Upcoming events:

► Saturday, May 26, 2012, 11am – 1pm, Protest SodaStream: Made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land. Target, 6504 4th Ave, Sacramento (65th & 4th Ave). Tell Target to Stop Carrying SodaStream: call 800-440-0680 or email them through their website (click on Help) FMI: sacramentobds@gmail.com

► Thursday, June 21, 2012, 7pm, Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control. Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink and Global Exchange speaks on how drones, now coming to your local police department, are being used to assassinate people around the world. Doors open 6:30 for browsing tables & refreshments. Sliding scale donation. Sierra Arden UCC, 890 Morse Ave, Sacramento (Morse & Northrup). FMI including about shuttle from Manlove/Watt light rail: 916-448-1757; sacpeace@dcn.org

Take Local Action:

► Contact Sacramento’s Mayor and City Council and ask that Ashkelon, Israel only be considered as a sister city for Sacramento after it can be clearly demonstrated that human rights are honored and respected: for Palestinian refugees who were forced from their homes and lands in what is now Ashkelon; for Palestinians imprisoned in Ashkelon’s prison; and for Ashkelon’s present Palestinian minority.    Click for more info.

► COSTCO Members:  Contact COSTCO and ask them to stop carrying SodaStream and any other illegal settlement products. Speak to the manager when you show.  Write COSTCO’s corporate Headquarters:  Craig Jelinek, CEO. COSTCO, PO Box 34331, Seattle, WA 98124 (click for sample letter) - Call Costco: 800-955-2292/800-774-2678 – Email Costco through its website www.costco.com.  Ask other COSTCO members to do the same: click for informational handout.

► Don’t buy SodaStream & ask stores not to carry it — click for more info.  Share handout.

News Update:  Co-operative Group, Britain’s 5th largest food retailer drops Israeli products:  http://www.boycottisraelnetwork.org/?p=1031

More actions:

► Tell Cornell University not to collaborate with Israel’s Institute of Technology.  Sign the petition.

► Tell Apple computer’s CEO Tim Cook and Board of Directors that  Apple should not locate a research and development facility inside Israel.  By doing so, Apple is complicit with Israel’s egregious violations of Palestinian human rights and international law.  Address:  Apple, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014; tel 408.996.1010.

YouTube:  On Dec. 4, 2011,  Sacramentans held a lively protest against the Israel Lobby:  http://youtu.be/jJT1-0TIEtE