Israel/Palestine Action Group

PDA believes that a peaceful and just resolution of the Israel Palestinian conflict can significantly advance the potential for the people and nations of the planet to live in a world without war. A peaceful and just resolution of this conflict requires the international community to recognize the national aspirations and to honor the human rights of all peoples and ethnic groups living in the occupied Palestinian Territories, within Israel, and in the Jewish and Palestinian diaspora (as defined by international law and recognized principles of human rights). PDA calls for equal democratic rights for Israelis and Palestinians--including the right to collective sovereignty within a political entity or entities of their own choosing--and for an immediate end to hostilities in the region.

Of deep and immediate concern is the mounting humanitarian crisis caused by the siege and blockade in Gaza and the land expropriation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, much of it supported and accomplished with U.S. made weaponry and military aid. In this regard, PDA joins with the U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation www.endtheoccupation.org/ in an effort to "condition" and/or suspend U.S. military aid to Israel until there is an end to Israel's siege of Gaza and to Israel's occupation of the West Bank and until the Israeli and Palestinian people have achieved a mutually acceptable just peace. To these ends PDA and the Israel Palestine Action Group (I/PAG) engage in lobbying and legislative campaigns at the congressional district and senatorial levels of the U.S. Congress.

PDA calls on President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to pursue a diplomatic surge among all affected parties with the goal of creating a just and lasting peace in the region.