Email the FCDO about the Global Sumud Flotilla

Israel has hijacked the Global Sumud Flotilla boats sailing to Gaza to deliver aid, and kidnapped the civilian activists on board, including at least 13 British nationals.

The civilians on board the Global Sumud Flotilla were attempting to deliver aid to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, to break Israel’s immoral and illegal siege.

Write to the FCDO, tell them to press the British government to urgently address the issues which the flotilla was responding to by ending all arms trade and military collaboration with Israel and imposing wide-ranging sanctions as is its obligation under the Genocide Convention.

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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW231143017 BCX0"><p class="Paragraph SCXW231143017 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW231143017 BCX0">Dear Foreign Secretary,</span><span class="EOP SCXW231143017 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p></div><div class="SCXW231143017 BCX0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW231143017 BCX0"><p class="MsoNormal">I am writing to implore you to urgently intervene in Israel’s attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The government must take action to provide support to those who were onboard, and to support their mission to deliver aid to the people of Gaza.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The Global Sumud Flotilla was a fleet of boats carrying civilians: journalists, doctors, artists, clergy, lawyers and seafarers, all joined together with a commitment to nonviolent action to break Israel’s illegal siege and to deliver much-needed aid to the Palestinian people. At least 13 British nationals were onboard the boats and are now being detained by Israel.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Four of the boats in the fleet were British-flagged boats. The British government has a legal duty to defend its ships and the civilians on board. The attacks on the ships was a violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), an affront to British sovereignty, and a breach of international humanitarian law.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Israel’s illegal siege on the Gaza Strip and its apartheid control over the Palestinian people laid the groundwork for Israel’s horrific attacks on the Gaza Strip over the past two years, which have resulted in over 65,000 Palestinians killed, nearly 200,000 injured, complete devastation of civilian infrastructure and an intentionally engineered famine. Last month, the UN Commission of Inquiry concluded what many have already known—that Israel is inflicting a genocide on the Palestinian people. Signatories of the Genocide Convention, including Britain, have the obligation to prevent further acts of genocide and punish those responsible.</p><p class="MsoNormal">As the British government has failed to fulfil its obligations under the Genocide Convention, ordinary people organised to sail with the Global Sumud Flotilla in an attempt to break Israel’s illegal siege and deliver the aid that Israel refuses to allow in.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Israel is clearly emboldened by the impunity lent by the British government’s failure to hold it to account, and continued support for Israel, including through the arms trade.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m urging you to take action now. Please call on relevant government officials to:</p><ul><li class="MsoNormal">Press Israel to release those detained from the Global Sumud Flotilla and ensure their safe travel.</li><li class="MsoNormal">Reject the legitimacy of Israel’s blockade and actively support efforts to deliver humanitarian aid.</li><li class="MsoNormal"><span data-teams="true">Abide by all Britain's obligations under the Genocide Convention by ending all arms trade and military collaboration with Israel.</span></li></ul></div></div>

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