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More than 200 lawmakers from 13 countries unite to oppose arms exports from their countries to Israel

We, the parliamentarians signing this letter, declare our commitment to ending our nations' arms sales to the State of Israel.

Our bombs and bullets must not be used to kill, maim and dispossess Palestinians. But it is the case: we know that deadly weapons and their parts, manufactured or shipped by our countries, are currently contributing to the Israeli assault on Palestine, which has left more than 30,000 dead in Gaza and the West Bank.

We can't wait. Following the provisional ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Genocide Convention case against the State of Israel, the arms embargo is no longer a moral necessity, but a legal obligation.

We will not be complicit in the serious violations of international law committed by Israel. The ICJ ordered Israel not to kill, injure or “deliberately (inflict) conditions on (Palestinians) aimed at…their physical destruction.” Israel refused. Instead, they are pressing ahead with the planned assault on Rafah, which the UN secretary-general says will “exponentially increase what is already a humanitarian nightmare.”

Today we take a stand. We will take immediate and coordinated action in our respective legislatures to prevent our countries from arming Israel.

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Janet Rice, Australian Parliament

Larissa Waters, Australian Parliament

David Shoebridge, Australian Parliament

Jordon Steele-John, Australian Parliament

Lidia Thorpe, Australian Parliament

Adam Bandt, Australian Parliament

Max Chandler-Mather, Australian Parliament

Elizabeth Watson-Brown, Australian Parliament

Stephen Bates, Australian Parliament

Sarah Hanson-Young, Australian Parliament

Peter Whish-Wilson, Australian Parliament

Nick McKim, Australian Parliament

Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Parliament

Dorinda Cox, Australian Parliament

Barbara Pocock, Australian Parliament

Penny Allman-Payne, Australian Parliament

Peter Mertens, Belgian Federal Parliament

Ludwig Vandenhove, Belgian Federal Parliament

Melissa Depraetere, Belgian Federal Parliament

Jos D'Haese, Belgium, Flemish Parliament

Germain Mugemangango, Belgium, Walloon Parliament

Nilto Tatto, Brazilian National Congress

Célia Xakriabá, Brazilian National Congress

Chico Alencar, Brazilian National Congress

Erika Hilton, Brazilian National Congress

Fernanda Melchionna, Brazilian National Congress

Guilherme Boulos, Brazilian National Congress

Glauber Braga, Brazilian National Congress

Henrique Vieira, Brazilian National Congress

Ivan Valente, Brazilian National Congress

Luciene Cavalcante, Brazilian National Congress

Luiza Erundina, Brazilian National Congress

Sâmia Bomfim, Brazilian National Congress

Talíria Petrone, Brazilian National Congress

Tarcísio Motta, Brazilian National Congress

Niki Ashton, Canadian Parliament

Matthew Green, Canadian Parliament

Alma Dufour, French National Assembly

Nadège Abomangoli, French National Assembly

Laurent Alexandre, French National Assembly

Gabriel Amard, French National Assembly

Ségolène Amiot, French National Assembly

Farida Amrani, French National Assembly

Rodrigo Arenas, French National Assembly

Clémentine Autain, French National Assembly

Ugo Bernalicis, French National Assembly

Christophe Bex, French National Assembly

Carlos Martens Bilongo, French National Assembly

Manuel Bompard, French National Assembly

Idir Boumertit, French National Assembly

Louis Boyard, French National Assembly

Aymeric Caron, French National Assembly

Sylvain Carrière, French National Assembly

Florian Chauche, French National Assembly

Sophia Chikirou, French National Assembly

Hadrien Clouet, French National Assembly

Éric Coquerel, French National Assembly

Alexis Corbière, French National Assembly

Jean-François Coulomme, French National Assembly

Catherine Couturier, French National Assembly

Hendrik Davi, French National Assembly

Sébastien Delogu, French National Assembly

Karen Erodi, French National Assembly

Martine Etienne, French National Assembly

Emmanuel Fernandes, French National Assembly

Sylvie Ferrer, French National Assembly

Caroline Fiat, French National Assembly

Perceval Gaillard, French National Assembly

Raquel Garrido, French National Assembly

Clémence Guetté, French National Assembly

David Guiraud, French National Assembly

Mathilde Hignet, French National Assembly

Rachel Keke, French National Assembly

Andy Kerbrat, French National Assembly

Bastien LachaudFrench, National Assembly

Maxime Laisney, French National Assembly

Arnaud Le Gall, French National Assembly

Antoine Léaument, French National Assembly

Élise Leboucher, French National Assembly

Charlotte Leduc, French National Assembly

Jérôme Legavre, French National Assembly

Sarah Legrain, French National Assembly

Murielle Lepvraud, French National Assembly

Élisa Martin, French National Assembly

Pascale Martin, French National Assembly

William Martinet, French National Assembly

Frédéric Mathieu, French National Assembly

Damien Maudet, French National Assembly

Marianne Maximi, French National Assembly

Manon Meunier, French National Assembly

