Gaza

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, with other organisations, has called an emergency lobby of parliament for Wednsday, March 11. The situation in Gaza continues to be critical. Unite fully supports the lobby. Details will appear on the PSC website.

Please make an appointment to lobby your MP now. Call on our MP to:

Wednesday 11 March 2-6pm, House of Commons, London (nearest tube Westminster )

• End the blockade on Gaza

• Suspend the EU-Israel Trade Agreement

• Bring Israeli war criminals to justice

• End the arms trade with Israel

• Urge the government to act to implement international law, including an immediate end to Israeli occupation

This lobby has been organised at short notice to call for urgent action by the British government to address the horrific humanitarian crisis that has been forced upon the people of Gaza.

Israel’s war on 1.5 million people in Gaza killed over 1300, including 431 children, and injured over 5300, including 1872 children. Gaza ’s infrastructure has been destroyed, and hospitals and schools have been bombed, and the water and sewage system seriously damaged.

Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated against Israel ’s military assault on Gaza , and we want to see the British government take action to ensure an end to the denial of peace and justice for Palestinian people.

A leaflet to mobilise for the lobby is available here.

The Unite Executive Council, at its January 2009 meeting, agreed an excellent statement on Gaza. The statement includes a number of campaigning demands but also, inportantly, calls on branches to take up the campaign and affiliate to the Stop The War Coalition and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.