Open letter to Tony Blair
The Israeli invasion of the Palestinian territories demonstrates
that the current Israeli administration has as little respect
for human life as it has for international law.
We bear
witness to the horrific and frightening events of the past week.
These include: the wounding and arrest of local journalists, the
detaining of ambulances, the shelling of ambulances, the arrest
of medics, the targeting and killing of civilians. We are maintaining
a presence inside Bethlehem and its refugee camps in an ongoing
attempt to curb Israeli aggression against the Palestinian population
on their own land.
As it
stands, the situation seems hopeless. We implore our Government
to act now to end the current Israeli incursions, demand the withdrawal
of all Israeli colonies within the territories and to vigorously
promote a sovereign, independent Palestinian state in all of the
land illegally occupied by Israel since 1967 as well as a just
solution to the refugee crisis.
Jeremy
Hardy
James Budd
Nicholas Blincoe
Leila Sansour
Mortaza Sahibzada
Emma Bleach
Jo Bird
Chris Dunham
Kunle Ibidun
Lilian Pizzichini
Rory Macmillan
Sarah Irving
Georgina Reeves
Ian Jacobs
John McSweeny
James Kirkham
Jenny McArthur
