I am writing to ask you to email a letter to your Senators and Reprentative, then call the senior staff for foreign policy at your senators and representatives offices in Washington DC regarding new demolition orders in Al Aqaba village and throughout Area C. You can find the email addresses and phone numbers at www.House.gov (enter your zip code) and www.Senate.gov (enter your state). I’ve included a template letter below – please email or fax it.

Why contact Congress now? The Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC) reports that since August 2009, the Israeli Army through its Civil Administration has issued orders for the demolition of 50 entire Palestinian neighborhoods. On Nov. 24, 2009, the Israeli Army stormed Al Aqaba village to issue new orders threatening 7 more families with the forced evacuation of their homes, animal shelters, and demolition of their new road. Al Aqaba residents are ordered to appear in hearings before the Inspection Subcommittee of the Israeli Army on December 10th and Dec. 17th at the Israeli Army’s Civil Administration offices within the Israeli settlement of Beit El.