The WESPAC Committee for Justice & Peace in the Middle East is a group of concerned people from the Westchester County area formed to educate the general community, promote open discussion and dialogue, and advocate for just solutions to the current destructive situations in the Middle East, particularly, but not limited to Palestine/Israel.  The suffering and instability in the Middle East Region are historically rooted in the practice of colonialism and in the racism of world powers.
 

In response to the continuing injustices committed by the U.S. and Israel, which constitute gross violations of international law, we stand with the peoples of the Middle East in their demands for justice, equality, democracy, and respect for human rights. In particular, we support the call by over 200 Palestinian civil society organizations for punitive measures including boycotts, divestment, and sanctions to be maintained until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law by:  

• Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Wall;
• Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and
• Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194. 

We call for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent end to U.S. and U.S.-sponsored Israeli aggression in the Middle East.  We also call for: the immediate release of all Arab political prisoners held in Israeli jails; an end to all policies of apartheid and ethnic cleansing; an end to all forms of collective punishment; and an end to US military and financial aid to Israel. We also affirm the right of all people to resist occupation and oppression.  

The illegal invasion and current occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan by the United States has only worsened the plight of the people of the region; thus we regard the reversing of these polices to be in the interest of both the U.S. and the Middle East in particular and the world in general. We maintain these demands and rights as they are upheld by basic principles of morality and justice as well as international law.  We recognize that Israeli aggression is supported by the United States and is inseparably tied to the United States' illegal occupation of Iraq and larger U.S. strategies for hegemony in the region including Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. We call for an end to all occupations in the region.