Israel's genocide in Gaza has killed at least 48,000 people – and with Donald Trump’s support, its forces are deepening the violent system of apartheid across the occupied West Bank. We’re working with other human rights and development organisations to organise an event in Parliament on 24 March – where we’ll press MPs to back measures to hold Israel accountable for its war crimes and to address the root causes of the conflict.
A growing number of politicians are calling for the UK to change its trade relationship with Israel – and we want to use this event to make more MPs aware of the ways in which the UK’s economic relations with Israel support its violations of human rights.
We need to build a wide coalition of MPs from across all the parties to maintain pressure on the government to hold Israel accountable. Please invite your MP to our parliamentary event on Monday 24 March.
An Early Day Motion (EDM) is a type of parliamentary petition that MPs can sign to show their support for an idea, a change in law or even a group of people.
Any MP can table an EDM and it will be live and available for others to sign until the parliamentary session, which usually lasts about a year, ends.
EDMs are not legally binding, and the government is not compelled to respond, but they can be a great way to demonstrate that a lot of MPs support an idea. If they get enough signatures, they can even attract media attention, as well as being a great building block for more campaigning in parliament on a particular issue.
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