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Boris Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Dear friend,

As the death toll in Gaza nears 200, demonstrators across the UK took to
the streets this week to protest Israel's relentless bombing and the
ongoing occupation.

Following seven days of Israeli airstrikes that have bombed homes, the
offices of media organisations and damaged health clinics, CAAT IS CALLING
FOR AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER UK-MADE ARMS HAVE BEEN USED IN
THE ONGOING BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA.

In the last five years alone Downing Street has licensed over £400
millions worth of military equipment to Israeli forces, including many
weapons & components that are likely to be used in this sort of bombing
campaign.

Unfortunately it would not be the first time. A review by the government in
2014 found that 12 licences [1] for arms are likely to have been used in
the bombardment of Gaza that same year. Likewise, in 2010, the then Foreign
Secretary David Miliband said that UK-made arms had "almost certainly" [2]
been used in the 2009 assault.

HELP US TO STRENGTHEN THE MOVEMENT 

* Call on the UK government to block all arms trades to Israel [3]
* Email your MP [4] to demand that the UK government stops arming Israel
* Follow & support CAAT [5], War On Want [6], Palestine Solidarity
Campaign [7] and others for further actions and upcoming demonstrations
across the UK
* Share our social media post on Twitter [8] and Facebook [9] to show
your solidarity with Palestinians

If you're able to, please make a Donation [10] in support of our work

For decades, successive governments have spoken about their commitment to
peace whilst they continue to arm and support Israeli forces. These arms
sales do not just provide military support, they also send a clear sign of
political support for the occupation and blockade, and the violence that is
being inflicted.

When this stops being shown on the news and 'normality' resumes, it is a
normality that is intolerable and a normality that must be stopped.

In solidarity,

Dana

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