[Individual-members-EL] EL News: To end the strangulation of the Gaza Strip!

[European Left]

To end the strangulation of the Gaza Strip!

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In view of the dramatic escalation of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza
Strip as a direct result by the latest cutting off all vital supplies to the
Palestinian people, the Chairman of the Party of the European Left, Lothar
Bisky calls for an immediate raise of the blockade and demands.

The EU and all European countries must take the necessary steps for ending
the occupation and the blockade of the Gaza Strip! 

1.5 million Palestinian are blocked in the Gaza Strip without water, food,
medicine and electricity. The reserves are dwindling. The lives of hundreds
of thousands of human beings are threatened. In their desperation large
groups of people burst through the borderline “Wall of Shame” to reach
Egypt.

The restriction measures of the Israeli government aim at sanctioning the
whole Palestinian people. Civilians are taken hostages for Israel’s policy
of continued occupation and collective punishment. This is a systematic
violation of international  and humanitarian law. 

The European Left calls the European Union institutions – the High
Representative  for Foreign and Security Policy, Mr Solana, the president of
the European Parliament, Mr Hans-Gert Pöttering, in particular all
presidents of the European Parliament’s political groups to intervene
immediately for the cancellation of the Gaza blockade.

The European Left reiterates its position that only guaranteeing all
Palestinians in the occupied areas to live in conditions fit for human
beings will create a chance for lasting and successful peace efforts.
Therefore we demand from the Israeli government as a first signal in that
direction to open all the crossing points to the Gaza strip and to lift all
imposed restrictions.

We express our solidarity with the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza strip.
We support the Israel-Palestinian initiatives for overcoming the dramatic
situation for children, women, the sick and the elderly, particularly
affected by the blockade, as well as their efforts to enable international
humanitarian relief organizations to do their work and to help the suffering
population. 

Berlin ; Brussels 24/1/2008 

 
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