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More than 4,200 of you have already signed and in this way given support to our efforts to see long-delayed justice done.
This past week, we were gratified by an announcement that some of the leading US Jewish organizations answered our call and have declared their support for our campaign. The announcement, in the form of a media release, is online here.
Like us, those organizations are calling for the United States, which is by far Jordan's most significant ally, to press the Jordanians to change their stand. Jordan still harbors Ahlam Tamimi, pointedly ignoring all questions and demands about their unjustifiable stance.
The announcement received media coverage in the New York Times, Times of Israel, Breitbart and numerous other news platforms. It has gotten zero coverage to date in the Arab world. But we think that will soon change.
If you have signed, and are willing and able to get others to do the same, you might care to poinnt them to the video clip below:
This past week, we were gratified by an announcement that some of the leading US Jewish organizations answered our call and have declared their support for our campaign. The announcement, in the form of a media release, is online here.
Like us, those organizations are calling for the United States, which is by far Jordan's most significant ally, to press the Jordanians to change their stand. Jordan still harbors Ahlam Tamimi, pointedly ignoring all questions and demands about their unjustifiable stance.
The announcement received media coverage in the New York Times, Times of Israel, Breitbart and numerous other news platforms. It has gotten zero coverage to date in the Arab world. But we think that will soon change.
If you have signed, and are willing and able to get others to do the same, you might care to poinnt them to the video clip below:
On a painful note, we know some of the people signing our petition were asked to "chip in". That's the term the people at change.org (the market-leading provider of petition services we chose to host ours) use to describe donations.
We want to explain that none of those donations come to us. We certainly did not request them. We have gotten no information about who donated. And of course none of the donation money has come to us - but to be absolutely clear: we do not need it and we do not want it. We assume it's how change.org makes its money. According to a venture capital source, change.org ("the world’s largest social change platform with over 150 million users in 196 countries") has raised some $72 million from high profile, extrenely-deep-pocketed backers. In 2016, when it made major changes to its business model (according to this report), the business laid off 100 workers representing 30% of their overall workforce.
We want to explain that none of those donations come to us. We certainly did not request them. We have gotten no information about who donated. And of course none of the donation money has come to us - but to be absolutely clear: we do not need it and we do not want it. We assume it's how change.org makes its money. According to a venture capital source, change.org ("the world’s largest social change platform with over 150 million users in 196 countries") has raised some $72 million from high profile, extrenely-deep-pocketed backers. In 2016, when it made major changes to its business model (according to this report), the business laid off 100 workers representing 30% of their overall workforce.
So how do we know people are being solicited in this way. Several of them made contact with us to ask if the money reached us. That's the only way we know.
But we have learned - too late - that change.org does this and attracts considerable criticism for it. See for instance "Change.org accused of profiting from donations intended for charities" (Civil Society News UK, June 2020) and "The Business Behind Change.org's Activist Petitions" (Forbes Magazine, November 2012) among numerous other articles we failed to notice before starting our petition on their platform.
The change.org people have failed to answer any of our numerous emails until now. It's troubling. If you are solicited by change.org, please ignore their requests. And if you did chip in at the time you signed, please let us know so that we can take this up with the authorities.
If you have suggestions to share with us about the Extradite Tamimi campaign, please be in touch by email: thisongoingwar@gmail.com
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