PLEASE SIGN THE PEACE CYCLE PETITION TO SUSPEND THE EU-ISRAEL TRADE AGREEMENT!
The Peace Cycle petition to put pressure on the European Parliament to suspend trade with Israel is now online and awaiting your signature at the following address:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Suspend-EU-Israel-Trade-Agreement
There are hundreds of petitions around at the moment, but this petition is unique because the Peace Cycle will personally deliver it to Members of the European Parliament at a specially arranged campaign event in Brussels on Tuesday 9th September 2008. It is therefore essential that you sign, and get others to sign, so that when we present it to MEPs they have to take notice.
The EU-Israel Association Agreement forms the basis on which Israel and EU countries trade with each other.
The Agreement gives Israel preferential trading terms, and its stated objective is "to gradually integrate Israel into European policies and programmes". There is also a financial assistance element which makes Israel eligible for €14 million in European Community financial cooperation over the next seven years.
In view of Israel's appalling human rights record towards the Palestinian people and it's own Arab citizens, and it's continuous breach of International Law and UN Resulotions, it is an outrage that the European Union should allow this Agreement to continue. The Agreement itself states that it must be "based on respect for human rights and democratic principles which guides internal and international policy".
Israel is clearly in breach of these terms.
We therefore believe the Agreement must be suspended until Israel respects human rights and international law.
Everyone is welcome to join the Peace Cycle in Palestine this August, and in Brussels this September - see our website for further details on how you can support this campaign: www.thepeacecycle.com
But whether you decide to join us or not, PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION NOW!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Suspend-EU-Israel-Trade-Agreement
Thank you for your support, now please forward this to all your contacts and ask them to forward it to theirs - let's get this petition noticed by the EU!
The Peace Cycle petition to put pressure on the European Parliament to suspend trade with Israel is now online and awaiting your signature at the following address:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Suspend-EU-Israel-Trade-Agreement
There are hundreds of petitions around at the moment, but this petition is unique because the Peace Cycle will personally deliver it to Members of the European Parliament at a specially arranged campaign event in Brussels on Tuesday 9th September 2008. It is therefore essential that you sign, and get others to sign, so that when we present it to MEPs they have to take notice.
The EU-Israel Association Agreement forms the basis on which Israel and EU countries trade with each other.
The Agreement gives Israel preferential trading terms, and its stated objective is "to gradually integrate Israel into European policies and programmes". There is also a financial assistance element which makes Israel eligible for €14 million in European Community financial cooperation over the next seven years.
In view of Israel's appalling human rights record towards the Palestinian people and it's own Arab citizens, and it's continuous breach of International Law and UN Resulotions, it is an outrage that the European Union should allow this Agreement to continue. The Agreement itself states that it must be "based on respect for human rights and democratic principles which guides internal and international policy".
Israel is clearly in breach of these terms.
We therefore believe the Agreement must be suspended until Israel respects human rights and international law.
Everyone is welcome to join the Peace Cycle in Palestine this August, and in Brussels this September - see our website for further details on how you can support this campaign: www.thepeacecycle.com
But whether you decide to join us or not, PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION NOW!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Suspend-EU-Israel-Trade-Agreement
Thank you for your support, now please forward this to all your contacts and ask them to forward it to theirs - let's get this petition noticed by the EU!
The Peace Cycle
www.thepeacecycle.com
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