Sample JAT Action Alert:
Rutgers Hosting Group Supporting Terrorism


DATE:	08 July, 2003
TYPE:	Action Item
SCOPE:	United States

SUBJ:	Rutgers Hosting Group Supporting Terrorism

ISSUE
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From October 10 to 12, 2003, Rutgers University plans to
host the Third National Conference of the International
Solidarity Movement. The ISM is a radical socialist group
that supports the destruction of the State of Israel and
that works actively to accomplish this goal by supporting
Palestinian terrorism in both word and deed.

The ISM website reads: "We unconditionally support Palestinians'
human right to resist occupation and oppression by any means
necessary."

And the ISM has done more than voice its support for
Palestinian terrorism. It was the ISM that escorted across
the border into Israel the two young British Muslim suicide
bombers who attacked Mike's Place in Tel Aviv in April,
leaving four dead and 30 wounded.

While recognizing the importance of allowing and even
encouraging universities to act as forums for controversial
ideas, when a university extends the use of its facilities
to those who sponsor and support terrorism, it goes too far.

ACTION
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1. Please write to or telephone Rutgers University
   president, Dr Richard L. McCormick, demanding that
   Rutgers cancel the invitation to the International
   Solidarity Movement to meet on campus.

2. Also call or write to the governor of New Jersey,
   protesting the misuse of state university property to
   host a group that actively supports terrorists and
   terrorism.

3. Letters can also usefully be sent to the editors of the
   Newark Star-Ledger and of the New York Times.


CONTACT INFO
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Rutgers University

 Richard L. McCormick, President
 Rutgers University
 83 Somerset Street
 New Brunswick, NJ   08901

 phone:		732-932-7454
 fax:		732-932-8060
 email:		president@rutgers.edu

New Jersey Governor

 James E. McGreevey
 Governor of New Jersey
 PO Box 001
 Trenton, NJ 08625

 phone:		609-292-6000
 webmail:	http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail.html

Newark Star-Ledger

 eletters@starledger.com

New York Times

 letters@nytimes.com


SAMPLE LETTER
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I am outraged that Rutgers is hosting a meeting of
International Solidarity, an organization that campaigns for
the abolition of the State of Israel and is explicit in its
support for Palestinian terrorism. This support extends to
deeds as well as words, and its members have actively
abetted suicide bombers by smuggling them into Israel.

While I recognize the importance of allowing and even
encouraging universities to act as forums for controversial
ideas, when a university extends the use of its facilities
to those who sponsor and support terrorism, it goes too far.

Surely the Ku Klux Klan would not be offered the use of
university property. The same should apply, for the same
reasons, to International Solidarity. I urge you to rescind
the invitation to International Solidarity to meet on the
Rutgers Campus in October.


MIDDLE EAST WATCH REPORT
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Sunday, June 15, 2003

Rutgers University Hosts ISM-Affiliated Group that supports
suicide bombing

Ami Isseroff [Mewnews June 15]

Rutgers University in New Brunswick New Jersey, will be
playing host to the Third National Conference of the
Palestine Solidarity Movement, organized by New Jersey
Solidarity on Friday, October 10 to Sunday October 12.

According to the Web site of this group, www.njsolidarity.org,
"we stand for the total liberation of all of historic
Palestine..."

In addition to supporting the destruction of Israel, the group also
supports suicide bombings. The Web site states, "As a solidarity
movement, we are committed to working fully in support of the
Palestinian people's resistance movement. We unconditionally support
Palestinians' human right to resist occupation and oppression by any
means necessary."

In response to an e-mail query, Ms Charlotte Kates of New Jersey
Solidarity explained that this support extends to suicide bombing,
"We support Palestinians' right to resist occupation and
oppression, and do not feel that it is our place as a solidarity
movement to dictate tactics of resistance to the Palestinian
people," she wrote. Ms Kates does not see anything wrong with
suicide bombing. She states, "Why is there something particularly
horrible about "suicide bombing" - except for the extreme
dedication conveyed in the resistance fighter's willingness to use his
or her own body to fight? Very seldom is there seen to be something
uniquely horrible about fighter planes dropping massive bombs on
entire cities, when the pilot flies home unscathed."

New Jersey Solidarity is part of a coalition of groups that
make up the International Solidarity Movement, (ISM), and
the two groups are mentioned together frequently on the Web.
ISM won international attention after activist Rachel Corrie
was killed by an IDF bulldozer in Gaza. Supporters claim
that ISM is a non-violent peace movement, and ISM has won
support from Israeli peace groups including Women in Black.

Rutgers is a state university. New Jersey Solidarity uses
Rutgers facilities to organize their meetings and
disseminate their materials. Ms. Kates is a law student at
Rutgers (Douglas) Law School in Newark.

Copyright 2003 by MidEastWeb and Ami Isseroff.

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