60 Parliamentarians Urge UK Government Action on Gaza Emergency
NOVANEWS
Posted by: Kitty Moses
WHY AFTER 7 YEARS OF NAZI DAILY BLACKOUTS ? 'Shoah'
By Medical Aid for Palestinians and Richard Burden
Medical Aid for Palestinians
A group of 60 British MPs and Peers have this week written to Minister Alistair Burt (Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development) to call on the UK Government to take urgent action to address Gaza’s continuing humanitarian emergency.
In August, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) warned of Gaza’s humanitarian emergency, amid a deepening electricity crisis, medical shortages, and increased restrictions on exit for treatment faced by patients. In 2012, the UN warned that Gaza could be unliveable by 2020. For patients now unable to access the care they need inside or get out for tre...