Arsenal football club has signed a sponsorship deal to promote Israel as a tourist destination from next season.

The two-year, £350,000 agreement will see Israel being promoted on pitch-side billboards and TV screens at Arsenal's new Emirates Stadium in London.

This promotion will encourage people to visit Israel as a sunny tourist destination, not as an occupying country who are creating a racist apartheid state and stealing Palestinian land.

Write a complaint to Arsenal football club now!

a) Contact Arsenal Football Club reminding them that Israel is a racist apartheid state which is consistently in breach of international law in its human rights abuses; and that such a deal endangers Arsenal’s anti-racist reputation:

Commercial and Marketing Department
Arsenal Football Club
Arsenal Stadium
Avenell Road
Highbury
London N5 1BU

Email: marketing@arsenal.co.uk
Tel. 020 7704 4170
Fax. 020 7704 4171

b) Write to the players at the same address. Many of them have actively supported Kick Racism Out of Football.

c) Contact the Football Association’s Kick Racism out of Football Campaign reminding them that Israel is a racist apartheid state which is consistently in breach of international law in its human rights abuses; and that such a deal endangers the FAs anti-racist reputation and the Kick it Out campaign itself. Ask the FA to use its influence to prevent the deal going ahead:

Kick It Out
PO Box 29544
London
EC2A 4WR

Tel: 020 7684 4884
Fax: 020 7684 4885
Email: info@kickitout.org

Please CC all correspondence to info@palestinecampaign.org, enquires@sheffieldpsc.org.uk  info@aqsa.org.uk  and info@ihrc.org  so we can track the number of letters sent.

more info and sample letters here