The following statement was published by the Global Sumud Flotilla on September 2nd.
A Call For Immediate Action To Ensure Humanitarian Access To Gaza And To End The Genocide Of The Palestinian People.
As elected representatives from across the world, we stand united in our urgent appeal to all governments and international bodies. We demand the following from all governments:
1. Immediate humanitarian corridor. We call on all states and relevant authorities to take every possible measure to guarantee, at a minimum, the opening of a safe and continuous humanitarian corridor to Gaza. This is a moral, legal, and humanitarian imperative. Civilians must have access to life-saving aid without obstruction or delay.
2. Protection of Civil Society Action, the Global Sumud Flotilla. We emphasize the right and duty of civil society to engage in peaceful humanitarian non-violent initiatives. The Global Sumud Flotilla, committed to delivering aid and standing in solidarity with the people of Gaza, must be fully protected. We call on governments and international institutions to safeguard the flotilla until it safely reaches Gaza, ensuring that its mission is neither obstructed nor endangered. We want to emphasize that the Global Sumud Flotilla initiative is a legal initiative and therefore can not be attacked or stopped.
3. Responsibility of the international community. International humanitarian law obliges all states to protect civilians in conflict zones and to allow the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Governments must act decisively to uphold these principles, without excuses or delay. This is an historic and legal responsibility that must be fulfilled.
4. End the use of starvation as a means of warfare, which is a breach of article 54 of the extra-protocols of the Geneva Convention and to respect the right of the Palestinian people to live in peace and freedom in their own land.
5. We recognise and remind our governments that any occupation is illegal under international law.
We reaffirm our collective commitment to peace, human dignity, and international law. History will judge us not by our words, but by the actions we take to protect human life in its most vulnerable moments.
GSF
Signatories on board of the flotilla:
Former Mayor Ada Colau, Barcelona, Spain
MP Cele Fierro, Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (MST), FIT Unidad, Liga Internacional Socialista (LIS), Buenos Aires, Argentina
MP Franciszek Sterczewski, independent, Poznań, Poland
MP Juan Bordera, Compromís, País Valencià, Spain
MP Juan Carlos Giordano, Izquierda Socialista (UIT-CI), Frente de Izquierda de los Trabajadores – Unidad (FIT-U), Argentina
Councilor Lucía Muñoz Dalda, Palma City Council (Mallorca). Former Member of Parliament, Spain
Federal Deputy Luizianne Lins, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
MP Lorena Delgado Varas, independent socialist, Sweden
MP Mariana Mortágua, Bloco de Esquerda, PortugalCouncilor Mariana Conti, City Council of Campinas, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil
Provincial MP Ezequiel Peressín, Izquierda Socialista (UIT-CI), Frente de Izquierda de los Trabajadores – Unidad (FIT-U), Córdoba, Argentina
MP Pilar Castillejo, Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP), Catalonia, Spain
Signatories supporting (not on board):
MEP Pernando Barrena, EH Bildu, Basque CountrySenator Gorka Elejabarrieta, EH Bildu spokesperson Spanish Senate, Basque Country
MP Mertxe Aizpurua, EH Bildu spokesperson, Spanish Congress, Basque CountryMP Diana Urrea, EH Bildu, Basque Country
MP Irati Jimenez, EH Bildu, Navarre, Basque Country
