and no attempt to clarify who initiated the current round of hostilities. Just: Israel is under attack, Israel needs to respond, Israeli security is paramount, and no other considerations are worthy of concern.
I’d like to think we made a dent in that attitude. But just a dent.
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