Help Silwan Resident Adnan Gheith Stay in Jerusalem-End illegal deportations!

An urgent message from 

Mohammed Khatib, coordinator of West Bank Coordination

(who was also illegally arrested for organising peaceful protests against the building of the illegal Wall in Bil'in)

I know the Occupation in and out - I lived under it my entire life, but even I cannot imagine being in Adnan Gheith's position. I don't want to believe that something like this is possible, and I want to do all I can to stop what israel is trying to do to him <http://www.popularstruggle.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=455&qid=154910> .

On November 28th, Adnan, a Silwan grassroots organizer, received written notification that Israel intends to issue an order expelling him for a four months period from his city - Jerusalem. Adnan is a resident of Silwan, and a member of the al-Bustan Neighborhood's committee, which was formed to oppose plans for massive house demolitions. In a reality where Palestinians' right for freedom of expression in not even lip service, organizing your community against its impending destruction is reason enough to be ripped from it.

The order against Adnan is not part of a legal process where suspicions, charges or evidence have any part. It is an administrative order that circumvents the rule of law, which forms the foundation of western democracy. In this harsh reality, a person's rights are taken without due process, with no charges, based on secret evidence and with no possibility to truly defend oneself. It is the essence of a Kafkaesque legal procedure in the taunting maze of the Occupation's bureaucracy and power.

But it is not too late to act up and make a difference. Adnan's expulsion from his city and family and life, can  be prevented <http://www.popularstruggle.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=455&qid=154910> .

Adnan's story is the story of thousands of residents of East Jerusalem. In view of the brutal tactics of repression employed by police against the community in service of the settlers who have taken over the city, it is clear that Adnan Gheith’s expulsion constitutes an experimental exercise of power on part of the Israeli Police. The Shin Bet and the Israeli Army intended to prepare the ground for massive home demolitions in the al-Bustan neighborhood and for a deepening Jewish settlement in Silwan.

Please lend your voice to Adnan and the people of Silwan in their fight for their homes, their community and their dignity. <http://www.popularstruggle.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=455&qid=154910>

In an attempt to stop democratic and legitimate protest, Israel makes distorted and cynical use of the law. Despite months of repeated arrests, in which Adnan was led handcuffed to interrogation over and over again - and with judge after judge ordering his release from custody – not a shred of evidence was gathered against him. The State has now decided to no longer bother with the criminal procedure where evidence is required, but rather to circumvent it by using the security apparatus and emergency regulations.

The Israeli government is now turning to unconstitutional and undemocratic means in the face of Palestinian and international pressure to end settlement in East Jerusalem. Adnan’s expulsion from his city will not only exact an unbearable cost on him and his family, but also on the residents of Silwan.

Please use the template in the following links to ask your government to speak up against Adnan's expulsion from the only home he has and against the demolitions in Silwan.

USA  <http://www.popularstruggle.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=458&qid=154910>  |  
 
UK <http://www.popularstruggle.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=459&qid=154910>   |  

France <http://www.popularstruggle.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=460&qid=154910>   |  

Denmark <http://www.popularstruggle.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=461&qid=154910>   |  

Germany <http://www.popularstruggle.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=462&qid=154910>   |  

Spain <http://www.popularstruggle.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=463&qid=154910>   |  

Turkey <http://www.popularstruggle.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=464&qid=154910>



In solidarity,
Mohammed Khatib



URGENT: War criminals not welcome - Oppose changes to universal jurisdiction

Please contact your MPs in the UK!

The recently published Police Reform Bill includes proposals which, if passed, will make it much more difficult to obtain an arrest warrant for anyone accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
 
Currently, for a magistrate to issue an arrest warrant, serious evidence must be presented against the person concerned. The proposed change adds a political dimension to a legal decision and introduces a source of delay when urgent action may be required to stop a suspect escaping justice. Britain has a duty to seek out and prosecute those responsible for war crimes.
 
