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Campaign update
On 20 August 2014, backed by your signatures, Act for Peace and twelve of Australia’s biggest international humanitarian and development agencies wrote to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, calling on the Australian Government to urgently push for a permanent ceasefire in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, and unhindered access for humanitarian assistance for civilians in Gaza.
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Will you join a global call to lift the blockade of Gaza?
Write to Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and demand she publically call for Israel to lift the blockade of Gaza and end the suffering.
The time to act is now
The people of Gaza have been suffering for 8 years under an illegal blockade. Israel, as the occupying power is
bound by international law to ensure adequate public
health standards and
medical care is provided to the population under occupation.
But The World Health Organisation says the
public health system in Gaza is nearing collapse . There are chronic shortages of health supplies and spare parts and many essential drug stocks are close to zero supply. Services are completely overstretched.
The United Nations has repeatedly raised concerns about the humanitarian situation for the nearly 2 million Palestinians living in Gaza, and recently warned that it was “more isolated than ever”.
With your help, we can demand that the Australian Government call on Israel to lift the blockade.
Will you join us? Add your name now.