The signatories declared readiness to transfer funds, ensuring medical staff and equipment needed for treatment patients on the west shore of Jordan, including in eastern Jerusalem – explained in this initiative.
Signatories of the statement They appealed to the Israeli authorities for the abolition of restrictions for the supply of transports with medical equipment and medicines to the Gaza Strip. They pointed out that international law, including humanitarian, obliges Israel to allow the UN and its partner organizations to help in half -lamps.
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Who signed the statement?
Among the signatories of the statement There are ministers of foreign affairs: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Iceland, Ireland, Canada, Lithuania, Luxmbourg, Malta, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and Italy, and the Ministers and the EU Commissioner for Equality, Readiness and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib.
The document referred to the resolution No. 2286 of the UN Security Council, which obliges Israel to ensure the safety of medical staff and enable him to move freely with the necessary equipment and supplies.
As the Reuters agency pointed out, the organizations providing help in the Gaza Strip announced at the end of August that There is only a fraction of the help they need to get to the inhabitants of these areas. In May, after the pressure of its allies, Israel partly abolished the blockade of transports to the Gaza Strip, which earlier intensified hunger among the local population and deteriorated the humanitarian crisis.
In mid -September Independent International Commission of the UN inquiry for occupied Palestinian territories, including Eastern Jerusalem, and Israel, said that Israel committed genocide in the Gaza Zone.
In recent days 11 countries announced the recognition of Palestinian statehood: Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Andorra and San Marino. This decision was announced during the 80th UN General Assembly in New York.
Israel is opposed to the creation of the Palestinian state and claims that its creation would threaten its security.
