40,000. 40,000 anti-racists sign Palestine Solidarity Campaign Open Letter to PM David Cameron re 2014 Gaza Massacre
40,000 sign Palestine Solidarity Campaign Open Letter to PM David Cameron re 2014 Gaza Massacre (2014).
Palestine Solidarity Campaign Open Letter to PM David Cameron (2014): “Dear Prime Minister, The world is following developments in Israel's war on Gaza with growing concern and disbelief. At the time of writing, the number of deaths has surpassed 700, 78% of whom are civilians. One in five of the dead are children and entire families have been killed in their homes. Patients have been killed in direct strikes on hospitals. On the 20th of July, Israel shelled the Al-Shuja’iyeh area of Gaza City, resulting in more than 70 deaths, overwhelmingly civilians. Medical teams were stopped from reaching the casualties, resulting in more unnecessary deaths. The number of those injured has surpassed 4,000 and more than 2,200 homes have been destroyed. The electricity, water supply and sewage treatment facilities have been further damaged… On the 19th of July, British people of all faiths and ages came out in their tens of thousands in London and around the country to demand action to stop Israel's attack on Gaza. They also demonstrated to ensure the underlying reasons that led to this are tackled, namely the illegal, military occupation of Palestine and the siege on Gaza. We demand that the British Government calls for an immediate end to Israel's action – which is fundamentally based on the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. Further we demand Britain informs Israel that it has completely broken the basic principles of international law with its attack on the civilian population of Gaza, which is unacceptable, and that unless it ends this bloody campaign the UK will move to impose sanctions on it until it adheres to international law. In particular, we demand that Britain will not buy or supply military equipment that has, or could be, used or tested as part of Israel's illegal occupation or as part of its collective punishment of the Palestinian people” (Palestine Solidarity Campaign”, “Open Letter to PM David Cameron”, 25 July 2014: http://act.palestinecampaign.org/petition/camerongaza )
Palestine Solidarity Campaign re Open Letter: “Today, MPs Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott and Jim Fitzpatrick, along with the film director Ken Loach, and Hugh Lanning (Chair) and Sarah Colborne (Director) of Palestine Solidarity Campaign handed in an open letter to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street calling for an immediate arms embargo on Israel. The letter was signed by 17 MPs, two peers, and others including Bryan Adams, Jemima Khan, Hanif Kureshi, Will Self, Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Brian Eno, actors Laura Bailey and Maxine Peake, authors William Dalrymple and Ahdaf Soueif, and Ken Loach. PSC put the letter on its website on the morning of Wednesday 23rd July. By the evening of Thursday 24th, the open letter had been signed by more than 21,000 members of the public. Their signatures were also handed in with the letter.
Hugh Lanning, Chair, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Kamel Hawwash, Vice Chair, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Sarah Colborne, Director, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Ben Soffa, Secretary, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Caroline Lucas MP
Mark Durkan MP
Jim Sheridan MP
Diane Abbott MP
John McDonnell MP
Martin Caton MP
David Hamilton MP
Paul Flynn MP
Jim Fitzpatrick MP
Graeme Morrice MP
Chris Williamson MP
John Hemming MP
Linda Riordan MP
Mike Wood MP
Roger Godsiff MP
David Ward MP
Jean Lambert MEP
Baroness Jenny Tonge
Lord Raymond Hylton
Murad Qureshi, London Assembly Member
Ziyaad El Aloul, Palestinian Forum of Britain
Shamiul Joarder, Friends of Al Aqsa
Chris Nineham, Stop the War
Mohammed Kozbar, British Muslim Initiative
Ken Loach
Will Self
Bobby Gillespie
Bryan Adams,
David Morrissey
Esther Freud
Hanif Kureishi
Jemima Khan,
Laura Bailey
Peter Gabriel
Alexei Sayle
Bella Freud
Brian Eno
Robert del Naja
David Morrissey
Maxine Peake
Dr Karma Nabulsi
William Dalrymple
Rev Canon Garth Hewitt
Bruce Kent
Steven Rose
Pat Gaffney
Dr Ghada Karmi
Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC
Victoria Brittain
Ahdaf Soueif
John Austin
Dr Salman Abu Sitta” (Palestine Solidarity Campaign, “MPs, actors, authors and musicians among 21,000 demanding arms embargo on Israel”, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, 23 July 2014: https://www.palestinecampaign.org/mps-actors-authors-musicians-among-21000-demanding-arms-embargo-israel/ ).