PSC and other NGO's are calling for MPs to vote against these proposed changes. The current law fully complies with the Geneva convention and the proposed changed will allow politicians to interfere with requests to issue arrest warrants for war criminals.
 
If passed the new legislations would allow the DPP, who is appointed and "superintended" by a government minister, the Attorney General, would have a veto over whether a suspected war criminal to be arrested, no matter how clear the evidence. And the DPP could find themselves under immense pressure from their boss, the Attorney General, to refuse an arrest warrant application if it was for someone from what the government considered an 'ally' country.
 
The situation is now critical. We are asking everyone to contact their MPs and insist that they vote against these proposals.
 
Even if you have already emailed your MP on this issue previously, it is important that you take 2 minutes to send them a new message <http://t.ymlp7.com/qmhavamwjaoajhbmataumhbb/click.php> , asking them to vote against the formally proposed changes. PSC have set up an easy to use e-tool to allow you to send a model letter to your MP <http://t.ymlp7.com/qmhavamwjaoajhbmataumhbb/click.php> .
 
Follow up your email by arranging a meeting with your MP at their next surgery. You can find your MP's contact details at: http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/ <http://t.ymlp7.com/qmwaramwjazajhbmagaumhbb/click.php>
 
For more information:  Read the PSC briefing <http://t.ymlp7.com/qmqalamwjaoajhbmataumhbb/click.php>  on why we should oppose changes to the law.
 
Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) aims to raise public awareness about the occupation of Palestine and the struggle of the Palestinian people. PSC seek to bring pressure on both the British and Israeli government to bring their policies in line with international law. PSC is an independent, non-governmental and non-party political organisation with members from communities across the UK. Join PSC today!

Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Box BM PSA
London
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Tel: 020 7700 6192
Fax: 020 7609 7779

Email: info@palestinecampaign.org
Web: www.palestinecampaign.org 

Update on Friday, December 3, 2010 at 12:12PM by APJP

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URGENT APPEAL
DCI-Palestine has recently documented two new cases of children deliberately shot whilst collecting building gravel in Gaza. This brings the total number of similar cases documented by DCI since 26 March 2010 to 16. Sixty-nine percent of the children report being shot on, or outside, the 300 metre exclusion zone unilaterally imposed by the Israeli army around Gaza.

• 27 November 2010 – A 15-year-old boy is shot whilst collecting gravel 150 metres from the border – Voices

• 28 November 2010 – A 15-year-old boys is shot whilst collecting gravel 500 metres from the border - Voices

DCI-Palestine has updated and re-issued Urgent Appeal 4/10 to include these two new cases for those wishing to take action -

http://www.dci-pal.org/english/doc/press/UA_4_10_Children_of_the_Gravel_UPDATE_3_DEC__2010(2).pdf

Organisations working in the field report that in the five months since the Israeli government announced an  `easing' of the blockade, there are few signs of any real improvement on the ground.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like any further information.

Best regards

Gerard

Gerard Horton
International Advocacy Officer - Lawyer
Defence for Children International – Palestine Section
Tel: +972  2 242 75 30 ext. 103
Fax: +972  2 242 70 18
Mobile: + 972 0599 087 290
Email: gerard@dci-pal.org <mailto:gerard%40dci-pal.org>
Website: www.dci-pal.org 

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MEDIA ALERT: “PUT THE PALESTINIANS ON A DIET”

MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media


November 17, 2010

MEDIA ALERT: “PUT THE PALESTINIANS ON A DIET”

MEDIA BURY DOCUMENTS REVEALING ISRAEL’S DELIBERATE POLICY OF NEAR-STARVATION FOR GAZA


Israel has been forced to reveal what Palestinians and other observers on the ground have known for a long time: that the blockade of Gaza is state policy intended to inflict collective punishment, not to bolster Israeli “security”.

An Israeli human rights group has won a legal battle to compel the Israeli government to release three important documents. These outline state policy for permitting the transfer of goods into Gaza prior to the May 31 attack on the peace flotilla in which nine people were killed by Israeli forces. The group, Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, is demanding Israeli transparency. Meanwhile, Israel refuses to release documents on the current version of blockade policy which was “eased” after international condemnation following the flotilla attack.

