From: najla10@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 02:21:39 +0100 (BST)
- Turn off your power supply at the mains
- Turn off your water supply at the mains
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- Stop using all forms of transportation
- Stop going to work, school or college
- Reduce your food intake to a minimum and eat sporadically
- Ask your neighbour to play loud music all through the night
Do this until we tell you to stop!
If you take the challenge, you will have some idea of the conditions faced by thousands of Gazans right now.
Help Margaret Beckett See The Light!!
If you can't stomach the 'Israel Challenge', then we
ask you to send a tealight/candle to Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett
now, asking her to forward it to the people of Gaza. She has refused to
condemn the Israeli attack against Gaza ? maybe thousands of tealights
will make her see the light.
The Rt. Hon. Margaret Beckett
Foreign Secretary
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London SW1A 2AH
***
Sample letter to the Foreign Office to be sent with
the candles:
Dear Rt. Hon. Margaret Beckett, Foreign Secretary
During the early hours of 28 June 2006, the Israeli
Occupation Force launched a ground offensive into Gaza. As part of
the assault, the Israeli Air Force attacked three bridges and the Gaza City
power station, cutting power to much of the area.
The transformer station is also used to help pump water. As the power has been severed, the water cannot be pumped and Gazans are unable to access water. As a result, some 860,000 residents in Gaza are currently without electricity and running water.
The situation is further exacerbated by the use of sonic booms, whereby
low flying planes break the sound barrier over Gaza to fulfill Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert's order that no one should be able to sleep at night in
Gaza.
The Israeli army has seized half of the democratically elected
government and a quarter of the elected MPs inside the Occupied
Palestinian Territories.
According to The Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (Pengon):
The public health and safety and environmental hazards stemming from
the damage caused to infrastructure as a result of this military operation
include:
- water shortages
- contamination of any remaining drinking water
- uncontrolled discharge and flow of untreated sewage
in the streets, resulting in groundwater pollution
- pollution of agricultural land which Gazans will be unable to cultivate to harvest crops, negatively impacting their earning power
- damage to marine life as untreated wastewater flows into the sea
- migration of fish to other parts of the coast, resulting in a
reduction in the number of fish caught and, concomitantly, money
earned by Gazan fishermen
- direct exposure to untreated wastewater in open systems
- indirect human health risks due to the consumption of polluted crops
and fish
- an increase in waterborne acute and infectious diseases as a result
of additional viruses, bacteria and protozoa in the water.
These are likely to cause serious illnesses ranging from
gastroenteritis and cholera to liver failure and death.
Once again the British Government remains silent in the face of the latest round of collective punishment inflicted on the people of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Please forward this candle to the people of Gaza as a token of my support during this current crisis.
Please can you also assure me that the British government will:
- Immediately work for the restoration of EU aid to the Palestinian authority?
- Demand that Israel ends it blockade and restore Palestinian taxes to the Palestinian Authority.
- Demand that Israel ceases all military action in the Occupied Territories.
- Apply pressure through the United Nations for Israel to respect the UN resolutions requires its withdrawal from the territories it illegally occupied in 1967.
- Demand the release of all elected Palestinian officials held by Israel and a program for the release of all prisoners held in violation of international law.
Yours sincerely:
Name
Address
Signature
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- Turn off your water supply at the mains
d
- Stop using all forms of transportation
- Stop going to work, school or college
-
Reduce your food intake to a minimum and eat sporadically
- Ask your neighbour to play loud music all through the night
Do this until we tell you to stop!
If you take the challenge, you will have some idea of the conditions faced by thousands of Gazans right now.
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Help Margaret Beckett See The Light!!
If you can't stomach the 'Israel Challenge', then we
ask you to send a tealight/candle to Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett
now, asking her to forward it to the people of
condemn the
Israeli attack against
will make her see the light.
The Rt. Hon. Margaret Beckett
Foreign Secretary
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King Charles Street
***
Sample letter to the Foreign Office to be sent with
the candles:
Dear Rt. Hon. Margaret Beckett, Foreign Secretary
During the early hours of 28 June 2006, the Israeli
Occupation Force launched a ground offensive into
the assault, the Israeli Air Force attacked three bridges and the
power station, cutting power to much of the area.
The transformer station is also used to help pump water. As the power has been severed, the water cannot be pumped and Gazans are unable to access water. As a result, some 860,000 residents in
The situation is further exacerbated by the use of sonic booms, whereby
low flying planes break the sound barrier over
Minister Ehud Olmert's order that no one should be able to sleep at night in
The Israeli army has seized half of the democratically elected
government and a quarter of the elected MPs inside the
According to The Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (Pengon):
The public health and safety and environmental hazards stemming from
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> the damage caused to infrastructure as a result of this military operation
include:
- water shortages
- contamination of any remaining drinking water
-
uncontrolled discharge and flow of untreated sewage
in the streets, resulting in groundwater pollution
- pollution of agricultural land which Gazans will be unable to cultivate to harvest crops, negatively impacting their earning power
- damage to marine life as untreated wastewater flows style="mso-spacerun: yes"> into the sea
- migration of fish to other parts of the coast, resulting in a
reduction in the number of fish caught and, concomitantly, money
earned by Gazan fishermen
- direct exposure to untreated wastewater in open systems
- indirect human health risks due to the consumption of polluted crops
and fish
- an increase in waterborne acute and infectious diseases as a result
of additional
viruses, bacteria and protozoa in the water.
These are likely to cause serious illnesses ranging from
gastroenteritis and cholera to liver failure and death.
Once again the British Government remains silent in the face of the latest round of collective punishment inflicted on the people of the
Please forward this candle to the people of
Please can you also assure me that the British government will:
- Immediately work for the restoration of
EU aid to the Palestinian authority?
- Demand that
- Demand that
- Apply pressure through the United Nations for
- Demand the release of all elected Palestinian officials held by
Yours sincerely:
Name
Address
Signature
Web email has come of age. Don't settle for less than the All New Yahoo! Mail.