Dear colleagues,
We have been working hard the last few weeks. Our Gila Slonim was in America drumming up support for Amiram Ben-Uliel, the young Jew sentenced to three life terms plus seventeen years for a crime he could not have committed. Right now, we are turning to you for a quick and easy way to get Amiram out of solitary confinement for the holiday of Shavuot.
Thanks to public pressure, Amiram was taken out of solitary for the first two days of Passover. He was transferred to a wing for religious Jews, where he was able to pray with a minyan and participate in the Seder.
Shavuot is fast approaching and we want to do the same thing again for Amiram. We are asking you to send a letter, fax, or make a phone call to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and briefly demand that Amiram be let out of his cell for the holiday that commemorates the giving of the Torah. We could give you a sample letter, but then it would be obvious that you didn't write it, and so the effect would be greatly diluted. But we will give you the following points.
1. Keep the message to no more than two paragraphs or 4-5 sentences.
2. Start by saying you are writing to speak out about the injustice done to Amiram, his conviction of murder based on confessions elicited by torture. Then say that Amiram's prison conditions are shocking and that you are asking for Netanyahu, as the overseer of the General Security Service, to order Amiram sent to a "Torani wing" (populated by religious inmates) so he can exercise his right to worship and be granted freedom of religion.
| 1. | Keep the message to no more than two paragraphs or 4-5 sentences. |
| 2. | Start by saying you are writing to speak out about the injustice done to Amiram, his conviction of murder based on confessions elicited by torture. Then say that Amiram's prison conditions are shocking and that you are asking for Netanyahu, as the overseer of the General Security Service, to order Amiram sent to a "Torani wing" (populated by religious inmates) so he can exercise his right to worship and be granted freedom of religion. |
Here are the details for contacting the Prime Minister's office:
Address: The Prime Minister's Office, Public Enquiries Department, Kiryat Ben Gurion, Building C, Jerusalem 91950, Israel
Telephone: 03-6109898
Fax: 02-5605000
That's it.
We are attaching a link to a short, but very informative, video of Gila talking about Amiram and reviewing her trip to the U.S.:
Update on Amiram Ben UlielWishing you a wonderful Shavuot.
Yours,
Committee for Amiram
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