[WCUSP] MEPS CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO STOP THE KILLING IN GAZA FOR AN END TO THE OCCUPATION

[yvonne simmons]

It makes me wonder if WCUSP can intiate members of
congress to initiate something similar In Solidarity
Yvonne.

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> From: MORGANTINI Luisa 
> 
> 
> 
> NEWS UPDATE
> 
> MEPS CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO STOP THE
> KILLING IN GAZA AND FOR AN END TO THE OCCUPATION
> 
> 
> 
> We, the undersigned Members of the European
> Parliament, recently returned from a fact finding
> mission to Israel and Palestine, are shocked and
> appalled by what we have seen and experienced in
> Gaza.
> 
> 
> 
> Due to economic sanctions, almost all public
> institutions have shut down.  The hospitals are
> overcrowded and receive neither money nor sufficient
> medicine.  The public employees have not been paid
> for months. The doctors told us that some deadly
> injuries are not caused by traditional weapons but
> most likely by new experimental chemical weapons.
> More amputations than ever are necessary. They have
> not had the time to examine the dead bodies yet as
> they are busy dealing with the wounds of those who
> have survived.
> 
> 
> 
> The closure of Rafah and Karni crossing for people
> and goods has turned Gaza into an open air prison. 
> Recently, Gaza has seen horrible carnage.
> 
> 
> 
> We call upon Israel to stop the violation of human
> rights and repeated breaches of the Geneva
> Convention.
> 
> 
> 
> We call for a complete ceasefire by Israel, an
> immediate withdrawal of troops from Gaza and an end
> to the military incursion in the West Bank.
> 
> 
> 
> We strongly object to the description by Israel of
> those it has killed as "terrorists".
> 
> 
> 
> We call and insist that the EU should review the
> association agreement and consider imposition of
> sanctions on Israel unless it ceases the killing of
> civilians and the violation of human rights, thus
> complying with article 2 of the association
> agreement. 
> 
> 
> 
> We urge Hamas and Fatah and all the democratic
> Palestinian forces, even under these circumstances,
> not to stop their efforts to form a Unity Government
> as already agreed on the document of national
> reconciliation which recognizes the 1967 borders of
> the state of Palestine and Israel and to take every
> possible measure to halt the firing of Qassam
> rockets. 
> 
> 
> 
> We call upon the EU to open dialogue with all the
> Palestinian national institutions and to put
> pressure on the Israeli government to release the
> tax revenues confiscated from the Palestinian
> government.
> 
> 
> 
> We ask the UN and the quartet to send international
> forces to protect the Palestinian and Israeli
> civilian populations, while calling for an
> international conference with all the parties
> involved reaching a comprehensive and just peace for
> the area.
> 
> 
> 
> Signed
> 
> 
> 
> MEP Luisa Morgantini (Italy), GUE/NGL
> 
> MEP Vincenzo Aita (Italy) GUE/NGL 
> 
> MEP Allesandro Battilocchio (Italy), N.I.
> 
> MEP John Bowis (UK), EPP-ED
> 
> MEP Chris Davies (UK), ALDE
> 
> MEP Jill Evans (UK), GREEN/EFA
> 
> MEP Hélène Flautre (France), GREEN/EFA
> 
> MEP Gyula Hegyi (Hungary), PES
> 
> MEP Miguel Portas (Portugal), GUE/NGL
> 
> MEP Karin Resetarits (Austria), ALDE
> 
> MEP Alyn Smith (UK), GREEN/EFA
> 
> MP Norman Paech (Germany), Die Linke
> 
> 
> 
> Luisa Morgantini  Bxl +32 2 2847151, Str +33 3
> 88177151luisa.morgantini at europarl.europa.eu
> David Lundy Bxl +32 485 50 58 12
david.lundy at europarl.europa.eu>
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