126,000 British texters demand end to Gaza bombing
A child is dying every three hours in the Gaza Strip, Save the Children says
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Tuesday, 13, Jan 2009 01:50
More than 125,000 Britons have responded to a charity appeal to text their support for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with the messages due to be presented to No 10 today.
Save the Children says its Enough is Enough campaign has received an "unprecedented response", with the total number of texts standing at 126,000 on Tuesday afternoon.
"This is very exciting for us," Save the Children told inthenews.co.uk.
A source explained that at its peak on Saturday night the campaign, which launched on Friday, was receiving a text every second.
This is contrasted against the statistic that in Gaza a child is dying every three hours.
"This is an unprecedented response and the message from our text campaign is loud and clear - the British public want an end to the bombing in Gaza," said Adrian Lovett, Save the Children's director of campaigns.
"A huge number of the British public care what is happening in Gaza and have taken action. Right now the fighting is still going on and one child dies in Gaza every three hours. Public support can and must make a change."
To add your voice to the petition text CEASEFIRE to 81819.