RAMADAN CAMPAIGN: BOYCOTT ISRAELI DATES 2010
West
Midlands Palestine Solidarity campaign is inviting all shopkeepers to be Israel
free shops by not stocking any products from Israel, particularly dates during
the month of Ramadan.
You
can register your shop as Israel Free by Clicking Here
If
your shop will not be stocking any of the Israeli dates from now on, let us
know by email or through our website and you will be provided Israeli
Free logo that you can exhibit in your shop. The Campaign will list
your shop on its website and other publications as the preferred shop to buy
dates from during the month of Ramadan. Visit our website for more up to date
information on the boycott campaign
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This
year, we are contacting all the shops in the West Midlands area in advance so
that they do not stock Israeli dates during Ramadan. This year, the dates
campaign is even more important. At the end of May 2010, the Israeli navy
mounted a peace ship, part of the flotilla, trying to deliver humanitarian aid
to the people of Gaza. The Israeli navy killed several people on the ship. In
memory of the individuals we urge shopkeepers to refrain from stocking Israeli
dates. Some of the companies, including their brand names, supplying them are
shown here.
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The International Court of Justice has
ruled that the Israeli settlements are illegal – they are built on stolen
Palestinian land. Growing dates is one of the major agricultural activities
carried out by nearly half of the illegal Israeli settlements located in the
Jordan Valley – it’s their most profitable crop, and contributes significantly
to their economic viability of the settlements and Israel.
80% of Israeli dates are exported, mainly to Europe, including Britain, where it has around 10% market share. For many years now The Palestine Solidarity Campaign have been boycotting Israeli products and during the month of Ramadan the campaign had tried to encourage shops not to stock dates from Israel.
The
campaign also invites shopkeepers to exhibit your date products at an event the
West Midlands campaign has organised for the 25th July 2010 to
launch this year’s Boycott Israel’s Dates campaign. The West Midlands Campaign
aims to make Birmingham and the rest of West Midlands Israel free city and
region. We ask you to help us help the Palestinians particularly women and
children who are the main victims of Israel’s illegal occupation and the
blockade of Gaza.
West Midlands Palestine
Solidarity Campaign
www.westmidspsc.org pscwm@yahoo.co.uk
WEST MIDLANDS PALESTINE
SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN
E-Mail address : pscwm@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone : 07596994846
Website :
http://www.westmidspsc.org
Facebook page : West Midlands
Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Fri, June 25, 7pm – Sat, June 26, 9pm
St Andrews Church Hall, Avion Center, Whitmore Reans,
Wolverhampton (map)
Wolverhampton PSC is holding a public meeting this
Friday evening –
Palestine:
deadlock or progress?
The
speakers are
Ibrahim Musaji - Eye witness member of the
Fotilla –
breaking the seige on Gaza,
Ken
Purchase - Former member of the Parliamentary Foreigh Affairs Committee
This
meeting will also be promoting the International Boycott of Israeli and
settlement products in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Refreshments
from 6.30pm. All welcome.
GAZA FLOTILLA ACTION:
DEMAND SAFE AND SPEEDY RELEASE OF BRITS CAPTURED
Message from PSC national office
24 hours after twenty unarmed civilians on board
the international humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza were killed by Israeli
naval forces, there has been no clear information of the names of those
murdered, what has happened to the British citizens captured on the ship, or
what steps our government is taking to ensure they all return to Britain
safely.
We demand that the Foreign Secretary
immediately asks for the release of all British citizens; for the aid carried
on the ships to be sent to Gaza and swift action to end the illegal siege.
Take action:
1)
Ring the FCO asking what action is being taken to secure the safe and speedy
release of the British citizens on the Gaza flotilla
2)
Email Nick Clegg (cleggn@parliament.uk) and your local MP (find viawww.parliament.uk) to lobby the Foreign Secretary on your behalf
calling for a safe and speedy return of those on the flotilla and for an
immediate end to the siege on Gaza.
3) Email Foreign
Secretary demanding the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador using our e-lobby tool
: http://www.psc.iparl.com/lobby/49
(it takes less than two minutes).
Useful numbers:
i) Foreign office switchboard: 020 7008 1500
ii) Emergency 24 hour assistance for Britons Abroad: 020 7008 1500
iii) British Embassy in Tel Aviv 24 hour number for emergencies: 00972
3725 1222
iv)British Consulate for OPT: East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza Strip:
24 hour switchboard,
00972 02 541 4100
3) 400 ATTEND PROTEST IN BIRMINGHAM
Over 400 people came to the Bull Ring in central Birmingham on Monday to
protest against the Israeli massacre of
unarmed civilians in international waters. The fact that so many attended a
protest at only a few hours notice reflects the revulsion felt across the world
at this latest outrage perpetrated by Israel. There was a wide range of
speakers from many organizations, including John Hemming, LibDem MP for
Birmingham Yardley, as you can see in this set of photographs taken at the
meeting :
The following set of pictures shows
the size of the meeting; thanks to all of you who came :
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/05/452431.html
4) MESSAGE
FROM PSC GENERAL SECRETARY BETTY HUNTER
Even by the Israeli
Governments own barbaric standards, the events of yesterday were some of the
most
shocking I have witnessed. The cold
blooded and brutal attack on the flotilla of boats carrying vital medial
equipment to the besieged people of
Gaza was a shocking reminder of the lengths to which the Israeli
Government will go to punish the people of Palestine and
their supporters.
For us in
the head office of PSC, the reality of Israel’s ceaseless campaign of attrition
has been brought
even closer to home with the news
that our Director of Campaigns, Sarah Colborne, is one the campaigners
illegally being held hostage by the
Israeli Government. I am sure I speak
for all members and supporters
when I say that our thoughts are
with all those being held hostage and particularly with Sarah, her family
and her friends.