Responding to the unfolding
horror in Israel and Gaza, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay
said:
"Our first thoughts are with the
hundreds of innocent victims and their families who are faced
with the devastating and escalating violence. Most of whom have
an overriding desire to live in peace.
“The Green Party calls for an
immediate end to the violence in Israel and Palestine. The
targeting of civilians is an outrageous breach of international
law and is unacceptable under all circumstances.
"We urge the international
community to take immediate steps to protect civilian life and
infrastructure from attack, and to launch immediate humanitarian
relief efforts.
"The long absence of a meaningful
political dialogue and peace process has created a vacuum into
which those who offer violence as a solution prosper. The pathway
to ending these waves of violence and bringing about a long-term
political settlement must begin with an end to illegal
occupation.
"The UN Security Council, of
which the UK is a permanent member, must act to prevent the
spread of the conflict to neighbouring states such as Lebanon and
Iran. They have so far failed to agree any new political
initiative to address the fundamental causes of these latest acts
of violence. For the sake of thousands of people on both sides in
this conflict, they urgently need to do so.”
