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	Sam Casey-Rerhaye of the Green Party
	Robin David Jones of the Green Party

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<div class="SCXW216044511 BCX0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW216044511 BCX0"><div class="SCXW225079279 BCX0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW225079279 BCX0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW203409870 BCX0"><div class="SCXW216044511 BCX0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW216044511 BCX0"><div class="SCXW225079279 BCX0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW225079279 BCX0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW203409870 BCX0"><div class="SCXW216044511 BCX0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW216044511 BCX0"><div class="SCXW225079279 BCX0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW225079279 BCX0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW203409870 BCX0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><strong><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">As one of your constituents, I am asking you to make the Councillor Pledge for Palestine, recently launched by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).</span></strong></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">PSC is asking local government representatives to make this commitment:</span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="padding-left: 40px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><em><span class="TextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">As a councillor, I will take all </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">appropriate steps</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> to: </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></em></p></div><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW226770881 BCX0" style="padding-left: 40px;"><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;"><ul class="BulletListStyle2 SCXW226770881 BCX0" role="list"><li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0" style="font-style: italic;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="21" data-list-defn-props="{" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><em><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">Uphold the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. </span><span class="EOP SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></em></p></li></ul></li></ul></div><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW226770881 BCX0" style="padding-left: 40px;"><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;"><ul class="BulletListStyle2 SCXW226770881 BCX0" role="list"><li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0" style="font-style: italic;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="22" data-list-defn-props="{" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><em><span class="TextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">Support efforts to prevent, and ensure accountability for, Israel’s crimes of genocide, military occupation, ethnic </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">cleansing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> and apartheid. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></em></p></li></ul></li></ul></div><div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW226770881 BCX0" style="padding-left: 40px;"><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;"><ul class="BulletListStyle2 SCXW226770881 BCX0" role="list"><li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0" style="font-style: italic;" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="23" data-list-defn-props="{" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><em><span class="TextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">Ensure my council is not complicit in and does not help to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW226770881 BCX0">normalise</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> Israel’s violations of international law, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">including through the council divesting pensions and any other funds it administers from complicit companies and through its procurement policies</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></em></p></li></ul></li></ul></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><strong><span class="TextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">You can make the pledge on the PSC website by following</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW226770881 BCX0" href="https://palestinecampaign.org/councillor-pledge-for-palestine/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">this link</span></a><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">.</span><span class="EOP SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></strong></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">PSC will publish a list of all the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">councillors</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> who have made the pledge, so that we – the voters – know if our </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">councillors</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> have committed to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">This is not only because Palestine is a major issue for millions of voters, but also because</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> <strong>local council administered pension funds invest more than £12.2 billion in companies enabling Israel’s genocide, military occupation, and apartheid against Palestinians.</strong></span><strong><span class="EOP SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></strong></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW87797557 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW87797557 BCX0">A legal notice obtained by PSC and written by legal experts at Doughty Street Chambers has </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW87797557 BCX0">stated</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW87797557 BCX0"> that councils administering Local Government Pension Scheme funds are legally required to take steps to divest funds from companies complicit in Israel's crimes.</span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">Already, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">28 local councils</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> across Britain have taken a stand in support of divestment.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><strong><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">Recent polling shows that this is strongly backed by people in our community and across the country.</span></strong><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> For example, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">in the South of England </span><span class="TextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">three times </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">as many</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">voters</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> support councils divesting funds from companies complicit in Israel’s crimes than oppose it – with even more significant support amongst Labour, Liberal Democrat, and </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW226770881 BCX0">Green</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> voters.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">The world is waking up to the scale of Israel’s crimes</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> and it is</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">now widely agreed in political parties: </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">f</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">rom Labour Party Annual Conference voting to acknowledge Israel has committed a genocide, to the Liberal Democrats, the Greens, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">SNP</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">Plaid</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">Cymru</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">and Your Party </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">similarly accepting this reality and demanding widespread sanctions. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">I want to know if my elected representatives will stand-up for Palestine and this will be a factor in deciding who I vote for in the future.</span><span class="EOP SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW226770881 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW226770881 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><strong><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">I therefore urge you to make the Councillor Pledge for Palestine today. Make the pledge by following </span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW226770881 BCX0" href="https://palestinecampaign.org/councillor-pledge-for-palestine/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">this link</span></a><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW226770881 BCX0">.</span><span class="EOP SCXW226770881 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"> </span></strong></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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