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Qatar, Trump,
Israel
Chat with peacemakers and experts on Zoom:
Tuesday, May 20 at
5PM PT/8PM ET
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Dear John,
Might Qatar replace Israel as a US surrogate?
It could happen.
After sending 2,000 pound bombs to Israel, Trump bypassed Tel
Aviv on his recent Middle East trip – being greeted with the signature
Gulf state diplomacy – glitzy events and expensive promises. In what
appeared to be a snub of Netanyahu, Trump visited Saudi Arabia and
Qatar, where the latter offered to buy $200 million Boeing jets and
gift Trump a $400 million luxury plane.
Both Republicans and Democrats, alike, are raising eyebrows
at Trump’s pivot to Qatar, check-book diplomacy, with GOP hawks
screaming that Qatar subsidizes Hamas and “What about Israel?!” while
those protesting US-Israel genocide in Gaza wonder if there’s a ray of
light in the darkness of bombardment and starvation.
Join us on CODEPINK Congress to unpack Trump’s Middle East
trip, along with his side deals for the release of a US hostage in
Gaza and the restart of the Iran nuclear deal
Chat with peacemakers and experts for
our
LAST CODEPINK Congress before the Summer!
Tuesday,
May 20 at 5pm PT / 8 pm ET:
Featured Guest:
Sarah Leah Whitson is the Executive Director
of DAWN, an organization that seeks to support democracy and human
rights in the Middle East, hold abusers accountable, and reform US
policy in the region. Previously, she served as executive director of
Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Division from 2004 –
2020, overseeing the work of the division in 19 countries, with staff
located in 10 countries. Fluent in English, Arabic and Armenian,
Whitson serves on the boards of the International Centre of Justice
for Palestinians and the Armenian Bar Association.
Take Action!
CNN: Learn Your History!
On May 14, the day before Nakba
Day, CODEPINK LA, Artists Against Apartheid (AAA), and Entertainment
Labor for Palestine (ELP) staged a teach-in outside
CNN’s headquarters in Los Angeles. They confronted them
about the violence CNN enables through their reporting.
We need the media to start
telling the truth instead of growing a toxic waste dump of lies that
is drowning their own humanity. Let's teach CNN that the violence
didn’t start on October 7th. Send a follow-up letter to CNN to make
sure they hear our teaching!
Tell CNN: Learn your history!
Don’t be a shill for zionist lies!
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Leaders
Join our CODEPINK Congress Google
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foreign policy! Sign up here as a volunteer organizer.
And finally, view the entire CODEPINK
Congress archives here.
Onward toward peace and
justice,
Medea, Marcy, Grace and the entire
CODEPINK team
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