We join Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and ICAHD UK in calling on the British public and the UK government to use all available pressure to bring an immediate end to Israelis systematic demolition of Palestinian homes and structures in East Jerusalem and the West Bank and to fulfil its legal and moral obligations under international law to safeguard the health and well-being of Palestinian civilians living under its military occupation.
So ends the letter signed by 50 prominent signatories, which we ask all who support in good faith moves towards justice in Israel-Palestine to sign also. We NEED 10,000 signatures added to the letter in the next few days to ensure the UK Government take notice of growing public pressure to enable real moves towards justice and against abuses of human rights and international law in Palestine-Israel.
<a href="http://www.map-uk.org/get-involved/campaign-with-us/call-for-an-immediate-end-to-israeli-demolitions.aspx" target="blank"Please take two minutes to sign the letter online right now.
Here is the full text of the letter:
Few aspects of Israelis nearly 48-year-long military occupation of Palestinian land are as brutal, destructive and inhumane as home demolitions.
The home is the heart of family life. Israelis campaign of home demolitions and forced displacement is systematic and is designed to push Palestinians off their land. It has a profound psychological and economic impact on Palestinian families and the viability of indigenous communities, adversely affecting health, education and livelihoods.
The demolition by the Israeli authorities of nearly 29,000 Palestinian homes and structures contravenes its obligations as an occupying power and is against international law.
Israel has nonetheless accelerated its campaign of home demolitions and forced displacement since it agreed to an intensive round of US-sponsored peace talks last July. Almost every week, dozens of Palestinians have their homes destroyed and face displacement, sometimes for the second or third time.
While claiming to be committed to peace talks, Israel has ramped up its destruction of Palestinian homes and livelihood structures and intensified its building of illegal Jewish settlements on Palestinian land. According to the United Nations, the number of Palestinian structures demolished and Palestinians displaced so far this year is up by 29% and 32%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2013 n a year which witnessed a steep rise in demolitions and displacement.
We join Medical Aid for Palestinians and ICAHD UK in calling on the UK government to use all available pressure to bring an immediate end to Israelis systematic demolition of Palestinian homes and structures in East Jerusalem and the West Bank and to fulfil its legal and moral obligations under international law to safeguard the health and well-being of Palestinian civilians living under its military occupation.
We NEED 10,000 signatures added to the letter.
. Please take two minutes to sign the letter online via this link right now.