Friends Of Israel: Your Help is Needed!
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY! What is I-97? Don’t Hold Seattle City Pensions Hostage to Foreign Policy Agendas A group of activists is trying to get signatures Initiative 97 on the basis of understandable outrage about the Iraq War. But I-97 is about so much more: I-97 would : * Prohibit Seattle from investing city retirement funds in corporations that support Israeli government activities in the West Bank, Gaza, Golan Heights or East Jerusalem or do business in Israeli settlements in the territories; * Prohibit such investment in corporations that directly profit from the U.S. occupation of Iraq; * Require withdrawal of retirement funds from Israeli government bonds should Israel attack Iran. ~~~~~~~~ The Stakes: A Bad Precedent and a Destructive Measure We are opposed to I-97 because: * While proponents emphasize the Iraq occupation, the measure’s major thrust is focused squarely on Israel, affecting almost any company that does business in that country . * It puts Seat...