Write to the Foreign Secretary - ban Israeli settlement promotion in Britain

The upcoming World Travel Market expo in London is set to feature an Israeli agency promoting tourism in illegally occupied East Jerusalem. Please take 2 minutes to write to the Foreign Secretary to demand that this must not go ahead, and that all advertising for Israeli settlement real estate and tourism is banned in this country.

At a moment of escalating violence against Palestinians in the illegally occupied Palestinian territory - including the bulldozing of entire neighbourhoods in Hebron, attacks against farmers harvesting their olive crops, and the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip - we need your help demaning urgent action from the British government.

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<div>Dear Foreign Secretary,I’m writing to call for immediate action to prevent Israeli tourism in the illegally occupied Palestinian territory from being promoted in London next week. This comes amidst Israel’s escalated violence against Palestinians, and the British government’s inadequate response to this escalation.As you know, starting 23 October, the Israeli military locked down large parts of the illegally occupied West Bank for Palestinians, whilst Israelis living in illegal settlements were able to move freely. The Israeli military razed entire neighbourhoods in Hebron, forcibly displacing over 3,000 Palestinians in a single weekend. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said that Israel’s actions in Hebron raised concern of “unnecessary and disproportionate use of force”, pointing out that senior Israeli government figures admitted that the force was “punitive…and designed to instil fear”. Türk further reminded that “collective punishment is a grave violation of international law.”Israel’s crackdown in Hebron comes in the context of intensified attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian farmers harvesting their olive crops, with the UN reporting that the number of settler attacks in the first week of the harvest already surpassed the previous year’s unprecedented number of attacks during the entire season.All the while, Israel has continued to launch attacks on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip resulting in further destruction and killing. Israeli politicians boasted about the Israeli military’s brutal violence in Gaza and the West Bank and used threats of ethnic cleansing and worse as campaigning slogans in the Israeli elections.In your September statement to parliament, you spoke in clear terms about the “ethnic cleansing of Palestinians…perpetrated by settler terrorists” and the extent to which “all too often the Israeli government has turned a blind eye to this and worse, members of it have made statements and taken actions to support the forced displacement of Palestinians.” You announced a formal shift in British policy, a recognition at last that Israel’s occupation is unlawful. You committed that the government will “refuse all licence applications for arms and other exports that materially contribute to the occupation...as long as the occupation persists.” These measures were welcome, albeit too little and long overdue.You also specifically pointed out how wrong it was that illegal settlement promotion was happening in Britain, citing a real estate expo in London. You said “We must and we will ensure this never happens again, so we will ban the advertising in the UK of illegal settlements.” But the World Travel Market expo in London next week will feature an Israeli agency promoting tourism in illegally occupied East Jerusalem.You have the power to take decisive action now: please start by immediately banning Israeli settlement real estate and tourism from being advertised in this country, including at the World Travel Market in London next week, and calling for police to investigate those responsible.On the wider issues raised, mechanisms are already in place for you to revoke extant arms export licences to Israel, which should have already been done following your announcement.These would be simple first steps to show Israel, the Palestinian people and the British people that you can be held to your word and that you are serious about international law.</div>

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