On the eve of a meeting of the External Relations Commission of the Room of RepresentativesAmnesty International presss the Belgian federal government, the House of Representatives and the parties that make up the “Arizona” coalition to urgently take concrete measures to ensure thatIsrael stop her genocide against the Palestinian population of Gazastop using the famine as a weapon of war, dismantle the Israeli colonies in West Bank and put a term to his illegal presence throughout the occupied Palestinian territory.
“Faced with a situation that is struggling to describe with words as much as its atrocity goes beyond understanding, our authorities can no longer afford to remain passive and be satisfied with more or less firm declarations. We demand strong acts, urgently. This message is addressed to Belgium, but also to the international community, in particular to the allies of Israel, including the European Union and its members, “Tues Carine Thibaut, Director General of the Belgian Francophone Section of Amnesty International.
Amnesty International urgently asks States to suspend all weapons transfers, adopt targeted sanctions and put an end to any commitment with Israeli entities as soon as it contributes to the genocide committed by Israel against the Palestinian population of Gaza.
“Faced with a situation that is struggling to describe with words as much as its atrocity goes beyond understanding, our authorities can no longer afford to remain passive and be satisfied with more or less firm declarations. »»
Furthermore, in accordance with the opinion of the International Court of Justice, the States – including Belgium – are responsible for ensuring that they do not contribute to the maintenance of the illegal situation generated by Israel because of its occupation of the Palestinian territory occupied, including through economic cooperation with the illegal colonies.
Israel must return to his decision to “take control” from the city of Gaza
This meeting of the External Relations Committee will take place a week after the decision by the Israel security firm to approve the Prime Minister’s project, Benjamin Netanyahu, to “take control” of the city of Gaza.
“Nothing can justify the new large -scale atrocities that a widening of military operations in the city of Gaza can only train. Hundreds of thousands of people, mainly displaced people, face a deadly mixture of bombs, famine and illness. The population also has no possibility of being treated, because the health system of the Gaza Strip was decimated by Israeli attacks, explains Agnès Callamard, secretary general of Amnesty International.
“Nothing can justify the new large -scale atrocities that a widening of military operations in the city of Gaza can only train. »»
“The families of the hostages and the Israeli military authorities opposed this project, approved by the official pretext of obtaining the release of the hostages. If it is implemented, this plan will also violate international law, and will flutter the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice concluding that the persistent Israeli presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is illegal and must cease. »»
Amnesty International calls on the Israeli cabinet to immediately return to his decision and exhort him to put an end to the genocide. The human rights organization also once again asks Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups to immediately and undoubtedly release all civil hostages.
“It would be unacceptable for the meeting of the External Relations Committee to lead to vain platitudes and convictions”
“We demand states that have an influence on Israel that they stop the abomination in progress by obtaining an immediate and lasting ceasefire, the without hindrance of humanitarian aid to Gaza and its routing throughout the territory, the total lifting of the illegal blockade and the rapid return of the hostages held in Gaza and all the Palestinian and Palestinian detained by Israel” Agnès Callamard.
“With regard to Belgium, it would be unacceptable for the meeting of the External Relations Committee to lead to vain platitudes and convictions, which would lead our country to get bogged down in voluntary inertia in the face of the current genocide in Gaza. On the other hand, we are waiting for concrete measures to be taken urgently, as an unequivocal appeal to the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, due to the obvious violation by Israel of article 2 of this agreement, and the ban on commercial relations and investment with the illegal Israeli colonies in the occupied Palestinian territory, “concludes Carine Thibaut.
