Joint appeal by 118 civil society organisations calling on the Greek government to act decisively and exert the necessary institutional pressure to secure a ceasefire in Palestine.

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ELA joins the 117 humanitarian, medical, and human rights organisations in urging the Greek government to take immediate action to stop the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. We condemn the ongoing blockade, the collapse of the health system, and the targeting of civilians and aid workers, and call for a permanent ceasefire and unimpeded access to humanitarian aid.

Dear Prime Minister,

Honorable President and members of the Greek Parliament,

We are witnessing, in real time, the creation of conditions for the extermination of Palestinian life in Gaza. The Member States of the European Union and the members of the United Nations must urgently exert their influence to allow the uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Every day lost reinforces complicity in the systematic extermination of a people who are permanently excluded from any aid that would allow them to survive.

The obstruction of humanitarian aid is a flagrant violation of the UN Security Council Resolution 2720, which calls for the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians. Claims that aid is being diverted by Hamas remain unconfirmed and can in no way justify such measures.

An insufficient amount of humanitarian aid is being allowed to enter the Gaza Strip, merely as a facade to make it appear that the siege has ended. Israel’s plan to instrumentalise humanitarian aid is a cynical response to the humanitarian crisis itself has created.

Before October 2023, about 500 aid trucks were entering Gaza every day, according to the UN. Today, only 100 are allowed in daily, in a time of extreme crisis.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, all public hospitals in northern Gaza are now out of order. At least 20 medical facilities in Gaza have been damaged or forced to partially or fully suspend operations in recent days due to the advance of Israeli ground forces, the intensity of aerial bombardment and extensive evacuation orders. As people are still in urgent need of medical care and assistance, the Israeli authorities must immediately stop the deliberate blockade of Gaza and the destruction of its health system, which is supporting the campaign of ethnic cleansing.

The evacuation orders issued by Israel and the military blockade zones now cover 70% of Gaza. The population has been forcibly transferred from one place to another, and no area of Gaza has been unaffected by the attacks.

The depletion of fuel supplies is limiting the ability to desalinate and distribute water. Health facilities that are still functioning – already insufficient in number and capacity for the population – continue to come under attack and face rapidly diminishing stocks of medicines and other essential supplies.

The civilian population has nowhere to find safe shelter, patients are condemned to death, the right to asylum is non-existent, family reunifications are literally impossible and medical leave is less than minimal.

Victims include medical and health personnel, hospital workers and humanitarian workers who are targeted and are not protected, but instead lose their lives in targeted attacks.


We immediately call on the Greek Government and the members of the Greek Parliament, taking into account Greece’s status as a member state and chair of the United Nations Security Council, to act decisively and exert the necessary institutional pressure so that:

  • A permanent and lasting ceasefire is implemented • The blockade of Palestinians from humanitarian aid is immediately ended
  • Israel lifts the blockade to allow unhindered entry and distribution of humanitarian supplies such as medicines, medical equipment, food, fuel and water
  • Security guarantees are provided to enable our teams to move to provide humanitarian and medical services
  • The violence and forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank by the Israeli authorities is ended
  • The implementation of restrictive measures that prevent Palestinians from accessing basic services, including medical care is stopped
  • Unhindered and safe access to persons in need of medical care and humanitarian assistance, including the sick and injured is ensured
  • Unhindered and safe access to basic supplies such as food and water and health facilities is ensured
  • Those who wish to leave must be able to do so safely without prejudice to their future choice to return