MP Rui Tavares, Partido Livre, PortugalMP Kathy Lie, SV, Norway
MP Inês Sousa Real, Partido Animais e Natureza (PAN), Portugal
MP Paulo Muacho, Partido Livre, Portugal
MP Mercedes De Mendieta, Izquierda Socialista, FIT-U and UIT-CI, Argentina
Provincial MP Mercedes Trimarchi, Izquierda Socialista, FIT-U and UIT-CI, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
MP Isabel Mendes Lopes, Partido Livre, Portugal
MP Jorge Pinto, Partido Livre, Portugal
MP Patrícia Gonçalves, Partido Livre, Portugal—GSFMEP Merja Kyllönen, Vasemmistoliitto (The Left), Finland
MP Miguel Costa Matos, PS, PortugalMEP Mimmo Lucano, Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra (The Left), Italy
MEP Mounir Satouri, Les Écologistes (Greens), France
MEP Özlem Demirel, Die Linke (The Left), Germany
MP Paulina Matysiak, Razem, Poland
MEP Per Clausen, Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne (The Left), Denmark
MEP Pernando Barrena, EH Bildu (The Left), Basque Country
MEP Rima Hassan, LFI (The Left), France
MEP Saskia Bricmont, Ecolo, (Greens/EFA), Belgium
Councilor Sérgio Aires, Bloco de Esquerda, Porto City Council, Portugal
MP Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro, PS, PortugalMEP Vicent Marzà Ibañez, Compromís (Greens/EFA), Spain
MEP Vlad Voiculescu, PLUS (Renew), Romania
MP Boris Barrera Moreno, Partido Comunista de Chile, Chile
MP Lydia Mutyebele Ngoi, Parti Socialiste, Member of the House of Representatives, Belgium
MP Rajae Maouane, Ecolo, Member of the House of Representatives, Belgium
Spokesperson and coordinator Álvaro Sanz Remón, Izquierda Unida, Cortes de Aragon, Spain
MP Alejandro Bodart, MST en el Frente de Izquierda Unidad y la Liga Internacional Socialista (LIS), Ciudad de Buenos Aires (mc), Argentina
MP Vilma Ripoll, MST en el Frente de Izquierda Unidad y la LIS, Argentina
MP Guillermo Pacagnini, MST en el Frente de Izquierda Unidad y la LIS, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
MP Luciana Echevarría, MST en el FIT Unidad y la LIS, Córdoba, Argentina
MP Leonardo Rivero, MST en el FIT Unidad y la LIS, Jujuy, Argentina
Provincial Representative Julieta Campo, Izquierda Socialista en Frete de Izquierda Unidad y la UIT-CI, Neuquén, Argentina
Federal Deputy Valmir Assunção, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
Federal Deputy Natalia Bonavides, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
Federal Deputy Talíria Petrone, PSOL, BrazilFederal Deputy Tarcisio Motta, PSOL, Brazil
Federal Deputy Pastor Henrique Vieira, PSOL, Brazil
Federal Deputy Fernanda Melchionna, PSOL, Brazil—GSF
Federal Deputy João Daniel, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
Federal Deputy Patrus Ananias, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
Federal Deputy Luiza Erundina, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
Federal Deputy Ivan Valente, PSOL, Brazil
Federal Deputy Jack Rocha, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
Federal Deputy Nilto Tatto, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
Federal Deputy Chico Alencar, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil
—GSFMP
Adrian Zandberg, Razem, Poland
MEP Alicia Homs, PSOE (S&D), Spain
MEP Ana Catarina Mendes, PS (S&D), Portugal
MP Ana Isabel Santos, PS, Portugal
MEP Ana Miranda, BNG (Greens/EFA), Galicia
Regional MP António Lima, Bloco de Esquerda, Azores, Portugal
Councilor Beatriz Gomes Dias, Bloco de Esquerda, Lisbon City, Portugal
MEP Benedetta Scuderi, Europa Verde – Verdi (Greens), Italy
MEP Brando Benifei, PD (S&D), Italy
Councilor Carla Castelo, Evoluir Oeiras, Oeiras City, Portugal
MEP Carola Rackete, Die Linke (The Left), Germany
