
ALT Full text version on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZarahSultanaMP/posts/pfbid0G58oWAaJpv4AZ8qgSoVjCSHcwr8CqFP1YHjGbkX1KjrAUXDVTVrz1RQ5pm4QRpjVl I am devastated by the ongoing violence in Palestine and Israel, which this past week has claimed the lives of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis. I condemn Hamas’ appalling killing of civilians in Israel, and I am horrified by the Israeli army’s indiscriminate killings of Palestinians in Gaza, where 2.2 million people – almost half of whom are children – are locked in one of the most densely populated areas on Earth, which has been described as an “open-air prison” by a United Nations expert. Israeli bombardment has obliterated whole Gazan neighbourhoods, with an Israeli defence spokesperson saying “the emphasis is on damage, not accuracy”. The Israeli government has shut off supplies of food, water, electricity and fuel, putting Gaza on the brink of an unthinkable humanitarian catastrophe. ...

































