'CEASEFIRE OR CATASTROPHE'

Speakers: John Cameron (Reader in Development Studies, UEA), Dr. Ian Gibson (MP), Dr. Nicola Pratt (Lecturer in Comparative Politics and International Relations, UEA), Naji Malak (Lebanon), Adrian Homes (Green Party Councillor)

At a packed meeting at the Garage studios in Norwich on Thursday 27
July,
people heard first hand accounts of the current sufferings of the
people
of Lebanon and Palestine, the historical background to current
conflicts
and political analysis of the UK government’s stance.

After two hours of discussion, the hundred people present decided to
demand the UK Government back an immediate, unconditional ceasefire and
support the formation of an effective peace-keeping force that could
even
handedly protect the Lebanese border and allow refugees to return home.
The meeting also expressed grave concern about uses of unacceptable
weapons by the Israeli armed forces that constitute war crimes under
international conventions.