Lobbying by Letter

March 19, 2007 Dear Madame Vice President, We have read with great appreciation your recent press statement, in which you urge the immediate recognition of the new Palestinian Government by the European Union.  It is our fervent hope, as well, that the European Union will end the sanctions and boycott against the Palestinian people, which… Read More »Letter to Vice President Morgantini: recognising the Palestinian government an ending sanctions

July 4, 2006 To: Mrs. Benita Ferrero-WaldnerCommissioner of External Relations and European Neighbourhood PolicyEuropean CommissionWetstraat 200B-1049 BrusselsBelgiumAmsterdam, 4 July 2006 Dear Mrs Ferrero-Waldner, We have noted the statements of 30 January, 9 May 2006 and 19 June 2006, made onbehalf of the Quartet (United Nations, United States, European Union and… Read More »Letter to Commissioner of External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy

July 4, 2006 To: Jose Manuel BarrosoPresident of the CommissionEuropean CommissionWetstraat 200B -1049 BrusselsBelgiumAmsterdam, 4 July 2006Dear President Barroso,We have noted the statements of 30 January, 9 May 2006 and 19 June 2006, made onbehalf of the Quartet (United Nations, United States, European Union and RussianFederation).In these statements the Quartet… Read More »Letter to Commission President Barroso: temporary international mechanism

May 27, 2006 Mr. Javier SOLANA High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy,Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union Conseil de l’Union européenne Rue de la Loi, 175 1048 Bruxelles Call Upon The EU Governments And Ministers Who Go To The Meeting On The 15th Of June… Read More »Letter to High Representative Solana: do not cease funding the Palestinian Authority

April 10, 2006 Dear Mr. Solana, It is with great dismay, shock and concern that we note the proposed cutting of aid from the European Union to the Palestinian population. This amounts to a collective punishment meted out to approximately 3,500,000 Palestinians. Forcing people to go hungry is not an… Read More »Letter to Commission High Reresentative: do not cut aid to Palestinians

April 10, 2006 Dear President Barroso, It is with great dismay, shock and concern that we note the proposed cutting of aid from the European Union to the Palestinian population. This amounts to a collective punishment meted out to approximately 3,500,000 Palestinians. Forcing people to go hungry is not an… Read More »Letter to Commission President Barroso: do not cut aid to Palestinians

July 4, 2006 To: Javier SolanaHigh Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy,Secretary-General of the Council of the European UnionEuropean CommissionWetstraat 175B-1048 BrusselsBelgiumAmsterdam, 4 July 2006Dear Mister Solana,We have noted the statements of 30 January, 9 May 2006 and 19 June 2006, made onbehalf of the Quartet (United Nations,… Read More »Letter to High Representative Solana: temporary international mechanism

March 16, 2006 31 Ruvigny Gardens 16th March 2006 London SW15 1JR Dear Mr Waters It was with some surprise that we heard of your intention to play a concert in Tel Aviv, particularly given your known support of a petition against the illegal Separation Wall that Israel is using… Read More »Letter to Roger Waters

March 14, 2006 The Rt. Rev. Riah Abu El-Assal Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem 14 March 2006 Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem 20 Nablus Road Jerusalem 91191 Dear Bishop Riah I am writing to assure you of our continuing support, as a progressive Jewish oprganisation, for your call for the Anglican Church… Read More »Letter to the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem

March 7, 2006 Dear ———-,We understand that you have voted to boycott Israeli products and that no small pressure toreverse such action has been put upon you as a result. European Jews for a Just Peace (EJJP)is a federation of many Jewish groups from across ten European countries. We applaud… Read More »Letter to Norwegian local government leaders

December 5, 2005 letter to be sent by member groups to the French Ambassador in their countries Dear [ambassador’s name] I am writing to seek an early meeting with you to discuss the construction of a light rail passenger transit system between Jerusalem and the settlement of Pisgat Ze’ev in… Read More »Lobbying against the Jerusalem Light Railway

December 8, 2005 President Manuel Barroso European Union 200 Rue de la Loi B1049 Brussels Belgium Dear President Barroso I am writing to bring to your attention how disappointed we were concerning the decision of the EU to delay taking action after receiving the recent report , compiled by the… Read More »Letter to Commission President Barroso: report compiled by the UK’s Jerusalem consulate

October 13, 2005 At its conference in London in September 2005, European Jews for a Just Peace, a federation of Jewish peace organisation in ten European countries, noted that the EUMC had produced a highly problematic ‘Working Definition of Antisemitism’. We have two comments, on process and on content: On… Read More »EJJP letter to the European Union Monitoring Commission about the ‘Working Definition of Antisemitism’

April 11, 2005 Dear President Barroso European Jews for a Just Peace (EJJP) welcomes the mission of Mr Leffler to Israel later this month. But we are gravely concerned that the EU will offer Israel economic benefits in exchange for minor humanitarian gestures. Our concerns are twofold: humanitarian “gestures” cannot… Read More »EJJP lobbies Commission President Barroso: do not offer Israel more economic benefits

June 10, 2004 Dear [candidate/nominee?] for the European Parliament, Today I joined other European citizens and voted [you/your party] for the European Parliament. I am a Jewish [dutch/german/italian] citizen and member of the network European Jews For Just Peace (EJJP) who represents hundreds of concerned people working to help achieving just peace in Israel/Palestine from nine countries around the… Read More »EJJP letter to MEPs – for people in the member groups to send