US EditionBritish Palestinians Urge Action From Government as Relatives Starve in Gaza
- British Palestinians held a press conference on June 5, 2025, in London to urge the UK government to act as relatives face starvation in Gaza amid an ongoing siege and conflict.
- The call follows more than 600 days of Israeli siege and bombardment, a January 2025 ceasefire collapse, and warnings of systemic genocide and engineered famine by rights groups and the International Court of Justice.
- Speakers shared testimony from Gaza residents and aid workers describing blocked humanitarian access, deadly violence at aid distribution sites, widespread malnutrition, and thousands of casualties including over 54,000 killed.
- Labour MP Steve Witherden and the British Palestinian Committee demand an immediate arms embargo, a public inquiry into UK-Israel relations since October 2023, and political and economic sanctions to end 'business as usual' with Israel.
- The event highlighted urgent humanitarian needs, accountability for war crimes, UK government complicity through arms exports, and a united stance to pressure Israel to lift the blockade and restore aid access.
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British Palestinians demand UK stop enabling Israel’s Gaza siege
British Palestinians have issued an urgent appeal to the UK government to intervene in Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war, accusing it of aiding a “systemic genocide” in Gaza through continued arms exports and political support. At a press conference in London on Thursday, organised by the British Palestinian Committee (BPC) and the UK Gaza Community, speakers delivered harrowing testimony from Palestinians in the UK and aid workers s…
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