MEP Catarina Martins, Bloco de Esquerda (The Left), Portugal
MEP Catarina Vieira, GroenLinks (Greens), Netherlands
MEP César Luena, PSOE (S&D), Spain
MEP Cristina Guarda, Europa Verde – Verdi (Greens), Italy
MP Daniel Attard, Partit Laburista (S&D), Malta
MP Eva Cruzeiro, PS, Portugal
MEP Evin Incir, Arbetarepartiet Socialdemokraterna (S&D), Sweden
MP Freddy Mockel, Ecolo, Walloon Parliament, BelgiumSenator Hajib El Hajjaji, Ecolo, Belgium
MEP Hana Jalloul, PSOE (S&D), Spain
MEP Irena Joveva, Gibanje Svoboda (RENEW), Slovenia
MEP Irene Montero, Podemos (The Left), Spain
MEP Isa Serra, Podemos (The Left), Spain
Councilor Joana Mortágua, Bloco de Esquerda, Almada City Council, Portugal
MEP Leire Pajín, PSOE (S&D), Spain
MEP Leoluca Orlando, Greens/EFA, Italy
MEP Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin (The Left), Ireland
MP Maciej Konieczny Razem, Poland
MEP Marc Botenga, PTB (The Left), Belgium
MP Marcelina Zawisza, Razem, Poland
MP Margaux De Ré, Ecolo, Belgium
MEP Maria Ohisalo, Vihreä liitto (Greens), Finland
MP Marta Stożek Razem, Poland
MEP Marta Temido, PS (S&D), Portugal
MEP Matjaž Nemec, Socialni demokrati (S&D), Slovenia
—GSFMP
Filipa Pinto, Partido Livre, Portugal
MP Daria Gosek-Popiołek, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland
MP Joanna Wicha, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland
MP Magda Biejat, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland
MP Anna Górska, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland
MP Dorota Olko, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland
MP Malgorzata Tracz, Independent-Koalicja Obywatelska, Poland
MP Christophe Lacroix, Socialist Party, Belgium
MP Isabel Moreira, Socialist Party, Portugal
MP Pedro Nuno Santos, Partido Socialista, Portugal
Councilor Toni Morillas González, Izquierda unida, Ayto de Málaga, Spain
Councilor José Miguel López España, Izquierda unida, Ayto. de Fuengirola, Málaga
Provincial MP Juan Márquez Torres, Izquierda unida, Málaga, Spain
Mayor Mari Carmen Romero García, Izquierda unida, Almargen, Málaga, Spain
Mayor María Remedios Fernández Martín, Izquierda unida, Monda, Málaga, Spain
Mayor Cristóbal Miguel Corral Maldonado, Izquierda unida, Teba, Málaga, Spain
Mayor Juan Alberto Naranjo Moral, Izquierda unida, Ardales, Málaga, Spain
Mayor José Miguel Marín Marín, Izquierda unida, Istán, Málaga, Spain
Mayor José García Orejuela, Izquierda unida, Alameda, Málaga, Spain
Vice Mayor Justo Manuel Muñoz Del Río, Izquierda unida, Ardales, Málaga, Spain
Vice Mayor Ana Millán Escamilla, Izquierda unida, Monda, Málaga, Spain
Vice Mayor José Manuel Ortuño Gómez, Izquierda unida, Alozaina, Málaga, Spain
Vice Mayor Manuel Bermúdez Castañeda, Izquierda unida, Sedella, Málaga, Spain
Vice Mayor Rubén Ruiz Pacheco, Izquierda unida, Humilladero, Málaga
Councilor Teresa Sánchez Ramírez, Izquierda unida, Alhaurín el Grande, Málaga, Spain
Councilor Sheila Jiménez Nystrom, Izquierda unida, Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain
Councilor Javier Caravias Chaves, Izquierda unida, Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga, Spain
Councilor María Francisca Sancho Fernández, Izquierda unida, Con Ronda, Málaga, Spain
Councilor Francisco Miguel Vera Rivero, Izquierda unida, Istán, Málaga, Spain
Councilor María Ángeles Del Pozo Cortes, Izquierda unida, Alameda, Málaga, Spain
Councilor Rocío Calderón Muñoz, Izquierda unida, Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain
Councilor Montserrat Paniagua López, Izquierda unida, Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain
Councilor Alba Delgado Ruiz, Izquierda unida, Arriate, Málaga, Spain
