Open letter – continuing to be signed by more concerned Israelis – and
supported by concerneds from elsewhere*
To
His Excellency Muhammad Hosni
Mubarak
President of the
Via The Egyptian Embassy, Tel Aviv
November, 2007
Your Excellency
We the undersigned, citizens of the state of
As you know, the Government of Israel rejects out of hand any
possibility of a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, and continually tightens the
cruel siege imposed on the Strip's million and a half inhabitants. This siege
completely paralyses economic activity in the Strip and drives its population
under the poverty line and to the edge of starvation. The cutting of fuel
supplies to the Strip, the closing of the Sufa
Crossing, the cutting of foodstuff deliveries and the intention to cut electricity
supplies are but the latest in a long series of severe acts of collective
punishment. The Israeli public is told that these acts are needed in order to
stop the shooting of missiles on the town of
This siege could not have been maintained without the consent of Egypt. While
arms and ammunition continue to be smuggled from Egyptian territory into the
Strip, despite the presence of Egyptian security forces, already for many
months the border between
As citizens of the State of Israel, concerned for collective guilt and
our future in face of the irresponsible policy undertaken by our government, we
call upon you, Mr. President, to do all in your power to help break the siege
imposed on the inhabitants on the Gaza Strip: to open the Rafah Border Crossing to a free movement of persons and
goods, supply to the inhabitants of Gaza fuel and any other vital need denied
them by the Government of Israel, and supply the Gaza Strip with the electricity
it needs from the Egypian electrical grid so as to end its dependence on Israel.
If you take this
brave and positive act, Your Excellency, all inhabitants of the region will
have a reason to thank you
- your own Egyptian people, the Palestinians and at last also the
Israelis.
Sincerely Yours
Aviv Adashi,
Nitzan Aviv, Adv. Amir Badran, Efri Bar, Talma Bar-Din, Yossi Bartal, Or Ben David, Naomi Benbassat-Lifshitz,
Mor Ben Israel , Judy Blanc, Edna Canetti,
Hava Cohen-Keller, Ran Cohen, , Moshe Eliraz, Amir Hallel, Yitzchak Frankenthal, Yaron Golchar, Eli Kalir, Eva
Katz, Uri Katz, Dr. Bareket Shiff
Keren, Adam Keller, Nimrod Kerrett,
Hanna Knaz, Daniel Lang, Joyce Livingstone, Yuval Lotem, Tamir Magel, Susanne Moses, Rayna Moss,
Dorothy Naor, Ofer Neiman,
David Nir , Noa Roei, Eddie Saar, Ayelet Senyor, Emily W.
Schaeffer, Galia Shapira, Ehud Shem Tov, Gideon Spiro, Dr. Yosefa Sartiel, Michal Sapir, Su Schachter, Yaniv Shahar, Adam Sessler, Galia Shapira, Sonia Stainfeld, Benny Tavor, Osnat Tavor, Eran
Torbiner, Tamar Yaron, Arkadi Yaroslavtsev, Dr. Yael Waldman, Bekah Wolf, Merav Yerushalmy, Amnon Yuval, Uri Zackhem, Kobi Zeid, Beate
Zilversmidt, Emanuel Zytner.
Tel: 054-2340750
Fax:
0018313093716
Email: liveletlive2007@gmail.com
c/o The
Other
*The
letter was already sent, but to this "open" version names of
supporting Israelis will continue to be added. Send your support to the email
address liveletlive2007@gmail.com
. Other than Israeli citizens are
requested to support this letter as follows:
In order to let this have some impact the action you take is of great importance. Let's try to do more than just sending emails to the usual governmental addresses.
1) Send
your letter of support* for the letter
of the 50 Israelis as snail mail (still the very best!) to the Egyptian
embassy in your environment.
Find the address here:
http://www.arab.net/egypt/et_embassies.htm (street addresses &
phone numbers)
or here:
http://www.embassiesabroad.com/embassies-of/Egypt#1109
(many including also fax and email)
2) Send a copy to:
--The
Egyptian government
email: questions@cabinet.gov.eg
--The
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert:
fax: +972-2-6233388 (is more likely to be taken seriously)
(and another one via the director of the GPO, Daniel Seaman
fax: +972-2-6257886
email: gpo@pmo.gov.il , eulmert@knesset.gov.il ,PM_ENG1@it.pmo.gov.il (please, send to all, hoping that some get through)
-- To the
Israeli government via the embassy in your country - for addresses look in:
http://www.learn4good.com/travel/israel_embassies.htm
http://www.travelguru.net/html/consulates/israel.html
http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/about%20the%20ministry/diplomatic%20missions/
as well as via the email
of the Israeli Foreign Ministry < feedback@mfa.gov.il >
* You can send the full text of the letter of the Israelis, and add your support, or write something more personalized