The released documents, whose existence Israel had denied for eighteen months, reveal that the state approved “a policy of deliberate reduction” of basic goods, including food and fuel, in the Gaza Strip. Gisha Director Sari Bashi explains:

“Instead of considering security concerns, on the one hand, and the rights and needs of civilians living in Gaza, on the other, Israel banned glucose for biscuits and the fuel needed for regular supply of electricity – paralyzing normal life in Gaza and impairing the moral character of the State of Israel. I am sorry to say that major elements of this policy are still in place.” (Gisha: Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, ‘Due to Gisha's Petition: Israel Reveals Documents related to the Gaza Closure Policy’, October 21, 2010;  http://www.gisha.org/index.php?intLanguage=2&intItemId=1904&intSiteSN=113 <http://www.gisha.org/index.php?intLanguage=2&amp;intItemId=1904&amp;intSiteSN=113> )

As Saeed Bannoura of the International Middle East Media Center reports, the Israeli government imposed a deliberate policy:

“in which the dietary needs for the population of Gaza are chillingly calculated, and the amounts of food let in by the Israeli government measured to remain just enough to keep the population alive at a near-starvation level. This documents the statement made by a number of Israeli officials that they are ‘putting the people of Gaza on a diet’.” (Saeed Bannoura, ‘Israeli government documents show deliberate policy to keep Gazans at near-starvation levels’, International Middle East Media Center, November 6, 2010 21:32;  http://www.imemc.org/article/59843)

Bannoura adds:

“This release of documents also severely undermines Israel's oft-made claim that the siege is ‘for security reasons’, as it documents a deliberate and systematic policy of collective punishment of the entire population of Gaza.”

When Israel and the United States were reacting to Hamas’s election victory in Gaza in January 2006, long-time Israeli government adviser Dov Weisglass stated:

“The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.” (‘Hamas readies for government, Israel prepares sanctions’, Agence France Presse, February 16, 2006)

The released documents contain actual equations used by the Israeli government to calculate the exact amounts of food, fuel and other necessities needed to do exactly that. (‘Submitted to Gisha in the framework of a Freedom of Information Act Petition, AP 2744/09 Gisha v. Defense Ministry’, Appendices B, C and D; http://gisha.org/UserFiles/File/HiddenMessages/DefenseMinistryDocumentsRevealedFOIAPetition.pdf)

The policy is all the more disturbing, indeed repellent, given that almost half the people of Gaza are children under the age of eighteen. One might reasonably conclude that Israel has deliberately forced the undernourishment of hundreds of thousands of children in direct violation of international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.


Media Response? A Polite Silence

Our searches of the Nexis newspaper database show that, as far as we could determine, not a single UK newspaper has reported the release of these damning Israeli documents. We widened our searches to include all English-language publications covered worldwide by Nexis. We found just two: one from the Palestine News Network on October 21 and one in Palestine Chronicle on November 6.

We were so surprised by the uniform silence across the English-language press that we asked US-based media analyst David Peterson to check our findings. He was able to do so, spelling out his search results as follows (email to Media Lens, November 11, 2010):

Major World Publications: zero

All News (English): two (the same two that we found, as mentioned above)

Broadcast Transcripts: zero

A search of the Factiva database (covering all major English-language newspapers and wire services) found the same results. Peterson commented:

“No mentions in any of the major English-language newspapers or wire services of the fact that someone had revealed the actual Israeli government policy towards the Gaza Palestinians is to force a ‘deliberate reduction’ in their access to the necessities of everyday survival.”  

It takes a peculiar form of social malaise for this astonishing media silence to be maintained in ostensibly free societies.


