End Israeli Occupation: Lobby of Parliament 28 November 2007

Dear friends

We would like to ask you to please widely circulate the information below about the upcoming Lobby of Parliament on Palestine.

Please also make sure to make an appointment to see your MP on the 28th of November and to book transport to London as soon as possible.

A briefing for the lobby will be available very soon.

Many thanks.

PSC
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End Israeli Occupation:
Peace for all

Lobby of Parliament

28 November 2007

2–6pm Westminster
London


Isolation
Our government must end the economic and political isolation of Gaza immediately. 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza are suffering a humanitarian disaster with 87% of Gazans living below the poverty line.

International law
Our government must insist that Israel complies with international law and ends its continuing expansion of settlements on occupied Palestinian land. There are currently 500,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.


Illegal wall
Our government must respect the International Court of Justice advisory opinion regarding the illegal wall in the West Bank and Jerusalem and hold Israel to account. The route of the Wall is effectively annexing 10 per cent of the West Bank to Israel, leaving 49,400 Palestinians stranded between the Green Line and the wall.


Democratic principles
Our government must recognise those elected democratically by the Palestinian people and help to reconcile the differences between Fatah and Hamas. All illegally held political prisoners by both sides, especially children, must be released.
An end to 40 years of occupation and a just settlement is the only way to achieve peace for both Palestinians and Israelis.

Help make the change! Join the lobby and speak to your MP.


To lobby your MP:

Firstly, contact your MP as soon as possible and arrange a meeting with them on
Wednesday 29 November. If you don’t know who your MP is, go to www.faxyourmp.com or phone 020 7219 3000.

Briefly explain to your MP what you would like to speak to them about.

Secondly, please let us know when you have an appointment with your MP so we can co-ordinate with other people in the same constituency —
phone 020 7700 6192 or email  info@palestinecampaign.org
or 020 7832 1310 /  wattg@caabu.org

Even if you do not manage to contact your MP in advance, you can still try to meet them on the day — just come along to the lobby and ask for a ‘green card’ which you then fill in to request that your MP meets you.

We will be able to brief you on how to lobby your MP in the House of Commons on the lobby day.

For more information please contact:

PSC
Tel: 020 7700 6192
Email:  info@palestinecampaign.org
www.palestinecampaign.org

CAABU
Tel: 020 7832 1310
Email:  wattg@caabu.org
www.caabu.org

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This lobby is called by the following organisations on the occasion of the UN “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people”:

the Enough Coalition Amicus; Amos Trust; Arab Labour
Group; Arab Media Watch; Association of the Palestinian Community in
the UK; Bakers’, Food and Allied Workers’ Union; Britain-Palestine All
Party Parliamentary Group; Britain Palestine Twinning Network; British
Committee for Universities of Palestine; British Muslim Initiative; Council
for Arab-British Understanding; Communication Workers’ Union; Christian
Peacemaker Teams UK; Freedom Clothing Project; Friends of Al-Aqsa;
Friends of Birzeit University; Friends of the Earth; Friends of Sabeel
UK; GMB; Green Party; General Union of Palestinian Students; Interpal;
Iona Community; Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions — UK;
Jewish Socialists’ Group; Jews Against Zionism; Jews for Boycotting
Israeli Goods; Jews for Justice for Palestinians; Liberal Democrat
Friends of Palestine; Liberation; Medical Aid for Palestinians; Muslim
Association of Britain; Muslim Council of Britain; Muslim Parliament of
Great Britain; Muslim Public Affairs Committee; National Association of
British Arabs; National Union of Mineworkers; 1990 Trust; NUS Black
Students’ Campaign; Open Bethlehem; Palestine Solidarity Campaign;
Palestinian Forum in Britain; Palestinian Return Centre; Pax Christi; Public
and Commercial Services Union; Qattan Foundation; Quaker Peace and
Social Witness; Scottish Episcopal Church’s Justice Peace and Creation
Network; Scottish Friends of Palestine; Scottish Palestinian Forum; Stop
the War Coalition; Trade Union Friends of Palestine; Transport and General
Workers Union; Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association; UNISON; War on
Want; Welfare Association; Women’s International League for Peace and
Freedom UK Section; Zaytoun Ltd


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For a listing of all events on Palestine in the UK please visit the PSC website: www.palestinecampaign.org

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Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Box BM PSA
London
WC1N 3XX
Email:  info@palestinecampaign.org
Tel: 020 7700 6192
Fax: 020 7609 7779
Web: www.palestinecampaign.org