Building peace and justice in Jerusalem
We, as British citizens, call for action now to prevent the destruction of Palestinian life and culture in Jerusalem. We call on our Government to take steps to ensure that the Israeli authorities end:
- systematic demolition of Palestinian homes
- building of illegal settlements and associated infrastructure
- granting of insecure residency status to Palestinians
- expulsion of Palestinians from Jerusalem – by arbitrarily removing their residency rights and building the Wall to shut Palestinian communities out of the main city
- preventing freedom of worship through barring Palestinian Christians and Muslims from visiting Jerusalem
We call on our Government to work with the UN to ensure that the state of Israel recognises its responsibilities under international law to Jerusalem as a shared city, sacred to Jews, Muslims and Christians and ends its occupation of East Jerusalem.