Ride for Palestine
Details of an online petition against arming Israel and a vintage mmotorbike ride Merseyside-London to deliver it.


I'm a member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. I've been disturbed by the activities of the Israeli government for years. But just recently the attacks on Lebanon, Gaza and the massacre on the boat delivering aid have really made my blood boil.

So, I'm organising a petition against arming Israel and a vintage motorbike ride Southport-London to deliver it.
At the moment the petition has c. 750 signatures and five riders have already agreed to take part. All the details, link to the petition etc are at:

http://rideforpalestine.blogspot.com/

I wondered if I could ask you to support the petition, perhaps by signing it and circulating the link above. A link on a web site would be magnificent! At the moment the Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine, the Friends of Lebanon, the Campaign Against the Arms Trade, the Liverpool Friends of Palestine and the Leeds Palestine Solidarity Campaign have all created links - as have individuals such as Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi and different branches of the Green Party such as Chiltern. The Jews for Justice for Palestinians are also establishing a link.

Bruce Burgess.

Among those who have signed the petition are:

Jill Evans MEP, Plaid Cmyru
Emiritus Professor |Peter Spufford, University of Cambridge
The Reverends H.P. Barkham, Tony Graham, Dr J. Barr, Andrew Dawson, Dave Hardman
Cllr Richard Kemp, Leader of Liberal Democrats in Local Government
Cllr Darren Johnson, Member of the London Assembly
Dr Mohamed Altawil, Palestine Trauma Centre
Dr Claudia Prestel, Reader in Mod. European and Jewish History, University of Leicester
Dr Chris Burns-Cox, Consultant Physician (retd)