With the first cases of community transmission of Covid-19 in Gaza, the siege must be ended NOW!

The first cases of community transmission of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Gaza. While the virus has had a devastating impact globally, the 1.8 million citizens of Gaza are especially vulnerable. It is critical that Israel ends the siege on Gaza NOW.

Write to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Dominic Raab, to demand he push pressure on Israel to immediately end the deadly and illegal siege on Gaza.

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Dear Dominic Raab, The first cases of community transmission of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Gaza. While the virus has had a devastating impact globally, the 1.8 million citizens of Gaza are especially vulnerable. It is critical that Israel ends the siege on Gaza NOW. Gaza’s fragile healthcare system is already stretched to breaking point. Thirteen years of an illegally imposed blockade, repeated Israeli bombings, and the deliberate maiming of Great March of Return protesters, have placed unbearable strain on the system. Officials warn that containment and treatment of COVID-19 under the current Israeli siege will be impossible. Allowing the blockade to continue will mean certain and unnecessary death for countless Palestinians. Israel has restricted testing kits to the densely populated strip, and there are only 60 working ventilators and 2,800 hospital beds. Palestinians must be able to access health treatment, and we have a responsibility in the UK to support them by bringing an end to Israeli restrictions. Eight years ago the UN warned Gaza would become uninhabitable by 2020. The crisis in Gaza is not new, but constructed through the intolerable blockade  placed on the coastal strip by Israel. Denying the population access to basic resources – including medicines and fuel – is a form of collective punishment that we have a responsibility to end. We have the power to save lives, but this requires you to take immediate action by insisting Israel ends its illegal blockade of Gaza. The UK must ensure Palestinians have access to the medical care they need.

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With the first cases of community transmission of Covid-19 in Gaza, the siege must be ended NOW!