“We will continue to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people until they can live in peace, dignity and freedom.”
We publish for information below a response from 5 MPs to reports of a ceasefire in Gaza:
Over the past 15 months, human beings have endured a level of horror and inhumanity that should haunt us forever. Home by home, hospital by hospital, generation by generation – we have witnessed a genocide, aided and abetted by governments across the world, including our own.
The announcement of a ceasefire will bring welcome and vital respite to survivors, as well as relief to all those who will be reunited with friends and family. It is beyond shameful that it has taken this long to bring it about. How many lives could have been saved if political leaders acted sooner and listened to the global demand for peace? They have blood on their hands – and it will never wash away.
The British government must now cooperate fully with the International Criminal Court in pursuit of justice against all those who have committed war crimes. That includes complying with orders for arrest warrants, handing over all intelligence, and facing accountability for its own complicity in genocide.
We will continue to speak up for the only path to a just and lasting peace: the end to the occupation of Palestine and immediate recognition of Palestinian statehood. We will continue to demand the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the West Bank. And we will continue to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people until they can live in peace, dignity and freedom.
Adnan Hussain MP, Ayoub Khan MP, Iqbal Mohamed MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Shockat Adam MP.
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