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Ceasefire in Palestine!
New Partners Chosen to Broker Peace and Reconciliation
Gaza, Occupied Palestine — Today, after a month of attacks that have left at least 11,500 people dead (half of them children) in the longstanding conflict between the state of Israel and the occupied Palestinian nation, the US, Canada, the UK and France have finally united with the rest of the United Nations in a call for a ceasefire, and the opening of a corridor for the delivery of humanitarian aid. The global leaders also ratified a UN recommendation to select three third party states to lead the brokering of a truly lasting peace.
On Monday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that “the unfolding catastrophe in Gaza makes the need for a humanitarian ceasefire more urgent with every passing hour.”
“The parties to the conflict — and, indeed, the international community — face an immediate and fundamental responsibility: to stop the inhuman collective suffering and dramatically expand humanitarian aid to Gaza.”
Now, after weeks of massive protests, boycotts and other actions in Palestinian solidarity around the world, Presidents Biden and Macron, and Prime Ministers Trudeau and Sunak all came together to join their UN counterparts to urge both Israel and Hamas to cease their fire.
