[ [link removed] ]A Palestinian woman kneels holding a child covered in a shroud
John,
Israel’s government has just bombed a designated safe zone in Rafah,
killing 45 people, incinerating children, and showing contempt for the
international court that just ordered them to stop.
It's a harrowing nightmare for Palestinians that won't end, and many of
our governments are helping it happen with hundreds of millions of dollars
worth of weapons. One of the worst enablers is the UK government – since
2015 it has sent over *half a billion* pounds worth of weapons to Israel.
We can end that -- and show Israel it can't get away with what it is doing
in Rafah.
A brave legal team is going to court to halt the UK’s weapons sales to
Israel – and with the court date fast approaching, they urgently need our
help to gather critical evidence that these weapons are being illegally
used against civilians.
We have no red tape slowing us down – if enough of us contribute, we can
rush them the cash they need for this crucial work immediately.
Every second counts -- we're seeing that clearly. Will you help end UK
arms sales to Israel and stop the slaughter?
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Over 34,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have now been
killed in Israel’s onslaught on Gaza.
Doctors are being left “speechless” at the horrors they’re seeing –
children having their legs amputated without anesthetic, babies dying of
dehydration within days of being born.
The list of atrocities is endless. UN experts have urgently called for a
halt on arms exports to Israel given the undeniable risk that they are
being used against civilians. And the US has even found the Israeli army
responsible for gross human rights violations.
There is NO defense to keep fueling Israel’s killing machine. Yet, the UK
is doing everything it can to keep shamelessly arming Israel.
But we received amazing news last week. A brilliant group of lawyers has
just had their groundbreaking case to stop the UK’s flow of arms revived
after it was initially dismissed in February. This is huge – and means
they have a real chance of winning!
They’re working round the clock to make sure they’re ready to take this
case all the way to the High Court but it’s going to be a tough road ahead
and the next few months are critical. If all of us chip in the cost of a
coffee we can rush them the funds they need to collect extensive evidence
from Gaza and build an ironclad case.
John, if we can get the UK to halt arms sales to Israel, it
could help spell the end of this catastrophe.
Any amount will make a difference – can you chip in?
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Over 200,000 Ekō members from every corner of the planet have taken action
for Gaza in just the past 6 months. Let’s keep going to end this
nightmare.
Thanks for all that you do,
Miriam and the Ekō team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]Dozens reported killed in Israeli strike on Rafah BBC, 27 May 2024.
[ [link removed] ]UK weapons sales to Israel GLAN 23 April 2024
[ [link removed] ]'I am leaving for the unknown.' Palestinians fleeing Rafah describe
their fear and despair CNN 7 May 2024
[ [link removed] ]Israel rebukes US calls for investigation into mass graves in
Gaza Politico 26 April 2024
[ [link removed] ]Evidence of torture as nearly 400 bodies found in Gaza mass graves Al
Jazeera 25 April 2024
[ [link removed] ]Gaza death toll passes 34,000 as Israel and Iran missile strikes grab
global attention The Guardian 20 April 2024
[ [link removed] ]US says Israeli army units violated human rights BBC 30 April 2024
[ [link removed] ]Gaza war: UN rights expert accuses Israel of acts of genocide BBC 26
March 2024
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