Greens across Europe and the world continue to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and for a return to negotiations by Israel and Hamas with a renewed commitment to ongoing peace.
Already more than 1,500 people have been killed and more than 6,000 injured - many of them children. Schools, hospitals, and entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. The humanitarian crisis is deepening, with according to the United Nations, the displacement of about a quarter of the population of the Gaza Strip during the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas. There are 1.7 million Palestinians in Gaza, and the UN estimates that up to 445,000 of them have been forced from their houses. About 245,000 are in UN shelters. The Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs estimates that "as many as 200,000" more are "taking shelter with family, friends of others elsewhere in Gaza who haven't been forced from their homes. Gaza is a small, densely populated place and the Israeli military declared about 44 percent of the area a "no-go zone", telling the people living there to evaluate. An immediate concern is protecting civilians in crowded refugee centres and homes. Six schools, serving as shelters operated by the UN have been hit during the fighting.
In response, we can put pressure on the Israeli state through a targeted Boycott and Disinvestment campaign and join the efforts of the international community to pursuit a lasting peace. Along with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the South African activist who fought to end apartheid, we can join a worldwide campaign calling on corporations profiting from Israel's occupation of Palestinian Territories to pull out their funding.
I am supporting the call for Glasgow City Council to; Fly the Palestinian Flag over the Council Chambers (like Dundee, West Dunbartonshire and Preston); Implement a clear Boycott and Disinvestment policy against companies benefiting from the Israeli occupation of Palestinian Territories; and Promote the twinning of Glasgow with Bethlehem since 2007, with road signs around Glasgow.
However distant a prospect achieving peace and justice might be, we have to continue to work to achieved this goal. A just peace in Israel/Palestine could be the catalyst for achieving wider peace in the region and across the world.
Already more than 1,500 people have been killed and more than 6,000 injured - many of them children. Schools, hospitals, and entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. The humanitarian crisis is deepening, with according to the United Nations, the displacement of about a quarter of the population of the Gaza Strip during the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas. There are 1.7 million Palestinians in Gaza, and the UN estimates that up to 445,000 of them have been forced from their houses. About 245,000 are in UN shelters. The Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs estimates that "as many as 200,000" more are "taking shelter with family, friends of others elsewhere in Gaza who haven't been forced from their homes. Gaza is a small, densely populated place and the Israeli military declared about 44 percent of the area a "no-go zone", telling the people living there to evaluate. An immediate concern is protecting civilians in crowded refugee centres and homes. Six schools, serving as shelters operated by the UN have been hit during the fighting.
In response, we can put pressure on the Israeli state through a targeted Boycott and Disinvestment campaign and join the efforts of the international community to pursuit a lasting peace. Along with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the South African activist who fought to end apartheid, we can join a worldwide campaign calling on corporations profiting from Israel's occupation of Palestinian Territories to pull out their funding.
I am supporting the call for Glasgow City Council to; Fly the Palestinian Flag over the Council Chambers (like Dundee, West Dunbartonshire and Preston); Implement a clear Boycott and Disinvestment policy against companies benefiting from the Israeli occupation of Palestinian Territories; and Promote the twinning of Glasgow with Bethlehem since 2007, with road signs around Glasgow.
However distant a prospect achieving peace and justice might be, we have to continue to work to achieved this goal. A just peace in Israel/Palestine could be the catalyst for achieving wider peace in the region and across the world.
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