On February 5, hundreds of members of CAIR, the Philly Palestine
Coalition, and JVP, along with Arab and Muslim community members and
allies from across Pennsylvania rallied at the Capitol in Harrisburg to
demand the state divest from genocide and invest in our communities.
As
hundreds rallied and marched outside, hundreds occupied the main
Rotunda steps in the Pennsylvania Capitol Building to demand the state
divest from Israeli bonds and invest in Pennsylvania.
State
troopers and other police agencies took over a hundred demonstrators
away with their hands zip-tied, later releasing them with citations.
As
Pennsylvanians, we work hard every day to invest in our communities and
improve the lives of our families and neighbors–and our government
should do the same.
But instead of investing in improving our
communities, Pennsylvania elected officials are giving into special
interests by investing our tax dollars in genocide and war by
irresponsibly investing millions in Israel Bonds.
The
Pennsylvania Treasury recently invested an additional $20 million of
taxpayer dollars in Israel Bonds–bringing the total amount invested to
$56 million.
This money directly enables the Israeli military
and government to commit genocide of Palestinians and oppress
Palestinians by upholding a brutal, separate-and-unequal apartheid
system. The Israeli military has used these funds to kill over 25,000
Palestinians in this recent genocidal assault, with half being children.
Pennsylvanians want our government to invest in our communities–not
genocide and war.
Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity
unilaterally made the decision to invest an additional $20 million in
genocide and war via Israel Bonds, shortly after joining a financial
advisory board for the Israel Bonds corporation. Stacy Garrity should
invest in improving the lives of our communities–not gambling our
taxpayer money to appease special interest groups.
Pennsylvania
State Treasurer Stacy Garrity’s decision to invest public funds in
Israel Bonds is both ethically and fiscally indefensible. Not only is an
investment in Israel Bonds an investment in genocide of
Palestinians–it’s a terrible investment of taxpayer money.
Pennsylvania
State Treasurer Stacy Garrity should invest taxpayer money in our
communities–not in genocide of Palestinians and war.
Pennsylvanians demand: not another dime for genocide, not another dime for Israel Bonds. https://www.flickr.com/photos/109799466@N06/albums/72177720314604388/
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