The Fiercely “Independent” BBC

On November 11, an online BBC article reported on the Gaza blockade but made no mention of the released documents. (Jon Donnison, ‘UN: No change in Gaza despite easing of Israel blockade’ BBC news online, November 11, 2010 Last updated at 00:25;  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11731695)

Reporter Jon Donnison wrote:

“The UN says there has been ‘no material change” for people in Gaza since Israel announced it was ‘easing’ its economic blockade of the Palestinian territory.”

Jon Ging, the head of UN operations in Gaza, said few people had noticed any difference:

“There's been no material change for the people on the ground here in terms of their status, the aid dependency, the absence of any recovery or reconstruction, no economy.”

Ging continued:

“The easing, as it was described, has been nothing more than a political easing of the pressure on Israel and Egypt.”

The BBC gave the final word to Yigal Palmor, a spokesman for the Israeli foreign ministry:

“Why is the border blockaded? Because the territory has been overtaken by a declared terror movement."

This assertion that the Gaza blockade is motivated by security concerns went unchallenged.

World News Today, presented by Zeinab Badawi on BBC4, broadcast a piece by Donnison along similar lines to his article. (BBC World News Today, BBC4, Thursday, November 11, 2010, 7pm; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwxZXfRTdj0)

We wrote to Jon Donnison and asked whether he was aware that the Israeli human rights group Gisha had obtained Israeli government documents confirming that the collective punishment of Gaza is based on politics, not security. We asked him:

“Have you reported the release of these documents?

“Will you be pursuing it in a new article?” (Email, November 11, 2010)

We emailed again on November 16 but have received no response to date.

Compare and contrast the BBC’s performance on this story with a new Foreign Office-sponsored piece on the BBC by news presenter Zeinab Badawi:

“Transparency, accountability of government actions is absolutely crucial. And frankly that’s the role of the media. You know, shining a harsh spotlight on truths and sunlight, after all, is a very strong antiseptic, isn’t it?” (‘Zeinab Badawi says freedom of expression is cornerstone of democracy in Britain’, November 5, 2010;  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rQM-kMPoy0&feature=player_embedded <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rQM-kMPoy0&amp;feature=player_embedded> )

Badawi added that “the BBC’s constitution means that we absolutely, +absolutely+ cherish and protect and fight for our independence. We don't even have an arm's length relationship with the government, we just don’t deal with the government at all.”

Badawi continued the self-adulation:

“It [the BBC] really is a vital, vital tool for the dissemination of information in all sorts of ways. All these things have really served to underscore that freedom of speech that we have in this country. And I suppose the BBC best epitomises that tradition.”

She concluded:

“I'm very proud to be an employee of the BBC.”


SUGGESTED ACTION

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Write to Jon Donnison of the BBC
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Jeremy Bowen, BBC News Middle East editor
Email: jeremy.bowen@bbc.co.uk

Steve Herrmann, BBC News online editor
Email: steve.herrmann@bbc.co.uk

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Labor for Palestine Condemns Gaza Freedom Flotilla Massacre

 

June 7, 2010

“Gaza today has become the test of our universal morality and our common humanity. During the South African anti-apartheid struggle, the world was inspired by the brave and principled actions of dockworkers unions who refused to handle South African cargo, contributing significantly to the ultimate fall of apartheid. Today, we call on you, dockworkers unions of the world, to do the same against Israel’s occupation and apartheid. This is the most effective form of solidarity to end injustice and uphold universal human rights.”–Palestinian Trade Union Movement Calls on International Dockworkers Unions to Block Loading/Offloading Israeli Ships Until Israel Complies Fully with International Law and Ends its Illegal Siege of Gaza, June 7, 2010[1]

As trade unionists in the United States, we join with labor bodies around the world to condemn Israel’s May 31 armed assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

To date, these include the South African Congress of Trade Unions; National Union of Mineworkers (South Africa), Irish Congress Of Trade Unions; Maritime Union of Australia; New Zealand Council of Trade Unions; International Dockworkers Council; Confederation of Revolutionary Workers’ Unions (Turkey); GSEE (Greek TUC); ADEDY (Greek public sector union federation); Trades Union International of Workers in the Building, Wood, Building Materials and Allied Industries; International Federation of Journalists; World Federation of Trade Unions; International Trade Union Confederation; International Transport Workers’ Federation; Public Services International; Unite (U.K.); Canadian Union of Postal Workers; Canadian Union of Public Employees; Education International; and US Labor Against the War.

