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Downing Street is hit by the Gilad Shalit vigil
30/06/2010
It has been four long years since Gilad Shalit was kidnapped by Hamas and taken into the Gaza Strip. In that time he has not been visited by the Red Cross, he has been allowed virtually no contact with the outside world and he has been denied almost all his basic human rights.
Thank you in advance, together we can make a real difference.
The time has come for the young people of the UK Jewish community to make a stand. We need to raise awareness of Gilad's situation and pressurise the new British government to do all it can to secure his release.
On Monday 5th July a week long vigil will begin outside Downing Street. Every day between 10am and 6pm young people from our community will stand outside this world famous land mark and engage members of the public with this issue. We will hand out informational flyers, hold a giant picture of Gilad and display a banner explaining why we are there. This is not a political protest about the Arab-Israeli conflict, it is not a criticism of or comment on the Israeli government - it is a plea to the world to help Gilad Shalit.
So far the UK Jewish youth movements, the Jewish Agency, the Zionist Federation and Israeli news media YNET are all onboard. The police have sanctioned the vigil and the CST are giving their advice. All we need is people to commit to helping make a difference.
The vigil will be based on two time slots every day - 10am to 2pm and 2pm to 6pm. People are welcome to come along for less time but ideally we need people to commit to a block so we have all the slots covered.
Please reply to jamie@fzy.org.uk with your availability and any other help or ideas you can provide.
On Monday 5th July a week long vigil will begin outside Downing Street. Every day between 10am and 6pm young people from our community will stand outside this world famous land mark and engage members of the public with this issue. We will hand out informational flyers, hold a giant picture of Gilad and display a banner explaining why we are there. This is not a political protest about the Arab-Israeli conflict, it is not a criticism of or comment on the Israeli government - it is a plea to the world to help Gilad Shalit.
So far the UK Jewish youth movements, the Jewish Agency, the Zionist Federation and Israeli news media YNET are all onboard. The police have sanctioned the vigil and the CST are giving their advice. All we need is people to commit to helping make a difference.
The vigil will be based on two time slots every day - 10am to 2pm and 2pm to 6pm. People are welcome to come along for less time but ideally we need people to commit to a block so we have all the slots covered.
Please reply to jamie@fzy.org.uk with your availability and any other help or ideas you can provide.
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