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...Representatives from this district be instructed to vote in favor of a resolution calling upon Congress and the President of the United States to achieve peace in the Middle East by: demanding that Israel end its violations of Palestinian human rights and its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza; stopping all expenditures of U.S. taxpayers' money for Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza; and favoring the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza with peace for all in the region including Israel...
...November 8, the citizens of Cambridge will be asked to vote on an issue of vital importance. Question 5 addresses the situation between Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, purporting to advance a method of achieving peace. We at Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel believe that the referendum is misleading and would in fact impede the peace process in the Middle East...
...next call in the referendum is for "stopping all expenditure of U.S. taxpayers's money for Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza." When considering this issue one must realize that the United States does not specify how aid to foreign countries should be spent; therefore, despite the attractive wording, the question effectively asks for a complete cessation of aid to Israel. This demand ignores the fact that Israel is a friend of the United States: Israeli intelligence information is routinely made available to the United States; Israel, in its four wars with its hostile neighbors, tested American...
...referendum continues by "favoring the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza." The creation of such a state may in fact be part of a comprehensive, peaceful resolution of the crisis. However, it is not the place of the United States to legislate a solution to an international situation, especially one with as many complex historical and political facets as this. Peace in the region cannot be accomplished in a vacuum; it must be the result of direct negotiations between the parties involved. The United States should concentrate its efforts on facilitating these talks...
Hillel launched its registration drive to oppose Question 5 on the Cambridge city ballot, which asks legislators from that district to support a resolution calling upon Congress to end U.S. military aid to Israel and support a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...