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Write to Your MP #PalestineAction
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Dear MP,
On August 9, 2014, Shabana Mahmood, then a Labour MP, delivered a speech at a large pro-Palestine rally in Hyde Park, London.
She spoke about taking direct action and boycotting Israeli goods. She invited members of the public to “lobby your MP”, so I am writing to you today
I have attached an MP4 video of this remarkable speech, as well as a link to her saying it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb77Es1O0yo
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However, I know quite rightly, as members of parliament, that you should not click on links from unsolicited sources, so I have provided a transcript of what she said on that day. Others who receive this will enjoy the video. I am most sure.
“It is so moving to see solidarity and compassion and humanity expressed with the people of Gaza and of Palestine by so many of our fellow Brits from all over the country, from every walk of life, from every race, and from every religion.
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(not going to include the whole speech unless someone wants it)
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We know that they've done is wrong. If David Cameron fails to speak out, that is moral outrage. He may stay silent, but we will never stay silent.”
Yesterday, Shabana appealed a judicial review into the proscription of a direct-action organisation that was set up to “support the plight of the Palestinians”, But isn’t direct action what she was advocating in Hyde Park, you know, occupying Sainsburys?
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