Jean-Philippe Nilor, French National Assembly

Danièle Obono, French National Assembly

Nathalie Ozio, French National Assembly

Mathilde Panot, French National Assembly

René Pilato, French National Assembly

François Piquemal, French National Assembly

Thomas Portes, French National Assembly

Loïc Prud'homme, French National Assembly

Adrien Quatennens, French National Assembly

Jean-Hugues Ratenon, French National Assembly

Sébastien Rome, French National Assembly

François Ruffin, French National Assembly

Aurélien Saintoul, French National Assembly

Michel Sala, French National Assembly

Danielle Simonnet, French National Assembly

Ersilia Soudais, French National Assembly

Anne Stambach-Terrenoir, French National Assembly

Andrée Taurinya, French National Assembly

Matthias Tavel, French National Assembly

Aurélie Trouvé, French National Assembly

Paul Vannier, French National Assembly

Léo Walter, French National Assembly

Andrej Hunko, German Bundestag

Nicole Gohlke, German Bundestag

Bernd Riexinger, German Bundestag

Kathrin Vogler, German Bundestag

Sevim Dagdelen, German Bundestag

Ates Gürpinar, German Bundestag

Thomas Pringle, Irish Oireachtas

Jimmy Dijk, Parliament of the Netherlands

Sarah Dobbe, Parliament of the Netherlands

Mariana Mortágua, Portuguese Parliament

Pedro Filipe Soares, Portuguese Parliament

José Soeiro, Portuguese Parliament

Joana Mortágua, Portuguese Parliament

Isabel Pires, Portuguese Parliament

Laura Castel, Spanish Cortes Generales

Gerardo Pisarello, Spanish Cortes Generales

Ione Belarra, Spanish General Courts

Javier Sánchez, Spanish General Courts

Joan Queralt Jiménez, Spanish General Courts

Hèctor Sánchez Mira, Spanish General Courts

Enrique Santiago, Spanish General Courts

Engracia Rivera Arias, Spanish General Courts

Mertxe Aizpurua, Spanish General Courts

Oskar Matute, Spanish General Cortes

Gorka Elejabarrieta, Spanish Cortes Generales

Josu Estarrona, General Cortes of Spain

Felix Alonso, Spanish General Courts

Tesh Andala, Spanish General Courts

Eloi Badia, Spanish Cortes General

Rafael Cofiño, Spanish General Courts

Íñigo Errejón, Spanish General Courts

Esther Gil de Reboleño, Spanish General Courts

Nahuel González, Spanish General Courts

Txema Guijarro, Spanish General Courts

Alberto Ibañez, General Cortes of Spain

Manuel Lago, Spanish General Courts

Alberto Ibañez, Spanish Cortes General

Carlos Martín, Spanish General Courts

Veronica Martínez, Spanish Cortes General

Lander Martínez, Spanish Cortes General

Águeda Micó, Spanish Cortes General

Gala Pin, Spanish Cortes Generales

Jorge Pueyo, Spanish Cortes Generales

Engracia Rivera, Spanish General Courts

Agustín Santos, Spanish General Courts

Francisco Sierra, Spanish General Courts

Juan Antonio Valero, Spanish General Courts

Vicenç Vidal, General Cortes of Spain

Aina Vidal, Cortes General of Spain

Sevilay Çelenk, Grand National Assembly of Türkiye

Cengiz Çandar, Grand National Assembly of Türkiye

Sezgin Tanrıkulu, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Burcugul Cubuk, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Ozgul Saki, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Gulistan Kılıc Kocyigit, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Kamuran Tanhan, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Halide Turkoglu, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Gulcan Kacmaz Sayyigit, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, Turkish Grand National Assembly

George Aslan, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Adalet Kaya, Turkish Grand National Assembly

İbrahim Akin, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Sezai Temelli, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Semra Gokalp Caglar, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Jeremy Corbyn, British Parliament

Claudia Webbe, British Parliament

Jon Trickett, British Parliament

Zarah Sultana, British Parliament

Nadia Whittome, British Parliament

Katy Clarke, British Parliament

Mick Whitley, British Parliament

Bell Ribeiro-Addy, British Parliament

Sam Tarry, British Parliament

Colum Eastwood, British Parliament

Chris Stephens, British Parliament

John Hendy, British Parliament

Martyn Day, British Parliament

Allan Dorans, British Parliament

Richard Thomson, British Parliament

Alan Brown, British Parliament

Philippa Whitford, British Parliament

Stuart McDonald, British Parliament

Tommy Sheppard, British Parliament

John McDonnell, British Parliament

Kim Johnson, British Parliament

Beth Winter, British Parliament

Richard Burgon, British Parliament

Ian Lavery, British Parliament

Rachael Maskell, British Parliament

Christine Blower, British Parliament

Amy Callaghan, British Parliament

Apsana Begum, British Parliament

David Linden, British Parliament

Gavin Newlands, British Parliament

Ian Mearns, British Parliament

Ian Byrne, British Parliament

Grahame Morris, British Parliament

Imran Hussain, British Parliament

Kate Hollern, British Parliament

Clive Lewis, British Parliament

Patricia Gibson, British Parliament

Anne McLaughlin, British Parliament

Joanna Cherry, British Parliament

Deidre Brock, British Parliament

Rashida Tlaib, US Congress

Cori Bush, US Congress