Above photo: From BBC News.
United States – While violence escalates in the West Bank, and Palestinians are being killed and injured by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), American companies like Amazon have put on the market this costume sold by Dress Up America and Wholesale Halloween Costumes.
Tell Amazon that occupation and violence isn’t a costume: Drop the Israeli soldier costume now!
Since October 1, renewed violence has left 11 Israelis dead, while Israeli forces have killed at least 63 Palestinians and injured thousands of others. Many of those killed and injured have been children.
The Israeli soldiers, long a symbol of fear, violence and repression against Palestinians, should not be used for entertainment purposes!
After the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) issued a statement labeling the costume as offensive, Walmart quickly dropped the IDF outfit. It also got rid of a racially insensitive outfit depicting a negative stereotype of an Arab man.
Now we’re calling on Amazon to drop the IDF costume too. Sign the petition here! Walmart has withdrawn these terrible and discriminatory costumes, let’s call on Amazon do the same.
Toward a more peaceful world,
The CODEPINK team
PS: Spread the message on twitter, tweet this now: Hey @Amazon drop the Israeli soldier costume! Occupation & violence isn’t a joke, it’s time to #FreePalestine! Sign: http://www.codepink.org/
Protest War Criminal Netanyahu at the White House
MONDAY, NOV. 9
Assemble at 9:00 a.m.
RALLY AND DIRECT ACTION
Wanted for Torture, Murder, Ethnic Cleansing, Racist Apartheid
The infamous war criminal Binyamin Netanyahu has been once again invited to Washington to meet with President Obama and Congressional leaders. Netanyahu is responsible, among other crimes against humanity, for the murderous 2014 assault on Gaza, that took the lives of 2,100 people including 500 children, wounded more than 10,000 and left hundreds of thousands homeless. Netanyahu presides over a racist apartheid system that has jailed, tortured and killed thousands of Palestinians, as Israel confiscates more and more and more Palestinianland every day. All of these crimes are funded by U.S. tax dollars, amounting to more than $3 billion per year!
Join us to say:
– Stop All U.S. Aid to Israel
– Send Netanyahu to the International Criminal Court for War Crimes
– Self-determination and liberation for the Palestinian people!
To endorse the rally, email info@answercoalition.org.
Visit the Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/913004378775058/