 Click here to offset your taxes to Israeli occupation and get this sticker. |
Don't
forget that the deadline for filing your personal income taxes is
coming up soon--April 15. As you're compiling all your tax records,
consider this: the average taxpayer will provide Israel with $19.19 in weapons as his/her contribution towards President Obama's FY2011 budget request for $3 billion in military aid to Israel.
Your hard-earned $19.19 will then be misused by Israel to commit human rights abuses against Palestinians and to maintain its illegal 42-year military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip.
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While
we can't provide you with any help filing your taxes, here's a tax
service that the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is happy to
provide: "offset" your taxes to Israeli military occupation by making a tax-deductible contribution to support our work. The bigger the tax-deductible contribution you make to us, the less money you'll owe Uncle Sam on your future tax returns.
Here's what we'll do with your "offset" to educate people in the United
States about the devastating impact of U.S. arms transfers to Israel on
Palestinians civilians and to advocate for an end to military aid to
Israel.
 Postcard from military aid organizing packet. |
Offset 1 taxpayer's contribution to military aid to Israel ($19.19) and you'll enable us to print and send two organizing packets
with postcards, petitions, fact sheets, and flyers to volunteers across
the country who are educating people in their community and organizing
them to challenge military aid to Israel. Since 2008, we've sent more
than 1,500 organizing packets to volunteers in 49 states (c'mon
North Dakota, we haven't given up on you!), resulting in tens of
thousands of signatures calling for an end of military aid to Israel
sent to the President and Congress. Keep this organizing effort going
by clicking here. |
 One of our on-line Google ads. |
Offset 3 taxpayers' contributions to military aid to Israel ($57.57) and you'll enable us to advertise our new website http://www.aidtoisrael.org on Facebook or Google
for one day. You've got to check out this website if you haven't seen
it yet. We show how much military aid to Israel each state,
Congressional district, county, and city provides and what that money
could pay for instead to support affordable housing, green jobs
training, early reading programs, and health care. In only one week, more than five million people viewed these on-line ads. Keep this advertising campaign going by clicking here. |
 Our on-line Facebook ad. |
Offset 6 taxpayers' contributions to military aid to Israel ($115.14) and you'll enable us to advertise on both Facebook and Google for one day. Keep this advertising campaign going by clicking here. |
Offset 10 taxpayers' contributions to military aid to Israel ($191.90)
and you'll enable us to pay for one day's worth of staff salary and
overhead to run this campaign. Okay, we know that chipping in for
things like rent, electricity, and phones isn't the most glamorous
thing, but trust us--we couldn't do this work without a functioning
office and staff to run the programs. Make our operations even
stronger by clicking here.
From now until Tax Day, when you "offset" your taxes to Israeli
military occupation by making a tax-deductible contribution to the US
Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, we'll send you a special gift.
For each taxpayer's contribution of $19.19 that you "offset," we'll
send you one of the stickers at the top of this message. There's no
limit to the stickers we'll send you to distribute to friends and
family who you know would just love to wear them proudly. So, for
example, donate $38.38 and we'll send you two stickers. To get your
stickers, click here.
Thanks for taking action and helping us to educate people and organize
them to challenge U.S. military aid to Israel. PS: Remember to check out our new website: http://www.aidtoisrael.org to see how much your community gives in weapons to Israel. PPS:
If you'd prefer to "offset" your taxes to Israeli occupation by making
a donation by phone, please call us at 202-332-0994, or send a check
to: US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, PO Box 21539,
Washington, DC 20009.
In solidarity,
Josh Ruebner
National Advocacy Director
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
Check out our new website www.aidtoisrael.org to: * Find out how much money your state, Congressional district, county, and city will be providing in military aid to Israel between FY2009-2018 by clicking here.
* Learn more about the devastating impact that Israel's misuse of U.S. weapons
has on innocent Palestinian civilians who live under Israel's illegal
42-year military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, East
Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip by clicking here.
* Take action
by sending your Members of Congress a letter opposing military aid to
Israel and sign up for an organizing package to organize opposition to
military aid to Israel in your community by clicking here.
* Help us spread the word and make this campaign go viral by telling-a-friend, joining our Facebook groups, and embedding videos and graphics on your website or blog by clicking here.
* Last, but not least, "offset" the estimated average of $19.19 that you'll be paying in taxes this year for weapons for Israel by making a tax-deductible contribution of the same amount to the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation by clicking here.
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