Petition for an International Conference for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, hereby petition the
United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate to pass
a binding and concurrent resolution as follows:

WHEREAS all people have the inherent and legal right to live and raise their
children with respect, dignity, self-determination, and security, and

WHEREAS the Israeli and Palestinian people have been living in the midst of
conflict and war, which has brought dispossession, death, misery,
insecurity, and fear to the people of the region, and

WHEREAS the human and material costs of this conflict have been borne by the
peoples of the region and the international community, including the United
States of America, and

WHEREAS this conflict has increased the dangers of other regional conflicts
and of wider confrontation within the international community, including the
United States of America, and

WHEREAS the United States of America has exercised substantial power and
influence in the region for many years, and

WHEREAS the people of the United States of America call upon their
government to use that power and influence to promote peace, justice, and
reconciliation in the region,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Congress of the United States of America
directs the Executive to take immediate and effective action to convene an
international Middle East peace conference including all affected parties,
to address, negotiate, and resolve the issues of the Palestinian-Israeli
conflict in accordance with international law. This conference shall be
carried out in a manner that recognizes the dignity and rights of all
peoples of the region, enabling them to have self-determination, security,
and the opportunity for meaningful economic development, thereby creating
the conditions for a just peace.



Thank you all so much for your devotion to peace.
Please present this petition to your organization for ratification.
We hope to have results by Tuesday, June 20, 2007.
Advise Gene Herman ­ Coordinator,  of results. mepeacepetition@earthlink.net
2337 Parker St. #10  Berkeley 94704  510-548-9840

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MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONGRESS

Registered  Organizations     March 24 & May 6, 2007

American Friends Service Committee
American Muslim Voice
Arab-Jewish Dialogue Group -South Bay
Bay Area Women in Black
*Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee
Berkeley Women in Black
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Buena Vista United Methodist Church
Calvary Presbyterian Church of Berkeley
Code Pink
Dar-ul-Islam mosque
East Bay Peace Action
Ecumenical Peace Institute
Fr. Bill O¹Donnell Social Justice Committee of St. Joseph the Worker Church
Friends of Sabeel North America
Gray Panthers
Green Party of Alameda County
International Solidarity Movement
Jewish Voice for Peace
Kehilla Community Synagogue
Labor Committee 4 Peace and Justice /CWA 9415
Middle East Fellowship
Montclair Presbyterian Church ­Peace Activist Group
Northern California Committee of Correspondence
No. Ca. Dept. of Peace Campaign
Peace and Freedom Party
Presbytery of San Francisco Peacemaking Taskforce
*Progressive Democrats East Bay
Rebuilding Alliance
Richmond Acorn
SEIU Local 1021
South Alameda County Peace and Justice Coalition
Tikkun Community
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
Vukani Mawethu
Wellstone Democratic Club