STOP Israel’s

deportation of
400 children
Last Sunday, the film “Strangers No More”
won an Oscar for best short documentary.
The film focuses on a school in Israel for the
children of migrant workers and refugees
from 48 countries.

Tomorrow, four hundred children from the

migrant community featured in the film will
be deported from Tel Aviv, Israel.

From the founding of the State of Israel to the

present day displacement of indigenous Pal-
estinians from East Jerusalem, the Jordan
Valley and the Negev, this is yet another ex-
ample of Israel’s long history of displacing
children and families.

An Academy Award won’t keep these

children from being deported but,
together, we can.
Israel acts with the support of U.S.
taxpayers. It must stop.

We call on the US government and United

Nations to demand that Israel stop all
human rights violations and respect
international law – start now by stopping the
deportation proceedings.
Rabab Abdulhadi, Associate Professor, SF State
Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada & Author
Anthony Arnove, Author & Editor
Debra Chasnoff, Filmmaker
Noam Chomsky, Emeritus Professor, MIT
Cindy and Craig Corrie, Rachel Corrie Foundation
Monadel Herzallah, US Palestinian Community Network
Selma James, Global Women’s Strike & Author
Naomi Klein, Author
Ken Loach, Filmmaker
Barbara Lubin, Middle East Children’s Alliance
Margaret Prescod, Women of Color, Global Women’s Strike
Michel Shehadeh, Middle East Children’s Alliance
Alice Walker, Author

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Danny Muller, Nell Myhand, Henry Norr, Hamid Partovi
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Hertha Poje-Ammoumi, Barry & Haiganoush Preisler, John Prieskel
Amani Ramahi, Katheryn Raphael, Eric Romann, Jeff Rooney
Penny Rosenwasser, Christine Rossetti, Alice Rothchild
Karen Saunders, Robert Snaible, Herbert Schreier, Paula Sensi-Isolani
Cindy Shamban, Marc Shulman, Hank Silver, Ursula Slavick
Margaret & Michael Smith, Jean Stein, Nawal Tamimi, Jerilyn Tabor
Jean Tepperman, Amr Toppozada, Marianne Torres, Pamela Totah
Jackie Vieceli, Benjamin Wade, Patricia Walsh, Phyllis Willett
Marjorie Wright, Ziyad Zaitoun, Rafi Ziauddin, Harriet W. Ziskin

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