Over 250 Humanitarian and Human Right Organizations Join Call to End Arms Transfers to Israel
A group of more than 250 humanitarian and human rights organizations from across the world– including Israeli groups – are demanding that all States immediately halt the transfer of weapons, parts, and ammunition to Israel.
A statement demanding this action, which was initially issued in January with a signee list that included sixteen major humanitarian and human rights organisations, has in recent months grown substantially as the war in Gaza has worsened. Now, a milestone of over 200 organisations have signed onto the statement, showing the increasing relevance and urgency of this call.
The statement calls upon the UN Security Council to ”fulfill its responsibility to maintain global peace and security by adopting measures to halt the transfer of weapons to the Government of Israel and prevent the supply of arms that risk being used in the commission of international crimes, effective immediately.”
”Gaza today is the most dangerous place to be a child, a journalist, and an aid worker,” the statement reads. ”Hospitals and schools should never become battlegrounds. These conditions have created a situation of utter desperation inside Gaza, leading top aid officials to declare that there are no longer the conditions for a meaningful humanitarian response in Gaza. This will not change until the siege, the bombardment and the fighting ends.”
