LONDON, November 19, 2008 (WAFA)- Jews for Justice for Palestinians and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign organized a protest to coincide with Israeli President Shimon Peres's address to the British Parliament, in London.

In a press release published, Wednesday, PSC announced that they and Jews For Justice For Palestinians organized a protest in solidarity with Palestinian Legislative Council Members in Israeli Prisons, and with Palestinians in Gaza suffering under the siege, as the Israeli President pronounced his speech before both houses of British Parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

PSC stated, “as the Israeli President addresses both houses of Parliament, Wednesday afternoon, members of the Commons and the Lords might spare a thought for the fate of their fellow Palestinian legislators languishing without charge in Israeli jails, as well as for Gazans sealed in the world's largest open air prison.”

Dan Judelson, of Jews for Justice for Palestinians said that, arresting Members of Parliament is an insult to all those urging the Palestinians to trust in the peace process instead of rockets, rifles and slingshots, still more so to the Palestinians who took part in the elections of 2006.

Betty Hunter , General Secretary of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said, “Shimon Peres is the head of state of a country which is engaged in an illegal occupation, and has been stealing Palestinian land for more than 40 years in contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention. I hope Parliamentarians will closely question President Peres about his country's  devastating blockade of Gaza at a time when Israel has sealed the borders even tighter, forcing the UN to suspend the essential food distribution on which so many Gazans rely.”'