The Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition Against War (APICAW) stands in complete solidarity with the Palestinian people who are facing state-sponsored genocide by the U.S. supported Israeli government. We call upon our Asian & Pacific Islander communities to voice our disgust and condemnation of these atrocities. During a period of time when any dissent against the US government is seen as an act of "terrorism", we need to speak up against the hypocrisy of our own government. Because Asian and Pacific Islander communities have experienced the bitter consequences of US economic, political and military intervention in our homelands, we must stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people who are being oppressed by the same forces.

APICAW condemns Israeli aggressions against the Palestinian people. Since 9.11, Sharon has used the cover of Bush?s "war on terrorism" to heighten attacks on Palestinian villages, cities and refugee camps. Sharon has declared outright war on the Palestinian people. His so-called "war on terrorism" has resulted in further cuts in electricity, food, water and medical supplies and the indiscriminant shooting and killing of innocent civilians. The majority of people who are being attacked by the Israeli military are not engaging in "terrorist" acts. Israeli military occupation and policies of displacement, oppression and humiliation of the Palestinian people are the real reasons for the suicide bombings in Israel. Sharon is really trying to kill the rising people?s movement for self-determination. Both Sharon and Bush refuse to make the distinction between "terrorism" and the struggle for national liberation. International law has stated that resistance to illegal occupation is not terrorism. The Palestinian people have the right to demand self-determination and the right of return in their own homeland.

APICAW condemns the government of the United States for its unprincipled and undeniable support of Israeli occupation and military aggression. Bush cannot urge Sharon to keep a "pathway to peace" and urge moderation while supplying over 5 billion dollars a year in both direct and indirect aid; most of it used to subsidize the Israeli military and its tanks, helicopters, and guns. His calls to Sharon for "immediate withdrawal" and the "end of incursions" mean nothing without concrete steps to end military and monetary aid to Israel. Israel receives the most US foreign aid of any other country in the world. The United States is sponsoring Israeli state terrorism in order to secure its own national interests in the Middle East, ignoring the international call for the US to end its support of the genocide of the Palestinian people. We have seen the US play this role over and over again in our own homelands. The US government has directly and indirectly supplied the economic, military and political support that led to the massacres of our peoples in the Philippines, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, East Timor and the list goes on. Bush continues the legacy of US imperialism by defining "terrorism" as any people who dare to stand up to the United States and its allies. Since September 2000, over 1000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military but we have yet to see the US State Department put Israel on its list of terrorist nations. As people living within the United States, we have a right and a duty to call for the end of US support to Israel.

• APICAW calls for an immediate withdrawal of Israeli military from all occupied territories and demands that Israel adhere to international law.
• APICAW demands the end of US aid to Israel. Without US arms and money, Israel could not continue its occupation of Palestine.
• APICAW calls for immediate divestment from Israel. No more support for an apartheid state.
• APICAW demands an end to the media blackout. Media should report the truth, not a one-sided propaganda war that tries to justify the genocide of the Palestinian people.
• APICAW supports the self-determination and right of return of the Palestinian people and calls for an end to Israeli occupation. Without this, there is no hope for peace in the region.
• APICAW stands in solidarity with the growing movement of people all over the world, risking their lives and bodies in support of the Palestinian people. We call upon our own communities to immediately join this struggle.

Endorsers:

• Bay Area David Wong Support Committee
• Asians & Pacific Islanders for Community Empowerment (API FORCE)
• Japanese Descent Human Rights
• Progressive Asian/Pacific Network East
• Organization of Asian/Pacific Unity (OAPU)
• Freedom Trainers
• Filipinos for Affirmative Action
• Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines
• Philip Vera Cruz Justice Project
• Korea Solidarity Committee
• Korean Community Center of the East Bay
• Asians for Mumia/Jericho Network (NY)
• David Wong Support Committee (NY)
• Yu Kikumura Support Committee
• Gidra Newsmagazine (Los Angeles)
• Minnesota David Wong Support Committee
  

• Yuri Kochiyama, Oakland, CA
• Tiffany Ho, CA
• Patti Choy, Brooklyn, NY
• Tran Khanh Tuyet, Berkeley, CA
• Greg Jung Morozumi, EastSide Arts Alliance, Oakland, CA
• Professor Ling-chi Wang, Berkeley, CA
• Meg Thorton, Los Angeles, CA
• Professor Elaine H. Kim, Berkeley, CA
• Day Starr Chou & Evergreen Chou, Flushing Greens, NY
• Naomi Paik, New York, NY
• Taiyo Takeda, feedBACK, NY
• Eric Mar, San Francisco Board of Education
• Amanda C. Lee, National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA)
• Hye-Jung Park, New York, NY
• Sharon McRae, Boston, MA
• Hoang Phan, Left Turn, Students for Justice in Palestine, Berkeley Global Justice
• Gwen D'Arcangelis, Berkeley, CA
• Michael Soo Hoo, Boston, MA
• Rita Wong, Vancouver, BC, Canada (of Direct Action Against Refugee Exploitation)
• Lailan Sandra Huen, Columbia University, NY