50 British MPs urge sanctions on Israel over ‘crimes against humanity’

About 50 members of the British Parliament have called for sanctions against the Israeli regime over its “crimes against humanity.”

The lawmakers, from seven political parties, backed a motion in that regard on Tuesday.

The Early Day Motion (EDM), tabled by MP Richard Burgon, called on the government to impose sanctions on Israel for its repeated violations of international law in Palestine.

“For over a year now, Israel has carried out war crimes and flagrant violations of international law in Gaza,” the Leeds East lawmaker said.

”To get Israel to stop committing these crimes, we need real action from political leaders — not just words.”

“That means imposing sanctions on Israel, as the UN General Assembly recently called for.”

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In related news, the Independent Alliance of MPs, comprising Jeremy Corbyn, Shockat Adam, Adnan Hussain, Ayoub Khan and Iqbal Mohamed, censured the UK government for its complicity in the crimes of Israel.

In an urgent letter addressed to Foreign Secretary David Lammy, the Independent Alliance of MPs rhetorically asked whether the government opposed genocide or not.

The letter censored the new Labor leadership for “100 days of complicity in crimes against humanity.”

The Independent Alliance of MPs expressed “disgust over the government’s complicity in one of the greatest crimes in our lifetime.”

The open letter came after learning that Palestinian refugees sheltering in their tents had been burned alive following an Israeli airstrike on a hospital courtyard in Gaza.

“Their last moments on this Earth were that of unimaginable pain and suffering,” the letter said.

“Moments earlier, Israeli air strikes hit a school, killing 22 people who were awaiting polio vaccinations.”

“The horror in Gaza is often described as a humanitarian crisis … this is not a humanitarian crisis.”

“It is a genocide, aided and abetted by governments including our own.”

“The destruction over the weekend coincided with the 100-day anniversary of the new Labour government.”

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Gaza’s Ministry of Health said more than 300 had also been injured in the past 24 hours.

“Let us be in no doubt. It has been 100 days of shameful indifference to Palestinian life, 100 days of moral and political cowardice, 100 days of complicity in crimes against humanity.”

Does the UK government oppose genocide?

An urgent letter to the Foreign Secretary from the Independent Alliance. pic.twitter.com/tKB6NRoCza

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) October 14, 2024

The Independent Alliance of MPs asked the government when it would end all arms sales to Israel and join France, Italy, Spain and Jordan in calling for a worldwide ban.

It also asked whether No. 10 Downing Street accepted the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling finding the Israelis guilty of illegal occupation of Palestinian territories.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reviewing a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in a vicious attempt to starve out the Palestinians.

The plan proposed to Netanyahu by a group of retired generals would give Palestinians a week to leave the northern third of the Gaza Strip, including Gaza City, before declaring it a closed military zone.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has warned that more than 400,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza are at risk of starving to death due to Israel’s complete siege and ban on the entry of food and water.

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