"We call for immediate action to end Britain's complicity in the horror that happens in Gaza," the letter states. "Children in Gaza starve while food and medicine are only a fewer minutes away, blocked right off the border. Words will not feed them – concrete actions are needed. Each of Gaza's 2.1 million inhabitants is threatened with starvation – right now, erstwhile you read these words – the authors of a letter to UK Prime Minister Keira Starmer.
Star appeal to UK Prime Minister. It's the Gaza Strip.
"Mothers, fathers, infants, grandparents – the full society is sentenced to slow starvation in front of the world. 290 000 children have been on the brink of death – starving by the Israeli government for more than 70 days" - they added
Signatories request an immediate halt to arms sales and export licences to Israel, the immediate release of humanitarian organisations to the Gaza Strip and the active engagement of the British government in achieving a ceasefire.
Among the 300 well-known people who supported the appeal were Benedict Cumberbatch, Dua Lipa, Annie Lennox, Tilda Swinton, Steve Coogan, Caitriona Balfe, Danny Boyle, Jonathan Pryce, Alexi Lubomirski, Riz Ahmed, Brian Cox and Mark Ruffalo.
The letter was created on the initiative of Choose Love, which brings aid to refugees and people affected by humanitarian crises.
– We request action from the Prime Minister – now. This means immediately stopping arms sales and allowing legal humanitarian organisations to act in Gaza. You gotta do everything you can to end this nightmare. Action is simply a choice – as is idleness. past will remember what we did at this point. We beg the Prime Minister to make the right decision," said co-founder and manager of Choose Love, Josie Naughton, quoted by Deadline.
What is happening in Gaza?
As the planet wellness Organization (WHO) reported in May, in Gaza, "inanimate children die and survivors must face life-long wellness problems". This is the effect of the blockade of humanitarian aid from Israel, which began early March this year. Israel resumed the transportation of aid last week, but the UN says it is inactive besides small to halt its hunger.
The United Kingdom, like another Western countries, including France, Italy, Germany and Canada, expressed clear support for Israel after the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 were abducted. From that minute on, the Israeli government has waged war against Hamas and war activities in the Gaza Strip.
However, in fresh times there have been more and more criticisms of Israel's actions in Gaza, including from European leaders. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated at a conference in Finland that the scale of Israeli bombings of Gaza is "inconceivable", and head of EU diplomacy Kaja Kallas estimated that Israeli attacks went beyond what is "necessary to fight Hamas".
In the United Kingdom, abroad Minister David Lammy called on the Israeli ambassador and on 20 May suspended talks concerning the trade agreement, calling the blockade of aid supplies to Gaza "unacceptable" and "morally evil, unjustifiable". Nevertheless, the peculiar Trade Envoy, Ian Austin, travelled to Israel at the same time to strengthen their trade relations.
Thursday's appeal was 1 of the fewer to the Prime Minister in fresh days – akin letters were besides issued by leading lawyers and writers from large Britain and Ireland, including Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan.
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