Add your name to our call on the Israeli government to desist from its actions in Rafah Staff and faculty at Brighton and Sussex Universities have written an open letter to the Israeli government, signed by about 350 people from these and other universities, condemning the killings and demolitions at Rafah. This is an absolute imperative, especially after we heard directly from Mohammed Kishta, the International Solidarity Movement co-ordinator for Rafah. Please have a look (Letter). The letter was sent on 24 May, but if you would like to add your name to the on-line version, please send an email to either Judith.Watson@brighton.ac.uk or A.E.Chitty@sussex.ac.uk ! The letter has been published in the Argus on 27 May and Times Higher on 28 May.

Attend a public meeting on Iraq and Palestine University of Brighton Action for Peace invites you to a public meeting: The crisis in Iraq and Palestine. Friday 28 May, 2pm - 4pm, Lecture Theatre A1, Sussex University, Falmer, Brighton. Speakers:

• Ewa Jasiewicz (Ewa has just returned from Iraq, spending 8 months in Baghdad and Basra. Previously she lived for 6 months in Jenin and Nablus in Occupied Palestine),
• Kees Van Der Pijl (University of Sussex),
• Andrew Chitty (University of Sussex).

For more info: 0787 6680049, ussu-president@sussex.ac.uk. Organised by Sussex University Coalition Against the War and University of Brighton Action for Peace

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University of Brighton Action for Peace is a group, open to all in the university, that aims to raise awareness about peace and justice and bring people together who want to:

• Support the Iraqi people to rebuild and control their own country with the help of the UN
• Promote international social, economic and environmental justice and
  oppose imperialism and war mongering
• Oppose racist persecution and unjust asylum policies and
  encourage the hospitable treatment of refugees
• Support human rights and
  protect civil liberties in the UK and abroad
• Campaign for an end to the arms trade

We will further these aims by a variety of peaceful means and make links to other groups involved in these issues. So far we have about 200 members.

We have held and are planning more public meetings in the University on issues such as Iraq, Cuba, Asylum seekers, Palestine, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Liberia.

To be added to the email list or help in the organisation, contact Judith Watson or Mike Hall.

For further information contact one of the site representatives:

Grand Parade/Pavilion Parade	Bob Brecher
Falmer	Mike Hall
Moulsecoomb	Andi Bex
Eastbourne	Ian McDonald