IJV Advert in Times, November 19th 2008
TIME TO SPEAK OUT - NOW!
ONE YEAR on from Annapolis, a peace agreement to end the Middle East conflict remains as distant as ever. Settlement expansion continues and Palestinian life under occupation deteriorates dramatically.
Increasing tension within Israel, resulting both from the occupation and discrimination against the Arab minority, threatens the fabric of Israeli society and the political future of both Palestinians and Israelis.
In his Jewish New Year interview, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert belatedly recognised that "the decision we must make is the decision we have refused to face with open eyes for 40 years". He then identified the fundamental conditions for peace: "We must reach an agreement with the Palestinians, the essence of which is that we shall actually withdraw from almost all the territories, if not from all the territories . . . including in East Jerusalem."
With elections immanent in Israel, it is vital that maximum pressure is exerted on the negotiators to ensure that these principles are put into practice without further delay. The election of a new American administration, committed to action on Middle East peace from day one, presents a fresh opportunity for progress towards a settlement.
We, Jews in Britain, affirm our opposition to the continuing occupation and call upon the British government to use its influence in Washington and the Middle East to bring the occupation to a rapid end.
Seymour Alexander
Lisa Appignanesi
David Aukin
Martha Jean Baker
Lynne Reid Banks
Julia Bard
Michael Baron MBE
Rosemary Bechler
Sir Geoffrey Bindman
Rica Bird
Jenny Bloom
Ilse Boas
Susie Bolchover
Jackie Bornstein
Prof Emeritus Leslie
Baruch Brent
Dr Colin Brewer
Babette Brown
Frances Bruce
Dr Alan Bullion
Steven Burkeman
Dr Judy Bury
Prof Jane Caplan
Dr L Caplan
Esta Charkham
Ruth Clark
Barry Cohen
Norma Cohen
Michael Collins
Lady Ellen Dahrendorf
Prof Miriam David
Sara Davidson
Bernard Davies
Sally Davies
Jean Davis
Audrey Droisen
Susan Egert
Prof Barbara Einhorn
Liz Elkind
Morris Farhi MBE
Prof Gene Feder
Pia Feig
Prof Robert Fine
Sylvia Finzi
Ivan Fiser
Alexander Franklin
Ruth Friedman
Dr Martin Gaba
Ellen Galford
Dr Sarah Garfinkel
Carolyn Gelenter
Murray Glickman
Martin Golding
Ronnie Golz
Arthur Goodman
John Goodman
Karen Goodman
Lionel Gordon
Philip Graham
Gerald de Groot
Michelle Hanson
Abe Hayeem
Rosamine Hayeem
H. Heller
Prof Susan Himmelweit
Prof Eric Hobsbawm
Gad Hollander
Henry Hyatt
Dr Anthony Isaacs
Ron Isaacs
Prof Michael Jacobsen
Riva Joffe
Prof Gabriel Josipovici
Ann Jungman
Prof Cora Kaplan
Ann Karpf
Adah Kay
Paul Kelemen
Michael Kendall
Thena Kendall
Godrey King
Dr Brian Klug
Dr Tony Klug
Stevie Krayer
Richard Kuper
Michael Kustow
Prof Emeritus Frank
Land
Madeline Landauer
Linda Lennard
Antony Lerman
Leah Levane
Louis Levi
Vivien Lichtenstein
Sonja Linden
Susan Loppert
John Lynes
Beryl Maizels
Dr Ruth Mandel
Jenny Manson
Miriam Margolyes OBE
Gary Markham
Dr Susan Marks
Mike Marqusee
Patricia McIndoe
Ann McPherson
Alison Meek
Dr Ron Mendel
Ed Mendelsohn
Phyll Mendelsohn
Dr Jonathan Miller
Dr Rachel Miller
Prof David Mond
Dr Peter Mond
Dr N Monday
Phyllis Monday
Jeremy Montagu
Ian Montrose
Louise Morris
Norman Moss
Maurice Naftalin
Dr Mica Nava
Chaim Neslen
Diana Neslen
Ines Newman
Prof Mike Newman
Dr Paul Oestreicher
Prof Susie Orbach
Margaret Owen
Dr Kathy Panama
Prof Helen Penn
Prof Naomi Pfeffer
Rina Picciotto
Colin Purkey
Naomi Roberts
Warren Robin
Lee Robinson
Dr Paul Robinson
Prof Jacqueline Rose FBA
David Rosenberg
Ben Ross
Leon Rosselson
Anthony Rudolf
Michael Sackin
Prof A Samuels
Dr Esther Saraga
Prof Donald Sassoon
Anthony Sattin
Seb Schmoller
Dr Susan Schonfield
Prof Lynne Segal
Prof Victor J Seidler
Sybil Shine
Prof Avi Shlaim FBA
Irris Singer
Dr Juliet Singer
Sid Singer
Dr Jonathan Sklar
Hazel Slavin
Gillian Slovo
Geoffrey Stadlen
Rob Steen
Harold Stern
Jonathan Stern
Dan Susman
Janet Suzman
Ruth Teddern
Martin Toch
Dr David Toke
Inge Trott
Nadia Valman
Stanley Walinets
Ernst Weinberg
Ingelore Weinberg
Jenny Weinstein
M Weiss
RB Weiss
Baroness Janet Whitaker
Enid Wistrich
Sharon Witton
Myra Woolfson
Miriam Yagud
Dr G Yudkin
Prof J Yudkin FRCP