<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Ellen,</div>I don't think the Occupy listserve is the place for this petition. There are other listserves that are more appropriate.<div>Regards, Mark </div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 25, 2013, at 9:43 AM, ELLEN ROSSER <<a href="mailto:ellen.rosser@gmail.com">ellen.rosser@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); "><b>A Palestinian woman, Rasmieh Odeh, was arrested at her home this morning, Oct. 22</b>, by agents of the Department of Homeland Security.</div><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;font:13.0px Arial;color:#232323">She is charged with immigration fraud. Allegedly, in her application for citizenship, she didn’t mention that she was arrested in Palestine <b>45 years ago</b> by an Israeli military court that detains Palestinians without charge - a court that has over 200 children in prison today and does not recognize the rights of Palestinians to due process.</p><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); ">Friends,</div><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:13.0px Arial;color:#232323"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); ">As many of you have heard, a dear friend and essential member of the Arab and Palestinian-American community in Chicago was arrested and indicted on immigration fraud charges yesterday. This is part and parcel of wider efforts to intimidate and silence the Palestine solidarity movement. Palestine Solidarity Legal Support and the Center for Constitutional Rights prepared this statement in solidarity with Rasmea. </div><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:13.0px Arial;color:#232323"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); ">Dima</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); ">Subject: Drop the Charges against Rasmea Yousef Odeh</div><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:13.0px Arial;color:#232323"> </p><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:13.0px Arial;color:#232323"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); ">I signed a petition to U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade which says:</div><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:13.0px Arial;color:#232323"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); ">"Drop the Charges against Rasmea Yousef Odeh"</div><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:13.0px Arial;color:#232323"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); ">Will you sign this petition? Click here:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(18, 85, 204); "><span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-the-charges-against?source=s.fwd&r_by=5398303">http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-the-charges-against?source=s.fwd&r_by=5398303</a></span></div><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:13.0px Arial;color:#232323"> </p></div>
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