Letter to The Powers That be..

To: private.office@fco.gov.uk; AINAGCorrespondence@fco.gov.uk; haguew@parliament.uk

I write this letter to you with a real sense of danger which is prevailing on our British citizens who are in danger of kidnap, and imprisonment by the Israeli Naval forces.  No doubt you are well aware of the illegal, 4 year long siege imposed on Gaza and its inhabitants by Israel, but you have chosen to stay quite and let Gaza become a death camp, suffocated of all vital supplies.... See more.

In January of this year, British citizens were among 500 people who took part in a convoy of aid to the stricken region. When the convoy reached Egypt, British Citizen’s were brutally attacked by Egyptian Riot Police. In March '09, British Citizens were attacked in the same town, while on a previous convoy.

On both occasions, you chose to stay quite and never saw fit to talk with Egyptian authorities to ensure assistance, protection and support for the British Citizens.

Yet, you claim to have liberated a whole country from a dictator by sending British armed forces to pay with their lives to protect the lives of another nation. And yet, you fail to protect your own British citizens from attacks and torture at the hands of the Egyptian forces.

Your silence can be seen as supporting a very illegal siege on Gaza, even to the extent of peaceful British humanitarians being harmed.

I turn to you to ask finally for your support and resolve in regards to the “Freedom Flotilla” which is currently positioned in international waters. 750 people from 50 different countries, along with 15,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid are destined for Gaza. On Sunday, May 30th, they will sail towards Gaza through International waters. The journey time will be 24 hours.  There is great fear and danger surrounding this peaceful mission, as Israel as have already publicly stated that it has launched "Operation Sky Winds", whereby they willl stop the flotilla by any means.

They have issued threats saying they will use force; kidnap all the passengers; and place them in a make shift prison; they will then process and deport everyone, and will sieze the 15,000 tonne of humanitarian aid on board, and the ships themselves too.

I feel you are dutybound and morally obliged to help the safe passage of the Flotilla with its British Citizens on board. Therefore, in line with the EU’s call for their safe passage, we ask you to engage in dialogue with Israel to ensure that the flotilla and British Citizens are under no threat of force or imprisonment. Can we trust you to do that?  This matter is one of great urgency, and I along with hundreds of thousands of British people look forward to an immediate reply to this letter detailing what actions you will be taking to ensure the safety of those British citizens!

I hope that unlike hitherto, you choose to act and act immediately, because our citizens are facing real dangers in the next 24 hours.  Your actions need to be taken immediately before any harm can come to them. If you ignore the contents of this letter, you will be failing in your duty to protect the people of this country.

I am confident that you will act promptly and properly to the above concerns, and I'm looking forward to a positive and quick response to protect citizens.

Awaiting your reply,

Simon Hutt