URGENT ACTIONS Fri 28 July/Sun 30 July: Letter to Tony Blair

Death and destruction in Lebanon and Palestine
Tony Blair refuses to call for ceasefire
Urgent action needed!
 
The demonstrations that took place across Britain last Saturday sent a clear signal to the British government that the public want an end to Israel’s assault. This is also supported by an opinion poll in the Guardian today which shows 63% think Britain has tied itself too closely to the US. We urgently need your help now to raise the demand for solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese people. Please contact the office if you are able to help in any way, tell everyone you know about the following events, and get signatures for the letter at the end:
 
Friday 28 July 5-7pm Downing Street
British government must call for unconditional ceasefire now
Stop Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and Gaza
 
Sunday 30 July 1-3pm Trafalgar Square
Voices for Lebanon and Palestine
With celebrities, MPs, Lebanese and Palestinian community
www.palestinecampaign.org/events.asp?d=y&id=1916
 
Sign this letter to Tony Blair now
from Stop the War Coalition, CND and Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Dear Prime Minister,

Most people in this country are, we believe, horrified at the bloodshed and destruction unfolding daily in Lebanon.  There can be no justification for the conduct of the Israeli government and armed forces, which are laying waste to a country in an operation which will hugely damage the prospects for peace in the Middle East.
We are dismayed that the British government, almost alone in the world, is not calling for a ceasefire to enable the suffering to stop.  This either shows a deplorable indifference to the plight of the Lebanese people or an attitude of total subservience to the foreign policy of the US administration.  Either way, our country is being humiliated and our isolation from world opinion underlined once more.
We therefore call on the government to change its position and join the vast majority of the world’s states, the UN secretary-general and the Archbishop of Canterbury in calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Lebanon to save lives and prevent the destruction of that country.
Betty Hunter, General Secretary, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Andrew Murray, Chair, Stop the War Coalition
Kate Hudson, Chair, CND
 
•URGENT: Add your name to this letter now and get everyone you know to do so: Email, phone or text the names to us immediately;
•URGENT: Get your Member of Parliament to sign the letter. Let us know us know immediately those that do and those that refuse;
•URGENT: Get as many local councillors, representatives from community organisations, churches and mosques etc as possible to sign this letter to Tony Blair NOW. Email, phone or text the names to us immediately you get them.
Email: office@stopwar.org.uk
Phone: 020 7278 6694
Text: 07951 593 525
 
Ongoing Actions:
 
We would like to ask you to please take the following actions as there is no sign that the horrific attacks on the Palestinian People will stop.
 
 
–  We would like to ask you to target your local media with letters, adverts and articles to report the atrocities committed in Gaza and in Lebanon.
 
– Please contact and ask to see you MP over the summer in your constituency. Ideally we should be having vigils and pickets outside every MPs surgery over the coming weeks to highlight the desperate situation in Palestine.
 
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Crisis Fund
 
PSC urgently need funds to respond appropriately during this current
emergency. We want to do media adverts, protests, campaigning material etc.
 
We urge you to have collections at local meetings, Trade Unions, mosques, churches and other places of worship and help
the PSC to campaign effectively during such emergencies. Donations can be
made by card – so if you have a collection or would like to make an
individual donation PLEASE CALL US NOW on 020 7700 6192 in order to make a
card payment.
 
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– Please make sure you sign our online petition:
End this punishment of the Palestinians
Please sign it here: www.palestinecampaign.org/petition.asp?PetitionID=2
 
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For more information on events, protests and news about Palestine in the UK please visit:
www.palestinecampaign.org
 
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Palestine Solidarity Campaign
info@palestinecampaign.org
www.palestinecampaign.org
Tel: 020 7700 6192