CEASEFIRE, STOPHETVUREN, PETITIE
Ricken Patel, doorgestuurd door PaulaSt. - 09.08.2006 13:28
Friends,
The ceasefire campaign has been picking up amazing steam, with 70,000 people from over 100 countries signing the petition in just the last two days. The global public outcry of the last weeks is also having an impact, pushing the UN Security Council to meet around the clock on this problem.
Friends,
The ceasefire campaign has been picking up amazing steam, with 70,000 people from over 100 countries signing the petition in just the last two days. The global public outcry of the last weeks is also having an impact, pushing the UN Security Council to meet around the clock on this problem.
We've got just 48 hours before the Council may finally vote on the Middle East crisis. The US government is still pushing for a dubious plan that allows Israeli troops to remain in Lebanon and make some "defensive" attacks. Civilians caught in this awful war need a real ceasefire. Can you help us deliver 150,000 signatures to the UN Security Council by Thursday morning? Please forward the email below to everyone you know (or at least a few close friends!) to help us reach this goal.
Sincerely,
Ricken Patel, Ceasefire Campaign
 http://www.ceasefirecampaign.org/mo/en.html
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Dear friends,
For more than four weeks now we've watched the bloodshed in the Middle East with horror. For a month, global and regional leaders have stood by and failed to take the necessary action to stop the violence.
Finally, last weekend, the US and France reached agreement on a plan. But it's now clear that this flawed compromise plan, which did not call for both sides to stop all attacks, has failed to curb the violence.
http://www.ceasefirecampaign.org/mo/en.html
This is unacceptable. Over a thousand innocent civilians have already been killed, thousands more wounded, and almost a million people have been made homeless.
The UN Security Council is currently meeting to resolve the crisis. They need to know that the world is watching them, and that anything less than an immediate ceasefire is not good enough. Click below to sign this petition demanding that the members of the UN Security Council take immediate action to end this bloodshed.
http://www.ceasefirecampaign.org/mo/en.html
Please sign the petition today, and then spread the word by forwarding this email on to all your friends and family. Our goal is to deliver a petition to the Security Council with 1 million signatures, and to publicize the petition in major newspapers in the capitals of the US, UK, France and other Security Council members.
Thanks so much for your help,
Ricken Patel
CeasefireCampaign.org
PS—Groups and leaders from across the world and from diverse perspectives agree that an urgent ceasefire is an important part of resolving this crisis. Most countries of the world, from Lebanon to Tanzania to India, have called for a ceasefire, and have been joined by major international NGOs such as Oxfam and Amnesty International. Christian leaders such as Pope Benedict XVI, and the World Council of Churches have also called for a ceasefire. Arab and Muslim organizations such as the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Arab League have also been joined by Israeli and Jewish groups such as Meretz Israel, Degel HaTorah, and Brit Tzedek v'Shalom in calling for a ceasefire.
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