The motion that the Government should introduce sanctions against Israel, including blocking all trade, and in particular arms will be debated in the parliament on the 14th June 2021. West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign has organised an online meeting with members of parliament from Birmingham and surrounding constituencies to come and discuss the situation Palestinians are facing in their own homeland and why sanctions are necessary to help alleviate the hardships Palestinians find themselves in their own homes.
West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Meet your MP pre commons debate on Sanctions against Israel
Time: Jun 10, 2021 06:00 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting by following the link below
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89596641124?pwd=WUZJUkQvSXh1aUFyQXlxQ0F4TnZvUT09
Or the Meeting ID: 895 9664 1124
Passcode: 376094
Following is a copy of a letter you can copy and modify to send it to your member of parliament before the debate.
Dear
I am writing to you as a constituent to invite you to an online meeting that has been organized with all the members of Parliament representing Birmingham and surrounding constituencies. The meeting would want to discuss with their members of parliament their concerns over the enduring occupation and oppression of Palestinians and the scheduled debate in the Houses of Parliament to discuss sanctions that can be applied on Israel to force it to abide by international and Humanitarian laws that Israel is able to ignore with impunity so far. The Birmingham meeting is scheduled for 6pm the 10th of June 2021 before the parliamentary debate that is to follow on the 14th of June 2021.
You can visit the website www.westmidspsc.org
for more information on the debate and Israel’s violation of international
Humanitarian law.
Since its establishment, Israeli state violence towards the
indigenous Palestinian population has never ceased. This includes a combination
of warfare, territorial theft, and violent displacement of Palestinians who had
been settled in these lands for centuries. The various UN resolutions attesting
to the illegality of Israeli actions and the recent reports by Human Rights
Watch and the Israeli human rights organization B’tselem have documented this
reality. Many of these violations amount to war crimes. While several countries
are faced with immediate censure, Israel continues to enjoy full impunity for
its actions. The latest in these atrocities include the attacks on the Al-Aqsa
worshippers during Ramadan, the attempted illegal evictions of Palestinian
residents in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, and the subsequent
disproportionate and indiscriminate bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
In the latest attack on Gaza in May 2021, over 256
Palestinians including 66 children were killed. The Israeli government
spokesman admitted that the recently supplied F35 fighter planes were used in
the latest attack. British contribution towards the 50 F-35s would amount to £ 585 million. This and other
arms supplies to Israel means Britain is very much complicit in the lethal
attacks Israel launches on civilians living under an unwarranted siege of Gaza.
Given the role Britain played in creating the problem it bears
a moral responsibility to engage in actions to bring about justice for the
Palestinian people.
I therefore urge you to take concrete steps against Israel’s
systematic violations of human rights and war crimes committed against the
Palestinians by imposing full-scale sanctions against Israel which should
include:
1. Boycotting the Israeli regime on political, military,
economic and cultural fronts.
2. Ending the arms trade with Israel.
3. Supporting the trial of Israeli officials responsible for
war crimes in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a similar way
war criminals of former Yugoslavia and Rwanda were brought to justice.
It has become more apparent than ever that Israel is an
apartheid state and will not willingly change itself. Outside measures are the
only way that can meaningfully push Israel towards ending the aggression and
respect Palestinian human rights.
I am hoping our members of parliament use the sanctions
available to them to ensure Israel abides by International law. Also, I am
hoping as a constituent you will be able to join us on the 10th June
to discuss our concerns and how you hope to address them on the commons debate
on sanctions.
I await your reply.
These are some of the Birmingham and surrounding constituency members of parliament you can write to. Please choose an mp who is your constituent as they are more likely to respond.
shabana.mahmood.mp@parliament.uk
andrew.mitchell.mp@parliament.uk
gary.sambrook.mp@parliament.uk
jack.dromey.mp@parliament.uk
preet.gill.mp@parliament.uk
jess.phillips.mp@parliament.uk
mccabes@parliament.uk
byrnel@parliament.uk
mahmoodk@parliament.uk
If you hear from them please let us know by emailing the response to admin@westmidspsc.org or put it on our facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wmpsc