Plight of the Unpeople: Join the demand that MasterCard immediately stops its involvement with extreme-right Elad settlers

2009-06-11

Join the demand that MasterCard immediately stops its involvement with extreme-right Elad settlers

HERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO, WHEREVER YOU ARE

The holders of an Isracard and/or Mastercard credit cards in Israel have received in the past weeks an offer for a "City of David tour" with "attractions for the entire family" - an innocuous sounding offer, making no mention of the fact that this tour is to be conducted by the Elad settlers - the ones who are, for more than a decade, making life for Palestinians in Silwan into hell.

Gush Shalom has written to the Directors of the MasterCard Company and a similar letter in Hebrew was sent to the Israeli provider of Mastercard "Isracard".

You are requested to send your own protest, using our letter or making your own.

You could also phone to the Mastercard company. Contact data are provided as well as background material about the activity through the years of the Elad settlers in Silwan.

The letter, background and contact details

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