Letter to the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy MP
Dear Foreign Secretary
We are outraged at the raid by Israeli forces on the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem and the arrests of Mahmoud and Ahmad Muna. Selling books is not a crime.
The Israeli forces have chosen to attack a cultural and intellectual hub of the Palestinian people as well as a space where internationals in Jerusalem gather to learn and discuss current events, for no reason other than their role as a provider of education and a centre of community.
This underlines the campaign of erasure that Israel is waging against the Palestinian people, including genocidal violence in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank.
We call on the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs David Lammy, the British government and other states and international organisations to pressure the Israeli government to immediately drop the charges against Mahmoud and Ahmad Muna, rescind the attacks on the Educational Bookshop and end their attacks on the Palestinian people and culture.
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Signed:
- Jeremy Corbyn MP
- John McDonnell MP
- Zack Polanski AM, Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
- Susan Abulhawa, author
- Ahdaf Soueif, Writer
- China Miéville, writer
- Rachel Holmes, author
- Clare Solomon, author of one of the confiscated books
- Stephen Kapos, Holocaust survivor
- Michael Rosen, author, broadcaster
- Lindsey German, Convenor, Stop the War Coalition
- Nick Dearden, Global Justice Now
- John Rees, author and broadcaster
- James Schneider, author
- Owen Jones, author and journalist
- Alex Kenny, co-chair Stop the War Coalition
- Kevin Ovenden, author
- Juliet Stevenson, actor
- Amer Zahr, comedian and law professor
- Jen Brister, comedian
- Maxine Peake, actor
- Francesca Martinez, Comedian and Writer
- Ben Jamal, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
- Khalid Abdalla, actor
- Chris Smalls, Amazon Labor Union, USA
- Fran Heathcote, PCS General Secretary
- Ralph Wilde, Professor of International Law, University College London
- Edie Campbell, Model
- Alex Nunns, author
- Chris Doyle, Director, Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu)
- Joseph Willits, Head of Parliamentary Affairs, Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu)
- Jess Barnard, Labour NEC member
- Andrew Feinstein, author
- Rachel Shabi, Journalist and author
- Omar Robert Hamilton, Director, Palestine Festival of Literature
- Elias Jahshan, editor and journalist
- Emily Hilton, co-founder Na’amod UK
- Marwan Kaabour, author, founder of Takweer
- Elizabeth Briggs, Editorial Director, Saqi Books
- Matthew Teller, author
- Shabbir Lakha, Stop the War Coalition
- Mandy Turner, researcher and writer
- William Dalrymple, Historian
- Dr Mads Gilbert, Norway
- Camila Zapata Besso, Human rights barrister
- Emili Stevenson, Na’amod
- Dr. Daniel Benjamin Criger, Na’amod
- Anna Howitt, Librarian, Na’amod
- Raphael Cormack, author and academic
- Na’amod UK, UK Jews Against Occupation and Apartheid
- Samson Hart, co-founder of Miknaf Ha’aretz and member of Na’amod
- Sara Moon, co-founder of Miknaf Ha’aretz and member of Na’amod
- Max Hammer, Na’amod
- Daniele Rugo, Filmmaker and academic
- Marika Stone, Na’amod
- Mairi Oliver, owner Lighthouse, Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop and Vice President UK Bookseller Association
- Leanne Mohamad, British Palestinian activist
- Esther Woolfson, writer
- David Goldberg, Retired Psychiatrist
- Mai Omer, artist
- Daniel Lubin, Na’amod
- Jane Stemp (Jane Wickenden), writer
- Liz Ottosson, editor and proofreader
- Doula Dan Glass, activist and author
- Marit Parker, writer, proofreader, booklover
- Rajmil Fischman, musician and researcher
- Sara Masry, actor and writer
- Rose Biggin, writer
- Leo Kay social artist/educator
- Sarona Abuaker, writer and educator
- Comma Press, Publishing House, Manchester
- Voices of Resilience, Theatre Group
- David Pavón-Cuéllar, author, editor and professor in Mexico
- Louie Stowell, children’s author and illustrator
- Alexia Cournoyer: Author and writer
- Ruth Lass, actor and Equity International Solidarity Committee
- Milly Oldfield, artist and writer
- Natasha Walter, writer
- Elisabeth Kean, Palestine articles published in Morning Star in the early 00s
- afshan d’souza-lodhi, writer
- Sami Tamimi, Chef and author
- Debbie Moon, screenwriter and novelist
- Fionn Ó Loingsigh, actor
- Xiri Noir, artist and organiser
- Mara Nicola, somatic practitioner
- Dave Kirsopp Writer
- Martha Jamal, writer
- Taghrid Choucair-Vizoso, Equity – International Solidarity Committee
