re: Rafah

Red alert -- we need to do something! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   [A Palestinian woman kneels holding a child covered in a shroud]( {NAME}, Israel’s government has just bombed a designated safe zone in Rafah, killing 45 people, incinerating children, and showing contempt for the international court that just ordered them to stop. It's a harrowing nightmare for Palestinians that won't end, and many of our governments are helping it happen with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons. One of the worst enablers is the UK government – since 2015 it has sent over *half a billion* pounds worth of weapons to Israel. We can end that -- and show Israel it can't get away with what it is doing in Rafah. A brave legal team is going to court to halt the UK’s weapons sales to Israel – and with the court date fast approaching, they urgently need our help to gather critical evidence that these weapons are being illegally used against civilians. We have no red tape slowing us down – if enough of us contribute, we can rush them the cash they need for this crucial work immediately. Every second counts -- we're seeing that clearly. Will you help end UK arms sales to Israel and stop the slaughter? [Donate $3]( another amount]( Over 34,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have now been killed in Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. Doctors are being left “speechless” at the horrors they’re seeing – children having their legs amputated without anesthetic, babies dying of dehydration within days of being born. The list of atrocities is endless. UN experts have urgently called for a halt on arms exports to Israel given the undeniable risk that they are being used against civilians. And the US has even found the Israeli army responsible for gross human rights violations. There is NO defense to keep fueling Israel’s killing machine. Yet, the UK is doing everything it can to keep shamelessly arming Israel. But we received amazing news last week. A brilliant group of lawyers has just had their groundbreaking case to stop the UK’s flow of arms revived after it was initially dismissed in February. This is huge – and means they have a real chance of winning! They’re working round the clock to make sure they’re ready to take this case all the way to the High Court but it’s going to be a tough road ahead and the next few months are critical. If all of us chip in the cost of a coffee we can rush them the funds they need to collect extensive evidence from Gaza and build an ironclad case. {NAME}, if we can get the UK to halt arms sales to Israel, it could help spell the end of this catastrophe. Any amount will make a difference – can you chip in? [Donate $3]( another amount]( Over 200,000 Ekō members from every corner of the planet have taken action for Gaza in just the past 6 months. Let’s keep going to end this nightmare. Thanks for all that you do, Miriam and the Ekō team --------------------------------------------------------------- More information: [Dozens reported killed in Israeli strike on Rafah]( BBC, 27 May 2024. [UK weapons sales to Israel]( GLAN 23 April 2024 ['I am leaving for the unknown.' Palestinians fleeing Rafah describe their fear and despair]( CNN 7 May 2024 [Israel rebukes US calls for investigation into mass graves in Gaza]( Politico 26 April 2024 [Evidence of torture as nearly 400 bodies found in Gaza mass graves]( Al Jazeera 25 April 2024 [Gaza death toll passes 34,000 as Israel and Iran missile strikes grab global attention]( The Guardian 20 April 2024 [US says Israeli army units violated human rights]( BBC 30 April 2024 [Gaza war: UN rights expert accuses Israel of acts of genocide]( BBC 26 March 2024 Anything extra raised will power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting for people and the planet.   Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy. This email was sent to {EMAIL}. | [Unsubscribe]( Â