Gaza massacre – Emergency Protests and Action Alert

Action For Gaza

• American supplied Israeli F-16s, bombing the 1.5m residents of Gaza
• After five continuous days of bombardment death toll at nearly 500
  - many women and children
• Thousands injured and tens of thousands homeless, refugees fleeing
  for their lives
• Israeli jets bomb university and mosques
• Israel recalling its reservists and mobilising troops for a ground
  invasion.
• Gaza effectively a prison-like enclosure totally controlled and
  sealed off by Israel
• 1.5 million inhabitants of Gaza denied access to basic foods and
  medicines by economic blockade.
• Western governments and the UN have insidiously tried to equate
  the deaths of 17 Israelis since 2005 with the massacre of nearly
  500 in five days.
• Extensive speculation that the Massacre is linked to the forthcoming
  Israeli elections.
• Secret meeting between Israeli and Arab governments prior to Massacre
• Egypt exacerbates suffering by closing it border with Gaza
• Iran make empty rhetoric while doing nothing to defend the people
• Syria calls for useless Arab Summit to justify inaction
• Regional Muslim governments silent knowing that they face public
  backlash
• Egyptian, Syrian and Iranian Government can defend people of Gaza

SPEAK NOW – CALL ON THE MUSLIM ARMIES TO DEFEND GAZA – DO NOT
ACCEPT THE SILENCE AND INACTION OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MUSLIM LAN

Gaza Demonstration and Rally dates across the UK

Following is a list of dates, places with timings where demonstrations
against the Israeli raid on Gaza are scheduled.

Friday 2nd January 2009

• BRISTOL
  5pm to 6pm. Centre, opposite
  the Hippodrome
• LONDON
  2pm to 4pm. Outside the Egyptian
  Embassy, 26 South Street, London, W1K 1DW. Call for Egypt to
  open the border immediately.
• MANCHESTER
  5pm to 7pm. Piccadilly Gardens. Demo
  and leafleting.

Saturday 3rd January 2009

• BRADFORD
  1pm. Infirmary Fields, Bradford
  - March and City Centre rally
• BRISTOL
  3pm to 4pm. Centre, opposite
  the Hippodrome.
• DURHAM
  Assemble 10.45am for 11am start.
  Gaza protest march from Millennium Square (Gala Theatre) through Durham to Cathedral.
• EDINBURGH
  12 Noon. Foot of the Mound, Princes Street.
• EXETER
  12 Noon at Bedford Square, Exeter High Street Bring flowers and wear black if you can One minute vigils every half hour. Well have petitions, leaflets, banners etc. Join in with friends, relatives, EVERYONE!!
• GLASGOW
  12 Noon. Outside Lloyds TSB St Vincent Street, then assemble for demo at Blytheswood Square at 2pm
• HASTINGS
  3pm Vigil in Harold Place.
• HULL
  11am. Queen Victoria Square.
• LIVERPOOL
  12 Noon to 2pm St. Lukes Church – top of Bold Street.
• LONDON (Major Rally) 12.30pm onwards. Demonstration
  and rally: Assemble at Parliament Square/Embankment, SW1. Nearest tube Westminster.
• MANCHESTER
  Assemble: 12 noon on Cavendish St, All Saints Park on Oxford Rd. Manchester (further down from the BBC) March through city centre to Albert Square.
• NEWCASTLE
  12 Noon to 2pm Greys Monument in Newcastle.
• NORWICH12 Noon to 1pm, Outside St. Peter
  Mancroft Church in the Millennium Library Square
• PORTSMOUTH11am. Guildhall Square. Organised
  by Portsmouth Network for a Just Settlement of the Arab-Israeli
  Conflict, and Portsmouth Stop the War Coalition.
• SHEFFIELDAssemble at 12 Noon. Outside
  Sheffield Town Hall.
• TUNBRIDGE WELLS12 Noon. Tunbridge Wells shopping
  precinct
• YORK1pm. St. Sampsons Square in York.

Write to your MP urging them to insist that Prime Minister Gordon Brown
acts to ensure:

• An immediate end to Israel’s military assault on Gaza

• An immediate end to the blockade and siege
on Gaza

• An end to Israel’s violations of international
law

• An end to Israeli occupation

http://www.writetothem.com

Please use the sample letter below:

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January 2009

Dear

As you know the people of Gaza are being bombarded by a devastating
onslaught from Israeli F16s, tanks and warships.

Nearly 400 people have been killed in three days and while we
deplore the firing of  rockets from Gaza into Israel this can in no
way justify the systematic slaughter being conducted by Israel  on
a captive unarmed civilian population.

This slaughter follows almost two years of blockade which has
prevented essential supplies of food, fuel and medicines from reaching
the Palestinian people in Gaza and causing untold suffering.

I believe that the people of Britain are horrified by the current
situation and would like to ask that you request  the Foreign Secretary,
David Miliband, to say exactly what measures the government is taking
to ensure an immediate end to the military attacks on Gaza and an immediate
end to the siege as the first step in ensuring that international law
is upheld in relation to the rights of the Palestinian people.

I would also like you to press the Foreign Secretary to take
steps to ensure that the favourable status of Israel in the EU, including
the EU trade agreement is removed immediately since it is a country
which is violating international law and I do not wish my taxes to
contribute to the economy of such a state.

Yours sincerely,

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