In their joint statement, the presidents of his parliamentary groups SYRIZAhis KKEher Sailing and her Rear They ask the government to end military cooperation with Israel.

The joint statement to the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, refers to the dramatic moments experienced by the Palestinian people in Gaza by Israeli military operations.

The joint statement states:

“The people of Palestine are experiencing dramatic moments. The state and the Israeli government are stepping up military operations in the Gaza Strip with a proclamated purpose of clearing it by the Palestinian population. In this context, they even refuse to provide humanitarian aid, bringing the Palestinian people to face the threat of famine. Partial or total extermination of a population is genocide.

The UN has warned that thousands of babies are in danger in Gaza due to malnutrition and lack of drugs. In Gaza and in front of the eyes of mankind, there is a real genocide that to date has resulted in more than 61,000 dead, 119,000 injured and hundreds of thousands of uprooted, in their vast majority of civilian population.

Everyday and on a large scale, perpetuated individual acts of genocide, crimes against humanity and warfarein violation of any concept and provision of international law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law, and in stark contrast to the feelings of the peoples of the whole world, including the Greek people, who have long expressed their solidarity with the Palestinian people. The International Criminal Court, founding Greece, has issued a arrest warrant against Netanyahu for international crimes.

In view of all these critical developments, the Greek government He has no political, legal and moral right to justify and ultimately to support these crimes. It must – and in the capacity of UN Security Council’s non -permanent member – to take active, urgent and clear initiatives to stop the Genocide at the expense of the Palestinian people, to tackle the humanitarian crisis, to recognize the Palestinian state at the 1967 border.

The following signature parliamentary groups, through their presidents, send a statement to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs in order to take initiatives In the following directions:

  • Now all the military operations of the Israeli state be stopped in Gaza and to have a truce.
  • Now open all the humanitarian diodes to immediately send help, water, food, medicines, health material and doctors, to deal with the famine for the Palestinians.
  • The Greek government expressly and unequivocally condemn the crimes of the State of Israel, against the Palestinian people, against workers and volunteers, doctors and nurses, to humanitarian organizations and missions trying to help and at the expense of their personal aid.
  • The Greek government has to interrupt military cooperation with the state of Israel.
  • Immediately apply the unanimous decision of the 2015 Parliament and to recognize the Palestinian state at the 1967 border with the capital of East Jerusalem.
  • To invite, under the responsibility of the Speaker of the House, the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mr. Mahmoud Abbas to the Greek Parliament in order to inform the Greek people of the situation in the Gaza Strip and a total of Palestinian territories.

Socrates Famellos SYRIZA
Dimitris Koutsoubas KKE
Alexis Haritsis New Left
Zoe Konstantopoulou Freedom Sun. ”