Dear friend,

You may have heard about the shocking and appalling attacks happening in Gaza, including air strikes last night that are reported to have killed 24 people including at least 9 children. The air strikes follow several days of attacks by Israeli police and settlers on Palestinians in Jerusalem, injuring over 300 people, including the storming of the Al Aqsa Mosque. 

Here are some ways you can take action: 

  1. Email your MP: our friends at War on Want have built a tool you can use to quickly send a message to your MP to demand that the UK government stops arming Israel.
  2. Join the emergency rally for Jerusalem outside 10 Downing Street at 6pm tonight: if you are in London and able to attend, you can find more details here.
  3. Follow CAAT, War On Want, Palestine Solidarity Campaign and others on Twitter for other actions you can take in the coming days. 
  4. Read and share our press release to raise awareness of the shocking scale of the UK arms trade with Israel and call on the UK government to end these sales.
  5. Share our social media post on Twitter and Facebook to show your solidarity with Palestinians.

CAAT is calling for the UK to end arms sales and military support for Israeli forces. Since the Conservative government was elected in May 2015 the UK has licensed over £400 million worth of arms to Israeli forces. The actual level of exports will be significantly higher, as there have also been 43 Open Licences in this period. 

These terrible air strikes have further added to the many years of injustice and bloodshed. They must be met with condemnation, and action from the international community, particularly when following the increased tensions we have seen and the storming of such an important holy site.

Regardless of how many atrocities have been inflicted, Downing Street has continued to arm and support Israeli forces. UK-made arms have been used against Palestinians before, and it is likely that they will be again. These arms sales do not just provide military support, they also send a clear sign of political support for the daily abuse that is central to the occupation.

Time and again, successive UK governments have put arms sales ahead of the rights and lives of Palestinians. That long and shameful policy must stop.

In solidarity,

Dana
Campaign Against Arms Trade

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