SIGNATORIES

  1. Γιατροί χωρίς Σύνορα – Ελληνικό Τμήμα
  2. Άρσις Κοινωνική Οργάνωση Υποστήριξης Νέων
  3. Γιατροί του Κόσμου Ελλάδας
  4. Ελληνικό Συμβούλιο για τους Πρόσφυγες
  5. Ελληνική Ένωση για τα Δικαιώματα του Ανθρώπου
  6. ActionAid Hellas
  7. Κέντρο Διοτίμα
  8. Ελληνικό Γραφείο Greenpeace/ Greenpeace Greece
  9. HIGGS – Higher Incubator Giving Growth and Sustainability
  10. Safe Passage International Greece
  11. Ελληνικό Φόρουμ Μεταναστών /Greek Forum of Migrants
  12. SolidarityNow
  13. INTERSOS Hellas
  14. Symbiosis-Council of Europe School of Political Studies in Greece
  15. Κέντρο Παιδιού και Εφήβου
  16. SAMS Ελλάς – Syrian American Medical Society ΑΜΚΕ
  17. Legal Centre Lesvos
  18. ΜΕΤΑδραση- Δράση για τη μετανάστευση και την ανάπτυξη
  19. Project Armonia
  20. ZEUXIS
  21. Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid
  22. Ελληνικό Φόρουμ Προσφύγων/Greek Forum of Refugees (GFR)
  23. HumanRights360
  24. The Home Project
  25. Κέντρο Ημέρας Βαβέλ/Συν-ειρμός ΑμΚΕ Κοιν. Αλληλεγγύης
  26. Δίκτυο Μέλισσα / Melissa Network
  27. Αλληλεγγύη Λέσβου
  28. Δίκτυο για τα Δικαιώματα του Παιδιού
  29. Samos Volunteers
  30. Σωματείο PRAKSIS
  31. Changemakers Lab
  32. Equal Rights Beyond Borders
  33. Irida Women’s Center
  34. Mobile Info Team
  35. ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΩ, Περιβαλλοντική Οργάνωση για την Άγρια Ζωή και τη Φύση
  36. YouBeHero ΑΜΚΕ
  37. Δίκτυο Προσβασιμότητας για Όλους/ες (Network for an Accessibility for All)
  38. Cotranspose ΑΜΚΕ
  39. Mazí Housing
  40. STEWARDS Αστική Μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία
  41. TEN MILLION HANDS Αστική Μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία
  42. ΚοινΣΕπ “Ζείδωρος”
  43. ΣΥΝΕΡΓΕΙΕΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΣΠΕΤΣΩΝ ΑΜΚΕ
  44. Σύλλογος “Νοσηλεία”
  45. Science United Project Μη Κερδοσκοπική Οργάνωση
  46. Inter Alia
  47. Πάνος & Χρυσηίδα βοήθεια στα παιδιά
  48. Artifactory
  49. “Μπουλούκι” – Περιοδεύον Εργαστήριο για τις Παραδοσιακές Τεχνικές Δόμησης
  50. Openous Αστική Μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία
  51. ECOGENIA – Αστική Μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία
  52. Liminal – Πρόσβαση στον Πολιτισμό
  53. ELIX
  54. ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΗ – Κέντρο Πληροφόρησης και Τεκμηρίωσης για τον Ρατσισμό, την Οικολογία, την Ειρήνη και τη Μη-Βία
  55. DIVERSITY UNITED
  56. ΑΜΚΕ Ρόδακας
  57. Yoga and Sport with Refugees
  58. Τεχνοδρομώ
  59. Stagona
  60. Dråpen i Havet / Σταγόνα
  61. Refugee Legal Support
  62. Σχεδία-Κέντρο Παιδαγωγικής και Καλλιτεχνικής Επιμόρφωσης
  63. AMURTEL Greece
  64. Better Days Greece
  65. Πολιτιστικός Σύλλογος Οίας Σαντορίνης, ΠΟΛΙΤΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΙΑΣ
  66. Ελληνική Ορνιθολογική Εταιρεία
  67. Διεπιστημονικό Δίκτυο Ειδικής και Διαπολιτισμικής Αγωγής “Include”
  68. ΕΞΙΣ – ΣΥΜΠΕΡΙΛΗΠΤΙΚΗ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΧΟΡΟΥ
  69. ΙΣΟΝ ΘΕΑΤΡΟ-ΧΟΡΟΣ
  70. Πανελλήνια Ένωση Πιλότων
  71. Πρωτοβουλία Νέων
  72. ΠερίΑστρον
  73. Steps Αστική μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία
  74. Refugee Support Aegean – Υποστήριξη Προσφύγων στο Αιγαίο
  75. Bizrupt ΑΜΚΕ
  76. Europe Cares e.V
  77. Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Greece
  78. Common Ground Greece
  79. Δίκτυο Τέχνης και Δράσης, οι άνθρωποι με τα μπαλόνια
  80. Equal Legal Aid
  81. The Hives Project/Κυψέλες ΑΜΚΕ
  82. Women Do Business
  83. Αστική Μέλισσα
  84. Σύλλογος Βοήθειας Παιδιών – Lalibela
  85. Communitism – Ένωση Πολιτών για την Διατήρηση της Νεότερης Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς
  86. ECHO100PLUS
  87. Διεθνής Κοινωνική Υπηρεσία – Ελληνικός Κλάδος
  88. Οργανισμός Ανοιχτών Τεχνολογιών – ΕΕΛΛΑΚ
  89. Home-Start Ελλάς
  90. Περιβαλλοντική Οργάνωση iSea
  91. Σωματείο «Αντιμετώπιση Παιδικού Τραύματος»
  92. I Have Rights
  93. HIAS Ελλάδος
  94. Flying Cross Hellas
  95. CULTUREPOLIS
  96. Σώμα Ελληνικού Οδηγισμού
  97. Terre des hommes Hellas-Γη των Ανθρώπων
  98. Παιδικά Χωριά SOS Ελλάδος
  99. Vouliwatch
  100. WWF Ελλάς
  101. GIVMED
  102. Defence for Children In Greece (DCI Greece)
  103. We Need Books
  104. Το Χαμόγελο του Παιδιού
  105. Κίνηση Υπεράσπισης Δικαιωμάτων Μεταναστών και Μεταναστριών
  106. Κέντρο Στήριξης Οικογένειας
  107. Μαμαγαία
  108. We are Community
  109. Refugee Week Greece
  110. Περιβαλλοντική Πρωτοβουλία Κέρκυρας
  111. Βιο7νησα Eco7νησα
  112. Ελληνική Εταιρία Προστασίας της Φύσης (ΕΕΠΦ)
  113. MEDASSEΤ (Μεσογειακός Σύνδεσμος για τη Σωτηρία των Θαλάσσιων Χελωνών)
  114. Ithaca
  115. Σύλλογος Μερίμνης Ανηλίκων και Νέων
  116. Tandem
  117. Σπίτι Θηλασμού Μητέρα- Βρέφος-Οικογένεια
  118. Caritas Hellas

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