TAKE ACTION - September 2nd: Contact the Egyptian Embassy

[Chicago IJAN]

Dear friends and supporters,

Please consider taking action against the closing of the Rafah Crossing (see all the ways to participate listed below). Actions will be taking place every Friday in September. Also, please be on the look out for a Chicago action taking place towards the end of the month, details TBA. 

Thank you,

Chicago IJAN

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Egyptian Embassies Contact information   London Tel: 020 7235 9777  Fax:020 7235 5684 cons...@egyptianconsulate.co.uk   Madrid  Tel: 34-91-5776308/9/10 Fax:34-91-5781732 in...@ecros.org   Montreal  Tel: 514-8668455/6/7 Fax: 514-8660835   Ottawa  Tel: 613-2344931/5 Fax: 613-2349347/4398 egyp...@sympatico.ca   Paris  Tel: 33-1-536-78830/2 Fax: 33-1-472-30643 Pari...@mfa.gov.eg   Washington DC Tel: (202) 966-6342 Fax: (202) 244-4319 Cons...@egyptembassy.net	September 2, 2011 Click to view this email in a browser Click here to read September 1st article on Rafah Crossing by Haidar Eid                                                                                                           LLAMADO A LA ACCIÓN - /دعوة-للحراك- -  APPEL A L’ACTION - Eylem Çağrısı Aufruf zur Aktion - Crida a la Acció                                                                                            TAKE ACTION                       Open the Rafah Crossing Permanently and Unconditionally  A deadly siege on 1.6 million people living in Gaza has been imposed by Israel since 2006.  It was partially and momentarily lifted when the revolutionary Egyptian movement ousted Hosni Mubarak and made clear that emancipation and the freedom of Palestine were joint and connected goals. Yet today, and daily, approximately 35,000 people wait to cross the border. Meanwhile, Israeli air strikes in the past several weeks on ‘the largest open air prison on earth’ killed at least 18 people, including 2 children, and injured at least 80 more. The denial of freedom of movement for Palestinian people is also an offense to the immense ongoing struggles of the Egyptian people in pursuit of human rights and dignity. Join the growing calls from Egypt for: recalling the Egyptian ambassador from Tel Aviv, expelling the Israeli ambassador from Egypt, opening the Rafah Crossing unconditionally, halting all moves for normalization with Israel and halting trade of natural gas between the two countries. CALL TO ACTION This Friday, September 2, join in international actions in solidarity with Gaza and in support of the on-going Egyptian people's movement:     Request that the Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces  honor the human dignity and freedom of its own people and the people of Gaza, and OPEN THE RAFAH CROSSING PERMANENTLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY. Take action 1.    Organize a delegation to deliver the petition to your Egyptian embassy, consulate or representative office on a Friday. Currently delegations are being organized in NYC, DC, SF, Marseille, Paris and Chicago.  2.   Contact your Egyptian embassy.  3.   Sign and circulate the petition.  4.   "Like" and "Share" the Facebook page with your friends and organizations.  Send an email about your activities to: rafahcross...@gmail.com Post your activities on the campaign Facebook page.     For more information, contact us at:  rafahcross...@gmail.com

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