Ghada Karmi: "If you care about Palestinians, Sign the e-Petition"
Please sign and share the petition widely!
tinyurl.com/petition4palestinians
As Britain prepared to leave Palestine in 1948, its army stood by while Zionist forces terrorised hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into fleeing their homeland. In that way Palestine was transformed into Israel.
More than half of all Palestinians are still refugees today, most in dire straits. Israel denies them their right of return to their ancestral homes in what had been Palestine, and from the day of their flight has prevented them by force from returning.
As author of the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which was the origin of the catastrophe, and as the responsible power at the time of the crime, Britain has an obligation to make amends. It should acknowledge its share of responsibility for the creation of the refugee crisis, and recognize and promote the right of the refugees to return home.
The campaign was created and launched by Ghada Karmi leading Palestinian activist, academic and writer, Kamel Hawwash, British Palestinian academic, John Rose, campaign activist for the liberation of Palestine; Karl Sabbagh, Palestinian-British writer, journalist and television producer and Tim Llewellyn former BBC Middle East correspondent following a successful event on 2 Nov 2012, a commemoration of Balfour Declaration.
Britain's Roles in Palestine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRmOrUmTxVU
We need 10k signatures before the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of UK will respond and 100k signatures so this e petition about the impact of the Balfour agreement and the Right of Return for Palestinians could be debated in the House of Commons.
facebook.com/hjfp.Aizaria
Twitter: @hjfpAizaria
More info on the campaign at;
https://www.hjfp.org.uk
https://www.br1917.org.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/9645925/Britain-must-atone-for-its-sins-in-Palestine.html
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