- Guy Gunaratne, writer
- Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Playwright and Screenwriter
- Rob Miles, writer
- Rosie Warren, Book Workers for a Free Palestine
- Dr Mika Karachaliou, Clinical Psychologist
- Stefan Tarnowski, academic and writer
- Melanie Hassan Reader, Writer, Booklover
- James Robertson, author
- Tali Chilson, Scholar of Hebrew and Jewish Literature
- Rubia Dar, Filmmaker and Academic
- Nicky Downes, author
- Nikki Mailer writer and theatre maker
- Hafsah Aneela Bashir, writer, playwright and producer
- Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi , writer
- Melissa Scott – Bethlehem Cultural Festival
- Nina Millns, writer and script editor
- Christina Gabbitas, author
- Alfie Cooke, author
- Aimee Shalan, Director of Makan
- Erica Burman, Professor of Education, University of Manchester
- Nadia Emam, Director
- Raoul Martinez, author and filmmaker
- Emily Spowage, Actor and Entertainment Manager
- David Rosenberg, author
- Ian Parker, author, Manchester UK
- Michael Szpakowski, artist and writer
- Julie Tait, Director, Lakes International Comic Art Festival
- Jacques Testard, Publisher, Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Prof. Marion Roberts
- Tam Dean Burn, actor
- Graham Bash, Jewish Voice for Labour
- Tony Booth, Professor of Education, Jewish Voice for Labour,
- Andrés Conteris, writer
- Maryam Ghasemi, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, visiting lecturer
- Sally Pattle, Bookseller, Far From The Madding Crowd Bookshop,
- Maleeha Mir, publishing creative consultant and PR
- Ayesha Ansari, Independent bookseller, Mirror Me Write
- Steve Razzetti, Writer and photographer
- Omar Sakr, author
- Dr Keith Flett, London Socialist Historians Group
- Elaine Graham-Leigh, author
- Dominic Alexander, author
- Hilary Westlake, Artists for Palestine UK
- Stephen Ellcock, author and curator
- Zahra Hankir, author and journalist
- Owen Fortunato Brakspear, writer, publisher and editor
- Marcus Weeks, Writer and musician
- Polina Sparks, editor, writer, translator and former bookseller
- Dave Gilchrist, former Manager, Bookmarks The Socialist Bookshop
- Dr Yasemin Allsop MBE, author, illustrator, lecturer, London
- Claudia Webbe, former UK Member of Parliament (2019-2024)
- Keisha Thompson FRSA artist, producer, educator, Manchester
- Elian Weizman, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, London South Bank University
- Sam Watkins, children’s book author, reader, former bookseller
- Carol Anne Grayson, writer and researcher
- Joanna Sarnecka, artist and activist
- Selma Dabbagh, writer and lawyer
- Hamja Ahsan, author, curator and artist
- James Lynch, Co-director FairSquare
- Nicholas McGeehan, Co-director FairSquare
- Hannah Khalil, playwright
- Chris Nineham, author
- Charlotte Marshall, Director, Sabeel-Kairos UK
- Saeed Taji Farouky, filmmaker and educator
- Samira Shackle, author
- Dr Saleyha Ahsan, medic, filmmaker, broadcaster
- May Ziadé, filmworker and filmmaker
- Alycia Pirmohamed, Writer
- Bente Scheller, Writer
- Simon Davey, Editor
- Saleem Haddad, novelist
- Amy Abdelnoor, novelist, writer, teacher
- Anastasia Stouraiti, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Alia Alzougbi, Artistic Director and CEO Shubbak Festival
- Leah Levane, Co-Chair, Jewish Voice for Labour
- Nicola Mansell, librarian
- Carol Haidar, ad exec
- Cambridge Jews for Justice in Palestine, student collective
- David Heathfield Storyteller and Author of Educational Materials
- Angie Mindel, Jewish Voice for Labour
- Dr Layan Allawi, medical doctor, UK
- Najwa Rizkallah, PhD, freelance consultant
- David Wilson, writer, former director Pavarotti Music Centre
- Beverley Naidoo, author
- Tamsin Reeves, retired lecturer
- Max Porter, author and former bookseller
- Billy Howle, actor
- Robert Roth
- Ahmed Najar, a Palestinian writer
- Robert Lizar, Solicitor, Manchester
- Yasmin Fedda, filmmaker and academic
- Karen Nash, Production Editor, Manchester
- Jorge Garriz, Romancero Books
- Sahera Parveen, Social Worker, Youth and Community Worker
- Luke Yates, sociologist and poet
- Shannon Woodcock, historian and author
- Clare S. McCarthy
- Prof. Sunny Singh, author and academic
- Jo Lane, Artist and Creative Facilitator
- Emma Newman, author
- Nathalie Tolmie-Thomson, Account Manager
- Molly Martin, Writer and Editor
- Dafydd Roberts, translator
- Amanda Lourie, historian
- Dr Matthew Holman, writer and academic
- Sonali Bhattacharyya, Playwright and Screenwriter
- Adrienne Buller, author
- Micaela Sahhar, writer and educator
- Jessica Leschnikoff, musician, member of Na’amod
- Arthur Neslen, journalist and author
- Mary W. Craig, author
- Dr Davina Darmanin.
