The Ecolo and Groen opposition parties want the Federal Parliament to meet urgently, as in the Netherlands, to debate the situation in Gaza, they announced on Tuesday in a statement.
The second Dutch chamber (the lower room of the Parliament) interrupts its vacation for a debate in committee on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. A majority supported a request on Tuesday for this sense of deputy SP Sarah Dobbe. The exact date of the debate has not yet been defined.
Ecolo and Groen formulate a similar request Tuesday. “The horror in Gaza has new excruciating dimensions, a genocide is broadcast live, and the international community-including Belgium-has done almost nothing for a long time,” denounces the co-president of Ecolo, Samuel Cogolati. “However, a majority of political leaders in our country wishes to act against Israel. It is more than time to constitute this majority. Like the Netherlands, we want the Foreign Affairs Committee to interrupt its summer holidays and meet urgently in order to seek a majority in favor of the recognition of Palestine and economic measures against Israel. “
“The genocide does not take a vacation, and the time is widely passed: it is necessary to act now: to recognize Palestine and to impose sanctions in Israel”, underline the environmentalists.
