The ongoing atrocities in Gaza are a blatant violation of international law. The world cannot remain silent as innocent civilians, including children, are starved and killed.
The United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) have a responsibility to act. There are no valid excuses for the international community’s failure to stop the slaughter in Gaza. Protecting innocent lives must be the top priority.
Hamas must release the Israeli hostages immediately. Children and other innocent civilians should not be punished.
The Israeli government must be held accountable. Their actions in Gaza blatantly breach the Geneva Convention and international humanitarian law. The occupying power has a legal obligation to ensure civilians’ access to essentials.
Considering that the Israeli extremist government has shown that mere words of condemnation are inadequate, it is essential to take decisive action. As Members of the European Parliament representing various political groups and independent parties, we collectively call for:
- Providing humanitarian aid and ensuring it reaches the people in Gaza.
- Suspend the entire EU-Israel Association Agreement.
- Impose sanctions on the Israeli extremism government.
- Article 99 of the UN Charter empowers the UN Secretary-General to alert the Security Council to threats to peace. It is time for the UN to invoke this article and take immediate action to stop the massacre in Gaza.
- Recognize Palestine based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. We recognized Israel long ago, now it is time to also recognize the rights of the Palestinian people.
It is a moral imperative for governments and the international community to act. Silence and inactions amount to complicity.
Future generations will judge today’s leaders on their response, or lack thereof, to the atrocities in Gaza. Failing to act now will be remembered as a moral stain on humanity. The time for moral cowardice is over, and action must be swift.
MEP Evin Incir, Sweden (S&D)
MEP David Casa, Malta (EPP)
MEP Ana Miranda, Spain (Greens/EFA)
MEP Brando Benifei, Italy (S&D)
MEP Alex Aguis Saliba, Malta (S&D)
MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen, Finland (EPP)
MEP Leoluca Orlando, Italy (Greens/EFA)
MEP Mounir Satouri, France (Greens/EFA)
MEP Cecilia Strada, Italy (S&D)
MEP Benedetta Scuderi, Italy (Greens/EFA)
MEP Catarina Martins, Portugal (The Left)
MEP Irena Joveva, Slovenia (Renew)
MEP Hana Jalloul, Spain (S&D)
MEP Matjaž Nemec, Slovenia (S&D)
MEP Marc Botenga, Belgium (The Left)
MEP Rima Hassan, France (The Left)
MEP Lynn Boylan, Ireland (The Left)
MEP Nacho Sanchez Amor, Spain (S&D)
MEP Thijs Reuten, The Netherlands (S&D)
MEP Bruno Gonçalves, Portugal (S&D)
MEP Maria Ohisalo, Finland (Greens/EFA)
MEP Mimmo Lucano, Italy, (The Left)
MEP Abir Al Sahlani, Sweden (Renew)
MEP Catarina Vieira, The Netherlands (Greens/EFA)
MEP Villy Sovndal, Denmark (Greens/EFA)
MEP Barry Andrews, Ireland (Renew)
MEP Alessandro Zan, Italy (S&D)
MEP Alessandra Moretti, Italy (S&D)
MEP Camilla Laureti, Italy (S&D)
MEP Nicola Zingaretti, Italy (S&D)
MEP Lukas Sieper, Germany (Party of Progress)
MEP Lucia Annunziata, Italy (S&D)
MEP Sandro Ruotolo, Italy (S&D)
MEP Marco Tarquinio, Italy (S&D)
MEP Thomas Bajada, Malta (S&D)
MEP Vlad Voiculescu, Romania (Renew)
MEP Elisabetta Gualmini, Italy (S&D)
MEP Giuseppe Lupo, Italy (S&D)
MEP Daniel Attard, Malta (S&D)
MEP Cristina Guarda, italy (Greens/EFA)
MEP Vivien Costanzo, Germany (S&D)
MEP Maria Guzenina, Finland (S&D)
MEP Nikos Papandreou, Greece (S&D)
MEP Sofie Eriksson, Sweden (S&D)
MEP Pina Picierno, Italy (S&D)
MEP Stefano Bonaccini, Italy (S&D)
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