Trade Union Friends of PalestineTrade Union Friends of Palestinehttp://scunison.squarespace.com/trade-union-friends-of-palesti/2006-09-06T12:31:47ZSquarespacePalestine Solidarity Campaign Public Meetinghttp://scunison.squarespace.com/trade-union-friends-of-palesti/2006/9/6/palestine-solidarity-campaign-public-meeting.htmlPaul Couchman2006-09-06T12:29:30Z2006-09-06T12:29:30ZJUSTICE IN PALESTINE,PEACE IN THE MIDDLE-EAST
1982: Sabra & Shatila
2006: Gaza and Lebanon
Organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Tuesday 19th September 2006, 7:30pm
Friends Meeting House, Euston, London
Speakers:
Dr Karma Nabulsi, Nuffield College Oxford University
Dr Swee Ang, Witness to the Sabra/Chatila massacre, author of ‘From Beirut to Jerusalem’ & Founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians, Witness to the Sabra/Chatila massacre, author of ‘From Beirut to Jerusalem’& Founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians
Nisar Aboud, Journalist and activist from South Lebanon, Journalist and activist from South Lebanon, Nuffield College Oxford University, Witness to the Sabra/Chatila massacre, author of ‘From Beirut to Jerusalem’& Founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians, Journalist and activist from South Lebanon
More information: www.palestinecampaign.org
]]>Letter to MPs from Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretrayhttp://scunison.squarespace.com/trade-union-friends-of-palesti/2006/8/16/letter-to-mps-from-dave-prentis-unison-general-secretray.htmlPaul Couchman2006-08-16T10:00:36Z2006-08-16T10:00:36ZTo all Labour MPs
2nd August 2006
Dear Colleague
On behalf of UNISON and its 1.3 million members, I write to express our absolute horror at the carnage taking place in Lebanon and Gaza and to urge you to press our Government to make an unequivocal call for an immediate ceasefire. To many of our members, our failure to do this in recent weeks has put at risk the moral authority of our Labour Government both at home and abroad. It is widely perceived that our apparent inaction has undermined international efforts to halt the violence and isolated us from key European and Muslim world allies.
The deaths of innocent women, children and men, and Israel’s latest declaration that they now intend to widen their ground offensive against Lebanon, make the case for speaking out for an immediate ceasefire even more pressing.
UNISON members the breadth of the country have contacted me to express their personal horror. Like us, they witness daily the systematic bombing and destruction. They spend their lives caring for others; helping the vulnerable, building safe and healthy communities. They are appalled at the scene of despair and destruction as entire villages and communities are destroyed and the fact that aid cannot get through to those suffering so much. We are watching a humanitarian catastrophe rapidly developing.
Action must be taken now and I strongly urge you to speak out to ensure that our Cabinet now make an unequivocal call for an immediate ceasefire.