On July 16th more than 20 Members of the European Parliament from GUE, Greens and Socialists&Democrats supported a demonstration held in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg against the Israeli attack on Gaza, organised by Israeli activist in cooperation with local solidarity groups.
The action aimed at calling the EU to stop Israeli attack on Gaza and suspend the EU-Israel association agreement until Israel complies with international law.
After the demonstration, during the plenary session “on the escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine” GUE/NGL MEP’s organised a protest inside the European Parliament.
Irish MEP Martina Anderson said: “Gaza is once again at crisis point, and millions worldwide are protesting in solidarity with the people of Gaza amid this appalling carnage. The UN must recognise that Israeli actions have violated international law. For too long the UN and the wider international community has watched the blockade of Gaza; watched an apartheid wall being built; watched as road blocks were erected and segregated buses introduced”
Cypriot MEP Neoklis Sylikiotis said: ”What are we waiting for here in the Parliament when war crimes are being committed in front of our eyes? What else are the EU and Mrs. Ashton waiting for to condemn this aggressive Israeli policy? What else is this newly elected Parliament waiting for? Is no one listening to the protests in the streets of European cities, and also in Israeli towns too? ”We want peace for the Palestinian people, the Israeli people, all the peoples of the troubled Middle East so that no more children will be killed. To make this feasible the impunity and colonisation must end and the occupation of Palestine must be lifted. Peace means freedom for Palestine.”
