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