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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2024/2508(RSP))

On the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation

B-9-2024-0069

on behalf of The Left Group · Rapporteur: Manu Pineda, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Niyazi Kizilyürek, Younous Omarjee, Petros Kokkalis, Giorgos Georgiou, Marc Botenga, João Pimenta Lopes, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Marisa Matias, José Gusmão, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Özlem Demirel, Helmut Scholz, Martina Michels, Cornelia Ernst

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A resolution calling for an immediate, permanent and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees, and unrestricted humanitarian access. It condemns Israel's bombardment of Gaza, its blockade and the targeting of civilians, UN workers, journalists and medical staff, and says these acts could amount to war crimes and genocidal acts. It asks the EU to halt arms transfers to Israel, suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, ban settlement products and activate the Temporary Protection Directive for Palestinian refugees. It supports South Africa's referral of Israel to the International Court of Justice and calls for ICC investigations, and urges action to prevent regional escalation, including in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and the Red Sea. It calls for a lasting peace based on international law, an end to the occupation and recognition of the State of Palestine with the 1967 borders and East Jerusalem as its capital.

Key points

  1. Calls for an immediate, permanent and unconditional ceasefire and for the release of all Israeli hostages and all Palestinian administrative detainees and political prisoners.
  2. Condemns the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza, the killing of Palestinian civilians, UN workers, journalists, doctors and artists, and attacks on medical facilities, and calls for these to be investigated as war crimes.
  3. Says anyone committing war crimes in Israel or Palestine must be held accountable in court, and condemns the deliberate killings of civilians by Hamas.
  4. Says the humanitarian crisis is the direct result of deliberate war crimes that could amount to genocidal acts, condemns the use of starvation as a method of warfare, and urges Israel to allow aid, food, water and fuel into Gaza without restrictions.
  5. Highlights the complicity of the US Government and some European countries and asks them to call for an immediate ceasefire.
  6. Welcomes worldwide demonstrations against the war and denounces government decisions to limit the right to demonstrate and criminalise solidarity with Palestinians.
  7. Supports South Africa's referral of Israel to the ICJ, calls for EU and member state support for the ICC investigation, and says ICJ provisional measures would protect civilians.
  8. Calls for a lasting peace under UN auspices based on international law and UN resolutions, and for immediate action to prevent further escalation.
  9. Calls for humanitarian corridors and aid access for Gaza, condemns the tightening of the blockade, and asks the Commission and Council to activate the Temporary Protection Directive for Palestinian refugees while ensuring their right to return.
  10. Calls for increased humanitarian aid, especially healthcare, and says aid is useless unless Israel is forced to stop bombardments and open crossing points; calls for support to UNRWA's emergency appeal and release of pending funds.
  11. Urges Israel to end the illegal blockade, allow humanitarian workers, journalists and international stakeholders access, and reminds it of its obligations as an occupying power under the Geneva Conventions.
  12. Calls for the EU to halt all arms and military technology transfers to Israel and other parties, to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, to ban Israeli settlement products, and to recognise the State of Palestine with the 1967 borders and East Jerusalem as its capital.

Who is affected

  • Israel: called on to end the blockade, allow aid, stop attacks and comply with its obligations as an occupying power.
  • EU and member states: asked to halt arms transfers, suspend the Association Agreement, increase aid and support ICC and ICJ proceedings.
  • Palestinian refugees: the Temporary Protection Directive should give them immediate protection while ensuring their right to return.
  • UNRWA: the EU and international community should continue political and financial support and release pending funds.
  • US and UK: condemned for military actions against Yemen and urged to withdraw forces from the area.

Figures and deadlines

  • 1 200 people in Israel killed and more than 200 taken hostage on 7 October 2023, of whom 132 are still held.
  • Over 23 000 Palestinians killed, 70 % women and children, around 60 000 injured and more than 8 000 missing in Gaza.
  • About 85 % of the 2.2 million people in Gaza displaced; at least 10 000 children killed.
  • 79 journalists and media workers and at least 146 humanitarian workers killed.
  • About 80 % of Gaza's population relied on humanitarian aid before the war, with 44 % of households food insecure and another 16 % at risk.
  • Nearly 70 % of Gaza's housing units damaged or destroyed and 352 schools damaged as of 30 December 2023.
  • In the West Bank and East Jerusalem, 332 Palestinians killed, including 84 children, and 4 157 injured since 7 October 2023.
  • EU contracts worth EUR 59 million to Israeli military technology companies and EU arms sales to Israel estimated at around EUR 200 million per year.