ACTION ALERT: AT&T ASSISTS ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES

ACTION ALERT--PLEASE FORWARD
 
 AT&T SUPPORTS "ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES" AS KILLING OF PALESTINIANS CONTINUES
 
 OCTOBER 27, 2000
 
 The Israeli military ("IDF") announced today that AT&T, the American
 telecommunications giant, will host its website.
 
 The decision follows an attack by computer hackers which knocked down the
 IDF website. A statement issued by the Israeli military October 26 said
 "In order to secure the availability and accessibility of the [IDF] site
 at all times, the professional web masters in charge of the IDF site
 turned to several other companies, from which AT&T was chosen as an
 additional provider together with Netvision [an Israeli company]."
 (Statement on http://www.idf.il) This was also reported in The Jerusalem
 Post.
 
 At this time, the IDF website is being used to propagate justifications
 for the mass killings and repression of Palestinian civilians in the
 occupied territories. For the past month, Israeli occupation forces
 attacks have killed more than 130 Palestinians including 30 children, and
 injured thousands. Israeli forces are surrounding most Palestinian cities,
 causing shortages of food and denying people freedom of movement, even to
 seek medical treatment.
 
 These actions continue despite almost universal condemnation by the
 international community, and the United Nations Security Council, Amnesty
 International and many other human rights organizations.
 
 Persons who feel that they cannot in good conscience continue to do
 business with a company that steps in to assist such a massive human
 rights abuser as the Israeli military may decide to take their long
 distance telephone business elsewhere.
 
 AT&T is the largest provider of long distance telephone service, and makes
 huge profits from international calls to the Middle East.
 
 Customers who decide they want to change their long distance carriers can
 do so by calling one of AT&T's competitors.
 
 Some of them are: >>

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ACTION ALERT--PLEASE FORWARD

AT&T SUPPORTS "ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES" AS KILLING OF PALESTINIANS CONTINUES

OCTOBER 27, 2000

The Israeli military ("IDF") announced today that AT&T, the American
telecommunications giant, will host its website.

The decision follows an attack by computer hackers which knocked down the
IDF website. A statement issued by the Israeli military October 26 said
"In order to secure the availability and accessibility of the [IDF] site
at all times, the professional web masters in charge of the IDF site
turned to several other companies, from which AT&T was chosen as an
additional provider together with Netvision [an Israeli company]."
(Statement on http://www.idf.il) This was also reported in The Jerusalem
Post.

At this time, the IDF website is being used to propagate justifications
for the mass killings and repression of Palestinian civilians in the
occupied territories. For the past month, Israeli occupation forces
attacks have killed more than 130 Palestinians including 30 children, and
injured thousands. Israeli forces are surrounding most Palestinian cities,
causing shortages of food and denying people freedom of movement, even to
seek medical treatment.

These actions continue despite almost universal condemnation by the
international community, and the United Nations Security Council, Amnesty
International and many other human rights organizations.

Persons who feel that they cannot in good conscience continue to do
business with a company that steps in to assist such a massive human
rights abuser as the Israeli military may decide to take their long
distance telephone business elsewhere.

AT&T is the largest provider of long distance telephone service, and makes
huge profits from international calls to the Middle East.

Customers who decide they want to change their long distance carriers can
do so by calling one of AT&T's competitors.

Some of them are:

*Working Assets Long Distance
1-800-788-8588
http://www.workingforchange.com

*MCI Worldcom
1-800-444-3333
http://www.mci.com

*Sprint
1-800-PIN-DROP
http://www.sprint.com


YOU CAN SEND A PROTEST LETTER OR A LETTER WHICH EXPLAINS YOUR DECISION TO
SWITCH SERVICE TO:

Mr. Michael Armstrong
President and CEO
AT&T Corporation

by email: mikearmstrong@ems.att.com
by fax: 908-221-1211

by mail:

295 North Maple Avenue
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920








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