Notwithstanding Israeli propaganda — abetted by the corporate media — the Flotilla Massacre was a premeditated act of state terrorism.

Taking place in international waters under cover of darkness, it targeted 750 unarmed volunteers from 40 countries seeking to relieve the humanitarian crisis caused by Israel’s illegal and immoral collective punishment against the 1.5 million people in Gaza. This criminal assault killed and wounded scores of aid workers, while abducting, jailing and deporting hundreds of survivors.

This crime against humanity only symbolizes a regime rooted in more than six decades of piracy, ethnic cleansing, racism, and apartheid against Palestinians and other indigenous people of the region.

Most immediately, it is a direct extension of the 2008/2009 Gaza massacre that killed 1400 people, most of them civilians, which has been condemned by the UN, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other human rights organizations, including those that are Israeli.

That Israel’s crimes nonetheless continue unabated is due entirely to support from its international sponsors. In the past ten years alone, the US government — with overwhelming bipartisan support — has given Israel $17 billion in military aid; over the next decade, it will give another $30 billion.

Thus, this attack, like Israel’s entire war on Palestine, was carried out with US-supplied naval vessels, Apache helicopters and other weapons. Once again, through its not-so-silent complicity, the Obama administration is letting Israel get away with murder.

Workers in this country pay a staggering human and financial price for US-Israeli war and occupation from Palestine to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Iran.

Yet, top US labor officials — often without the knowledge or consent of union members — collaborate with the Histadrut, the segregated Zionist labor federation that defends every attack on Palestinian rights,[2] including the Flotilla Massacre. These same leaders invest billions from our union pension and retirement funds in State of Israel Bonds.

US labor officials’ policies directly violate the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against apartheid Israel, initiated in 2005 by Palestinian civil society — including its entire labor movement.

Inspired by the international boycott that helped topple apartheid South Africa, the campaign demands Palestinian self-determination, including an end to Israeli military occupation, the right of refugees to return, and equal rights for all throughout historic Palestine.

BDS has been endorsed by labor bodies around the world, including the trade union congresses of South Africa, Ireland, Scotland and the UK, and labor bodies in Australia, France, Canada, Norway, Catalunya, and Italy.

Just one day before the Gaza Flotilla Massacre, the University and College Union (UK) voted to “sever all relations with Histadrut, and to urge other trade unions and bodies to do likewise.”[3]

South African workers play a leading role in the BDS movement because they remember that Israel was apartheid South Africa’s closest ally, and they agree with the observation of numerous South African freedom fighters that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is “worse than apartheid.”[4]

In February 2009, South African and Australian dockworkers refused to handle Israeli goods and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (COSATU) “call[ed] on other workers and unions to . . . do all that is necessary to ensure that they boycott all goods to and from Israel until Palestine is free.”[5]

In response to the Gaza Flotilla Massacre, the Swedish Port Workers Union has announced it will blockade Israeli ships and cargo from June 15-24. The South African dockers (SAWATU) have “salute[d] the Swedish dock workers for their blockade of all Israeli ships” and “call[ed] for an escalation of the boycott of Israeli goods and call upon our fellow trade unionists not to handle them.”[6]

Now, the entire Palestinian trade union movement, “calls on dockworkers’ unions worldwide to block Israeli maritime trade in response to Israel’s massacre of humanitarian relief workers and activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla, until Israel complies with international law and ends its illegal blockade of Gaza.”[7]

Israel deliberately carried out the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Massacre in order to silence opposition to its strangulation of Gaza. But just as the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and the 1976 Soweto Massacre spelled the ultimate doom of South African apartheid, Israel’s attack has already had the opposite effect.

