More than twenty countries, including Spain, the United Kingdom, France from Italy, have issued a joint statement in which they call the immediate cessation of the war in Gaza, require Israel to allow the entry of humanitarian aid and claim to Hamas the liberation of all hostages that are still in their possession.
“We join with a simple and urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now,” The Foreign Ministers from 25 countries maintain, including Australia, Canada and Norway, and which British Foreign Minister David Lammy has published on social networks.
In your joint statement, They denounce that “the suffering of civilians in Gaza have reached new levels” And they emphasize that the model used by Israel for the distribution of aid “is dangerous, encourages instability and deprives the Gazaties of their human dignity.” “It is horrible that more than 800 Palestinians have been killed seeking help,” they say.
For these countries, “denial by the Israeli government of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable” that is why they claim the Benjamin Netanyahu Executive to comply with “its obligations under international humanitarian law.”
In this sense, they ask that “lift all the restrictions on the help flow and that urgently allow the UN and the NGOs to do their work that saves lives safely and effectively.”
They also make it clear that “the proposals to transfer to the Palestinian population to a ‘humanitarian city’ are completely unacceptable” and emphasize that “permanent forced displacement is a violation of international law.”
They also express their firm rejection of “any step for territorial or demographic change in the occupied Palestinian territories” and denounce that the construction of settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem has increased this as the violence by the settlers against Palestinians. “This must cease,” they claim
Immediate release from hostages
Besides, They demand the “immediate and unconditional liberation” of the hostages that are still in the hands of Hamas After the attack of October 7, 2023 and defend that “a high negotiated fire offers the best hope to take them back home and put an end to the agony of their families.”
Finally, the twenty of signatory countries urge the international parties to “unite in a common effort to end this conflict, through a high immediate, unconditional and permanent fire.” “A greater bloodshed does not serve anyone,” they warn, expressing their willingness to support any action that goes in this regard.
The statement is signed by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, as well as the European Commission of crisis management.