- Annie Hodson, writer
- Dr Anne Rooney, writer
- Paddy Magrane, psychotherapist and writer
- Hamzah Hussain Ibrahim, Trainee Solicitor at Nightingale Solicitors
- Professor Richard Wistreich. Royal College of Music
- Moira Macmillan, ex bookseller, publicist (publishing)
- Jessica Holland, Archivist and academic administrator
- Sarah Wishart, writer and previous publicist for various publishers
- Sai Englert, AssistantAssisstant Lecturer, Leiden University
- Julia Bard, Writer and Editor
- Christian Henderson, Assistant Professor, Leiden University
- Michiel Bot, Associate Professor, Tilburg University
- Annelies Moors, Professor Emerita, University of Amsterdam
- Judith Naeff, Assistant Professor, Leiden University
- Mirjam Twigt, postdoctoral researcher, Leiden University
- Leila Badawi
- Sean Smith, Assistant Professor, Tilburg University
- Rebecca Ruth Gould, Professor, SOAS University of London
- Maaike Voorhoeve, assistant professor, University of Amsterdam
- Emilie Glazer, Lecturer in Social Anthropology, King’s College London
- Thomas Decreus, lecturer Tilburg University
- Nicolas P.L. Magnard, postdoctoral research Leiden University
- Sharada Keats, writer
- Jesus Martinez-Garcia, Senior Lecturer, University of Essex
- Marina Calculli, Assistant professor, Leiden University
- Rebecca Jones, librarian
- Keira Brown, writer
- Joumana Medlej, artist and author
- Zaher Birawi, Chairman of the Palestinian Forum in Britain
- Dave Randall, musician
- Salena Godden, author
- Ed O’Loughlin, author
- Nicola Spurr, reader and writer
- Sumaira Wilson :- Independent Publisher
- Sally Skaife, Art Psychotherapist
- Norma Cohen, actor/writer
- Dr Fahid Qurashi, Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Salford
- Allegra Mostyn-Owen, potter and journalist
- Jill Hadfield, Author and Editor
- Damian Barr, writer and broadcaster
- Tom Huddleston, author
- Rebecca O’Keeffe, author
- Lynn Gaspard, Publisher, Saqi Books
- Ivor Dembina, Comedy writer and performer
- Zarina Yousuf, writer
- Jurgen Maas, publisher
- G.A.Howkins, author
- Chris Bambery, author
- Darran McLaughlin, Manager of bookhaus
- Dr Catherine Charrett, Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster
- Jenny Balfour-Paul, author and artist
- David Demchuk, author
- Prof Jonathan Rosenhead, Chair British Committee for the Universities of Palestine
- Prof. David Farnell, professor of English, Fukuoka University, Japan
- Dr Sabeen Majid, NHS Doctor
- Hywel Morgan, Actor/South East Area Councillor, EquityUK
- Balraj Samrai, co-founder SEEN Magazine, Manchester UK
- Tooba Shafiq, Author
- Kevin Patrick McCann, Poet
- Noel Cowley, singer-songwriter and poet
- Hannah Boast, Chancellor’s Fellow, English, University of Edinburgh
- Kevin Duffy, Publisher, Bluemoose Books.
