 End the Israeli attacks on Gaza and
Lebanon!
Meanwhile, Hizbullah rains missiles on the north of Israel,
killing Jews and Arabs alike, even hitting exclusively Arab
villages in Israel. This war started with provocative actions by
Hizbullah and Hamas in kidnapping Israeli soldiers, but rather
than negotiate their release Israel fires missiles in every
direction – virtually all those killed by them have been
civilians, and one third have been children.
 No to terrorist attacks by Hezbollah
and Hamas, no to Israeli state terror!
Our Government is standing back and doing nothing, as ever
acting in support of George Bush’s disastrous Middle Eastern
policies, continuing to sell arms to Israel.
 For a free and independent
Palestinian state alongside Israel!
We say: stop the missiles - in Lebanon, Gaza and Israel.
We say: the only long term answer is for Israel to end its
occupation and allow a viable Palestine to exist side by side
with an Israeli state, each in security, each with recognised
borders. Let the two peoples have two states.
We say: support the secular democrats in Lebanon who have
been trying to build the country free from religious parties like
Hizbullah; support the peace movement in Israel and the men
and women who refuse to serve in the Israeli occupation
army.
Nottingham Middle East Crisis Committee
“A violation of international law… It’s horrific.
It’s bigger, more extensive than even I could imagine.”
Jan Egeland, UN relief coordinator
Every day it gets worse in Lebanon. This week Israeli planes
have bombed clearly marked Red Cross ambulances, causing
the Red Cross to pull out of the main areas of bombing.
Hundreds of Lebanese have been killed; half a million have
become refugees. The Israelis have bombed a United Nations
placement; Beirut and much of Lebanon is being destroyed,
refugees are being bombed while fleeing. You only have to
turn on the TV to see this.
Mass protests over the last year in Lebanon had forced Syrian
troops to leave. The country was finally recovering from its
previous Israeli occupation. Now it lies in ruins. In Palestine
the steady destruction of people’s lives continues with the
bulldozing of farmland and the bombing of the only power
station in the country.
What you can do: demand that the Labour
Government gets out of George Bush’s pocket. Write
to your MP calling for Israeli withdrawal to its 1967
borders. Raise money for Medical Aid for Palestine
(www.map-uk.org) and the Israeli peace movement
(www.gush-shalom.org).
Contact: Nottingham Middle East Crisis Committee
info@fiveleaves.co.uk, phone number 07779328418
Supported by the Committee for Two States and the
Nottingham Jewish Socialists’ Group