New waves of volunteers are coming forward to break the siege, which is already beginning to crack. The BDS movement is exploding. Already, it is clear that the Flotilla martyrs did not die in vain.

Just as labor solidarity played a critical role in toppling South African apartheid, it now has the potential to cripple Israeli apartheid. Therefore, we urge trade unionists in the US to call on our unions, the AFL-CIO and Change to Win to condemn the Gaza Flotilla Massacre and support the international labor BDS campaign to:

1. End US military and economic aid for, and ties with, Israel.

2. Divest from State of Israel Bonds.

3. Refuse to handle Israeli goods and cargo.

4. Break ties with all Israeli state institutions, including the Histadrut.

Notes

[1] http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/712

[2] http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/4557

[3] http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1249

[4] http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/03/israel-and-apartheid-is-it-a-fair-comparison/

[5] http://links.org.au/node/888

[6] http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?include=docs/pr/2010/pr0604d.html&ID=3434&cat=COSATU%20Today

[7] http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/712

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URGENT: protest Israeli plans to block the Free Gaza Flotilla

29 May 2010

The Gaza Freedom Flotilla is under threat from the Israeli navy and other Israeli forces, including Israeli civilian yachts, all determind to terrorise the Human Rights Defenders, in order to keep under barbaric siege 1.5 million Palestinian in Gaza .

 The Free Gaza flotilla is on its way to Gaza. Unlike previous Free Gaza boats, this flotilla includes large vessels, will be carrying substantial amounts of reconstruction supplies, medical and school supplies, and 800 passengers from 50 countries. It cannot afford to fail. This is an opportunity to denounce the inhumanity of Israel's three year long siege and running. Israel said it will stop the boats from reaching Gaza, they have done it before and they can do it again:
http://bit.ly/9JCCyS

All EU states are committed, via their embassies, to supporting Human Rights Defenders of any nationality. When alerted that HRDs are under threat, individual member countries or the EU as a whole, should make an official protest to the government concerned. The British Foreign Office in London and the British Embassy in Tel Aviv, should be reminded of their responsibilities under the EU guidelines on Human Rights Defenders.
 
All EU states are committed, via their embassies, to supporting Human Rights Defenders of any nationality. When alerted that HRDs are under threat, individual member countries or the EU as a whole, should make an official protest to the government concerned. The British Foreign Office in London and the British Embassy in Tel Aviv, should be reminded of their responsibilities under the EU guidelines on Human Rights Defenders.

Please write to the new Secretary of State- FCO, William Hague: private.office@fco.gov.uk .
William Hague might need to be made aware of the Israeli navy kidnapping previous Human Rights defenders from international water. 

Jeremy Browne is the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibilities including Human rights - see at: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/who-we-are/our-ministers/jeremy-browne
 
FCO email addresses: private.office@fco.gov.uk, fcoresponsecentre@fco.gov.uk,  MSU.PublicIn@fco.gov.uk  msu.correspondence@fco.gov.uk  
Sophie Honey, Head of Near East Group, Sophie.Honey@fco.gov.uk  
Sonia Farrey, Head Israel, Jordan, Palestinian Territories, Sonia.Farrey@fco.gov.uk 
AINAGCorrespondence@fco.gov.uk  - the duty of the Consular Team at the Foreign Office is to ensure the safety of Britons abroad FCO: +44 20 7008 2716
The British Embassy in Tel Aviv: +972 3 725 1222 UK’s UN Ambassador uk@un.int

- Additional Steps We Can Take Right Now -

Send letters demanding that the Israeli government allow free passage to the Gaza Freedom Flotilla - Every time someone sends a letter from this web form, it will email AND fax 150 Israeli Embassies and Consulates worldwide: 
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6207/t/6210/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3142

Sign the petition:
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6207/t/6210/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=775
See further details at [especially as Free Gaza website www.freegaza.org has already been attacked]:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120912394598161&ref=mf <http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120912394598161&amp;ref=mf>
 
Please support the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and urgently forward item.