- Christine Cynn, artist and filmmaker
- Amani Hassan, cultural practitioner
- Monisha Rajesh, author and journalist
- Deborah Asher, Na’amod
- Clare Harlow, writer
- Donald Sassoon (Emeritus Professor)
- Ethan Mark, Associate Professor, Leiden University
- Saskia Blom, Senior lecturer, Fontys University of Applied Sciences
- Diana Neslen Jewish Voice for Labour
- Wojciech Dmochowski – lecturer at New City College
- Hannah Moushabeck, author and publisher, Interlink Publishing
- Simon Goodman, Associate Professor, De Montfort University
- Lisanne Stone, Assistant Professor, Tilburg University
- Elisa Da Vià, Lecturer, Leiden University
- Amira Tharani, freelance researcher and evaluator, UK
- Alice Bondi, retired psychotherapist
- Lindsay Rodden, playwright
- Jessie Leschnikoff, soprano, musician, Na’amod
- Tony Graham, theatre director
- Hamid Ali, British Palestinian activist
- Craig Parr, academic, Na’amod
- Fiona Whitelaw, Actor, Writer, Filmmaker UK
- Paul Crofts, Independent Socialists in Wellingborough
- Shaira Vadasaria, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
- Eleanor Anstruther, author, UK
- John Haffenden, author and editor
- Te-Han Yeh, artist and activist
- Nicola Perugini, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
- Benedict Seymour, Lecturer, Goldsmiths, UoL
- Jeremy Fox, writer and journalist
- Effie Jenkins,musician
- Nic Lee, Hackney PSC
- Isam Uraiqat, Alhudood
- David Cannon on behalf of Jewish Network for Palestine
- Ellie Rose Amit, Kehillah Leeds, theatre student
- Kim Tillyer, artist and bookseller
- Larry Sanders Retired Social Worker, former Health Speaker Green Party
- Dr Anne Caldwell, academic
- Emily Wolff, academic
- Sue Shaw Writer
- Monisha Rajesh, author and journalist
- Rosalind Clayton, Retired Judge
- Hugh Merrell, publisher
- Simon Lynn, UCU and Jewish Socialists’ Group UK
- Mica Nava, Professor of Cultural Studies
- Jennifer Joy-Matthews, Dr of Education
- Deborah Fink, Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods
- Robert Cohen, PhD candidate King’s College London
- Daphna Baram, translator, journalist, PhD researcher
- Fiona Leach, retired academic
- Lynne Segal, Birkbeck College, Uiv of London
- Inbar Tamari, teacher and NEU activist
- Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela, Academic, Leiden University
- Dr. H Kader, Researcher
- Say Owt, Poetry organisation, York UK
- Teresa Pursall
- MIkel Ayestaran, journalist and writer
- Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, writer, poet, activist
- Rhys Williams, writer
- Dr Chloe Emmott, academic
- Judy Thorne, academic
- Polly Gifford, Producer, Hastings UK
- Sarah Kruger, student and activist
- Katharine Shapiro, retired public health researcher/clinician, UK, US
- Sam Shapiro, researcher
- Lynne Jackson, educational psychologist
- Dr Adam Stock, academic
- John Lynes, retired university lecturer
- Peter Joyce, Humanist
- Pru Rowlandson, literary publicist
- Alison Piet, Artist
- Jan Plummer, Secretary, Colchester Action for Palestine
- Reiner Tegtmeyer, Freelance Researcher, London
- Alessandra Cecolin, academic
- Francesca Klug, human rights academic, LSE
- Mandy Marsh, editor
- Amanda Bentham, PSC, NEU and SEA member
- Phoebe Jacob, Photographer
- Gavin McIntosh, Painter and co-creator of Artists Supporting Palestine
- Mandy Vere, lifelong bookseller, Liverpool
- Josie Hooker, academic
- Chris Hale, writer/producer
- Joshua Dart, educator
- Jenny Kassman – Jewish Voice for Labour
- Simon Cohen, author and member of West Yorkshire Jews Against Israeli Apartheid/Genocide
- Lauren Wroe, Associate Professor, Durham University
- Duncan Lyon, Author
- Assif Majid, human rights activist
- Mike Cushman, retired academic researcher
- Sybil Cock, Tower Hamlets PSC
- Carole Vincent, Jewish Voice for Labour and trade unionist
- Dr Rubinah Chowdhary, Researcher, Biotechnology
- Susan Ram, writer and editor
- Avantika Clark, Cultural Heritage Professional
- Dr Uri Horesh, Lecturer, University of St Andrews
- Professor Stephen Reicher, Academic
- Bob Walker, retired IT professional
- Tunde Adekoya, Artistic Directors
- Ann Kramer, writer, Hastings, UK
- Sophie Cox, retired Counsellor
- Derek Kassem, retired lecturer, teacher, author
- Professor Philip Wadler, FRS
- Felicity Cobbing, curator and cultural heritage professional
- Nick Jenkins, journalist and historian
- Michael Douglas, librarian
- Richard Kuper, researcher
- Aasiya Bora, English Literature teacher
