Palestine
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Before dawn on one of the coldest nights of the year, Israeli security forces raided a home while a family slept. Officers pulled grandparents, parents, and children from bed and assaulted them, then quickly destroyed the home and everything in it, leaving 18 Palestinians homeless.
For decades, Israel has done this again and again, demolishing Palestinian homes to build settlements. Until now.
As Israel’s #1 trading partner, the EU has the leverage to stop the destruction. But so far, they’ve failed to do it. So tomorrow, a group of international law experts are launching a new European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) to force the EU to end trade with all illegal settlements.
All we need to do is help them gather 1 million signatures and the EU will be required to consider the ban.
It will entail tremendous effort – everything from canvassing door to door to a massive online ad campaign. But we’ve done... it before and can do it again. A, can you chip in to power the signature campaign and finally pressure Israel to end its illegal settlements?
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It couldn’t be clearer that Israel's incessant land-grabbing and displacement of Palestinian communities is illegal under international law. And without consequences for its actions, the Israeli government will continue to raze Palestinian homes.
That's why this ECI is so important -- if we can stop the EU from trading with all illegal settlements, it will force Israel to return to the negotiating table to finally restore Palestinians’ rights.
Here’s what we have to do: gather one million signatures from more than seven European countries. The process for collecting them is burdensome, and then they all need to be reviewed to make sure each and every signature is legitimate.
The good news is we’ve done this before as part of our work to stop dangerous pesticides and save the bees – and we won. Now we can do it again.
Only voting-age EU citizens are eligible to sign the initiative, but the campaign to collect the signatures can be funded by anybody, anywhere. That's why we're counting on you, A -- will you stand up for the rights of the Palestinian people and chip in today?
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Thanks for all that you do,
Allison, Eoin and the SumOfUs team
More information:
Israeli forces demolish Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah. AlJazeera. 19 January 2022. CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE ON THE BAN OF TRADE WITH ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS. ECCP. 23 September 2021. Ensuring Common Commercial Policy conformity with EU Treaties and compliance with international law. European Citizens' Initative. 08 September 2021. Debt and trauma as Israel destroys Palestinian homes, businesses. AlJazeera. 18 July 2021. Israel Begins Tearing Down Palestinian Housing on Edge of East Jerusalem. New York Times. 22 July 2019.SumOfUs is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.
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