PROTEST TODAY: 11am Foriegn Office, Whitehall, London

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May 31, 2010, 4:47:42 AM5/31/10
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URGENT ACTION: ISRAELI TROOPS STORM GAZA FLOTILLA AND KILL 10: DEMONSTRATE TODAY

 

Members of the Israeli Navy commandeered the largest ship of the Free Gaza Flotilla and in the process kill a reported 10 activists. On board the ship are international human rights activists from a number of countries including eight from the UK.  

 

News reports can be found on the BBC, the Guardian, Al Jazeera and others.


MORE IMPORTANTLY:

 

We need to mobilise.

 

What can you do:

 

1) Protest against Israel’s actions, to support the flotilla and to demand action from our government. 11am, The Foreign Office, King Charles Street, Whitehall, London and 2pm Downing Street, London. Manchester 5pm at BBC HQ, Oxford Road.

 

2) Make phone calls. We need to put pressure on our government to take action against Israel’s violent actions which are violating several articles of the UN Convention on the law of the sea, part VII putting the lives of Britons and hundreds of others at risk.

 

3) Make Phone calls to the Israeli embassy in Briton demanding the safe passage of the ships to Gaza and the safety of all on board.

 

Emergency 24 hour assistance for Britons Abroad: 020 7008 1500

 

British Embassy in Tel Aviv 24 hour number for emergencies: 00972 3725 1222

 

British Consulate for OPT: East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza Strip: 24 hour switchboard, 00972 02 541 4100

 

*Numbers for Israeli officials:*

Mark Regev in the Prime Minister’s office: +972 2670 5354 or +972 5 0620
3264

Shlomo Dror in the Ministry of Defence: +972 3697 5339 or +972 50629 8148

Major Liebovitz from the Israeli Navy: + 972 5 781 86248

The Israeli Ministry of Defense, Fax: 972-3-697-6717

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fax: 972-2- 5303367

 

 

 

Points you may wish to make:

There are a number of British nationals (probably at least 8)  on board the flotilla. If asked for names, you can refer to Sarah Colbourne or Alex Harrison.

Based on the previous actions of Israel, there is reason to believe that the welfare of these British nationals may be at risk (Israel’s previous actions in ramming  and nearly sinking the Dignity Free Gaza boat in December 2008and in dangerously boarding the Spirit of Humanity in June 2009);

That based on Israel’s previous actions, there is reason to believe that large quantities of humanitarian aid, some of it donated by British people, is at risk of being damaged or destroyed.


*Numbers for Israeli officials:*

Mark Regev in the Prime Minister’s office: +972 2670 5354 or +972 5 0620
3264

Shlomo Dror in the Ministry of Defence: +972 3697 5339 or +972 50629 8148

Major Liebovitz from the Israeli Navy: + 972 5 781 86248

The Israeli Ministry of Defense, Fax: 972-3-697-6717

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fax: 972-2- 5303367

 


*Action Alert: Israeli military attacks Gaza Freedom Flotilla, 4 deaths
confirmed*

Israel Murders at Least 4 Unarmed Civilians on Aid Flotilla to Gaza, Dozens
Injured

(Cyprus, June 1, 2010, 6:30AM local) Under darkness of night, Israeli
commandos from at least 14 warships and military helicopters boarded the
Turkish passenger ship, Mavi Marmara, and began shooting. According to live
video from the ship, at least two civilians have been murdered, and dozens
injured. Israeli television is reporting 16 civilians killed.

The Mavi Marmara was part of a 6-ship unarmed flotilla, including a
U.S.-flagged vessel, carrying 700 passengers from 40 different countries and
10,000 tons of humanitarian aid on a mission of mercy to besieged Gaza.

The last GPS signal from the flotilla, sent just prior to the attack, placed
the ships at latitude:32.64113, longitude:33.56727 - approximately 65 miles
off the coast of Netanya, well in international waters.

Palestinian fishermen are regularly fired upon off the coast of Gaza, but
these are the first Israeli murders of internationals at sea. In recent
years, the Israeli military has adopted increasingly vicious policies toward
international human rights workers in Palestine, murdering Rachel Corrie and
Tom Hurdall in 2003.

The names of the dead are not yet known. The flotilla passengers included
retired US diplomats Amb. Edward Peck and Col. Ann Wright as well as
humanitarian aid and human rights workers, several Members of Parliament
from Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, Malaysia, and Palestinian Members of
the Knesset.


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