Food Not Bombs London: Rally for peace in Lebanon and Gaza

Food Not Bombs London: Rally for peace in Lebanon and Gaza

Food Not Bombs London is looking for volunteers for Friday July 21, and Saturday July 22 to assist in our participation at the Rally for peace in Lebanon and Gaza. Friday we will be procuring and preparing food in anticipation of a large rally Saturday where we will be serving, leafleting, and supporting the rally against the invasion of Lebanon. Details below:

On Saturday July 22 starting at 12:00 pm the Association of London Muslims along with several other peace groups will be holding a rally outside the John Labatt Centre calling upon the Canadian government to oppose the present aggression in the Middle East and to further protect its citizens trapped by bombing in Lebanon.

“[Israel will] turn back the clock in Lebanon by 20 years”

Israel's army chief of staff, General Dan Halutz, said his military would target infrastructure and "turn back the clock in Lebanon by 20 years". Making good on this promise Israel has bombed civilian infrastructure, targeted civilians, and it is now claimed, used banned incendiary weapons on the population. In a press release dated July 18 Amnesty International condemned the G8 leaders stating that: “They have failed conspicuously to uphold their moral and legal obligation to address such blatant breaches of international humanitarian law, which in some cases have amounted to war crimes." In the same release the casualties are listed as a minimum of 200 Lebanese civilians killed by Israeli air strikes since July 12 “including dozens of children”.

The Harper government has failed to protect Canadian citizens.

Reported in the London Free Press (July 18) while other countries began evacuating their citizens on Sunday, “despite having one of the largest groups of nationals in Lebanon of any country in the world, Canada was getting its first group of evacuees out of the war-torn country only on Wednesday...”. With the number of Canadians killed in Israel’s illegal aggression standing at 8 and many more gravely injured, criticism from the Harper government has been non-existent. In fact to the contrary, Harper has sided firmly with Israel in its violation of international humanitarian law stating “I think Israel's response under the circumstances has been measured.”

Come out and join FNB for the preparation on Friday July 21 (6 pm – 9pm), or for the Rally July 22 (11:30 – 2:00) and support the embattled peoples of Lebanon and Gaza.

If you can help out email ASAP foodnotbombslondon@hotmail.com . Thanks,

Alex Homanchuk