(en) Britain, Anarchist Action Network: Stop Arming Israel day of action ? Saturday November 29th

Find Details of an action near you here. ---- We are calling for action on Saturday 
November 29, the UN day of solidarity with the Palestinian people, to pressure the UK 
government and British companies to end all relationships with Israeli arms companies and 
to end all forms of military cooperation with Israel. ---- During July and August 2014, 
2,150 Palestinians were killed as Israel carried out another massacre in the besieged Gaza 
strip. Entire neighbourhoods were destroyed and mosques, market places, UN relief 
compounds and schools were deliberately targeted. There was no safe place for the 1.7 
million people in Gaza to take shelter from the Israeli bombardment. ---- This massacre 
was carried out with the support of weapons exported from the UK and by companies in which 
UK companies are invested.

In 2011 a group of grassroots Palestinian groups called for a two-way military embargo on 
Israel.

The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee wrote at the time: ?A 
comprehensive military embargo on Israel is long overdue. It would form a crucial step 
towards ending Israel?s unlawful and criminal use of force against the Palestinian people 
and other peoples and states in the region and would constitute an effective, non-violent 
measure to pressure Israel to comply with its obligations under international law.?

During the summer, hundreds of thousands of people marched to demand a military embargo on 
Israel and occupations were held at the the offices of UK government departments and 
companies with links to the arms trade. These grassroots actions contributed to the UK 
government announcing that it was considering suspending 12 licenses for arms exports to 
Israel.

Yet the UK government has so far failed to take any action to curb the arms trade with 
Israel, and many UK companies continue to support and profit from Israeli militarism.

Join us in a UK wide day of action to keep the pressure on the UK government and to expose 
the complicity of the companies that help Israel to commit its massacres.

Call to Action

We are calling on people to take action on the 29th November, including in the following ways:

? The UK approves military export licenses to Israel and has purchased military equipment 
from Israeli companies. Take action to pressure the government to impose a two-way arms 
embargo on Israel. Lobby your MP, take action to pressure a government department or 
minister or send a template letter to your MP by clicking here.

? Take action against branches of arms companies which supply military equipment to 
Israel. A list of companies in the UK which have made applications to export military 
equipment to Israel can be found here. To find out whether any of these companies are 
operating in your area enter your postcode into Campaign
Against the Arms Trade?s interactive map here.

? Take action against Barclays Bank, shareholder in Elbit Systems. Elbit are Israel?s 
largest arms company and the manufacturer of the Hermes drone, used by the Israeli 
military to attack Palestinians in Gaza. Israeli unpiloted planes, known as drones, 
carried out over 800 major strikes during Israel?s attacks this Summer. Barclays is the 
named shareholder of $3m worth of shares in Elbit.

Campaign Against the Arms Trade
Corporate Watch
Liverpool Friends of Palestine
Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign
London Palestine Action
Leeds BDS
Manchester Palestine Action
Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods
IJAN UK
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Boycott Israel Network
Smash EDO
Brighton Jordan Valley Solidarity
Brighton and Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Add the endorsement of your group or ask for more info by mailing StopArmingIsraelUK@gmail.com
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