„I renew my appeal to allow the entry of dignified humanitarian aid and to put an end to the hostilities, whose heartbreaking price is paid by the children, elderly, and the sick.“
Pope Leo XIV made that appeal toward the conclusion of his first General Audience in St. Peter‘s Square on 21 May.
In his remarks to Italian pilgrims, he said, „The situation in the Gaza Strip is increasingly worrying and painful.“
1. Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man
2. Al Mezan Center for Human Rights
3. AMAN Coalition
4. Arab Lawyer Union, Egypt
5. Human Rights Watch
6. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)
7. Law for Palestine (UK)
8. Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development – Jordan
9. Bisan Center for Research and Development
10. Center for Constitutional Rights, New York
11. Child Rights International Network (CRIN), United Kingdom
12. Defence for Children International
13. Doctors Against Genocide – USA
14. Filastiniyat
15. Cordaid, Netherlands
16. GENERAL UNION OF CULTURAL CENTERS
17. Nelson Mandela Foundation, South Africa
18. GLAN | Global Legal Action Network – Ireland
19. Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) – New York
20. Health Work Committees
21. IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation – Turkiye
22. International Association of Democratic Lawyers – Brussels
23. International Commission of Jurists, Norwegian section (ICJ Norway)
24. International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) – Paris, France
25. Jewish Network for Palestine – United Kingdom
26. Centre for Economic Social Cultural Rights In Africa (CESCRA), Uganda
27. ESCR-Net – International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
28. Jewish Voice for Peace – Hawai’i
29. Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC)
30. Association for Women‘s Rights in Development (AWID)
31. Legal Action for Peace – United Kingdom
32. National Lawyers Guild International – United States
33. Palestine Independent Commission for Human Rights
34. Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK
35. Palestinian Bar Association
36. Progressive Democrats of America
37. The European Legal Support Center (ELSC), The Netherlands
38. The Hind Rajab Foundation
39. The International Commission for Supporting the Rights of the Palestinian People “Hashd”
40. The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD)
41. The Palestinian Centre for the Independence of Judiciary and Legal Profession – Musawa
42. Grassroots International, US
43. Action For Humanity, United Kingdom
44. The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy – MIFTAH
45. The Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling
46. Transnational Institute – Netherlands
47. Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC)
48. Women’s Affairs Technical Committee – WATC
49. Worldwide Lawyers Association (WOLAS)
50. Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation
51. PWWSD Women Rights
52. Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)
53. Arab World Democracy and Electoral Monitor (Almarsad)
54. The Civil Commission for the independence of Judiciary and Rule of Law (ISTIQLAL)
55. The Center for Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat”
56. Sharek Youth Forum
57. Al-Haq Europe
58. Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
59. Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development PWWSD
60. Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ)
61. The March 30 Movement – Brussels
62. Olive Kids – The Australian Foundation for Palestinian Children
63. British Palestinian Committee
64. Associazione di Consulenza in Diritto del Mare (ASCOMARE) – Italy
65. Defence for Children International Italia
66. Scottish Anti-Racism Education
67. Demokratischen Komitees Palästina – Germany
68. Défense des enfants International Belgique
69. People Before Profit Derry
70. Neighbours NPO
71. Anthropologists for Palestine, Italy
72. Movement for Debt and Reparations – South Africa
73. Abortion Rights Campaign Donegal
74. Abogados Chilenos por Palestina – Chile
75. Liberating Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa
76. Save Our Sacred Lands
77. United for Palestine – South Africa
78. Islamic Forum – South Africa
79. Methodist Church of Southern Africa
80. We Will Speak Out South Africa (WWSOSA)
81. Boycott Israeli Hardware Group – South Africa
82. Palestine Solidarity Campaign Cape Town
83. Plataforma Pro-tram Sant Joan Mutxamel
84. Avocats pour la Justice au Proche-Orient AJPO – France
85. Enfield Community Action Group
86. Progressive Democrats of America – Arizona
87. Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine
88. Kia Ora Gaza (New Zealand)
89. The internatipnal committee for Breaking the siege of Gaza
90. Group of 62O chilean lawyers – Chile
91. Europal Forum
92. Habaq for Human rights training and development
93. Mavi Marmara Freedom and Solidarity Association
94. Edinburgh University Student Staff Assembly
95. Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition
96. Justice center for legal aid – Jordan
97. Milford and District Resource Centre
98. S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)
99. Ealing Friends Of Palestine
100. Architects for Gaza – Uk
101. Tamkeen for legal aid and human rights
102. World Peace Now ॐ – Australia
103. Comunità Palestinese in Campania – Napoli
104. Aksa Kadınları Derneği Ağrı – Türkiye
105. Kudüs ve Hukuk Platformu – Türkiye
106. Queer Folk®, Inc. – United States
107. Cihannüma derneği – Türkiye
108. Asociación Americana de Juristas – Panamá
109. Seed of Love Hawai‘i – Hawaii
110. Human Rights Department – PLO
111. Kia Ora Gaza (New Zealand)
112. British Arab Nursing and Midwifery Association
113. Friends of Sabeel North America, Claremont Chapter – USA
114. Health Care Workers for Palestine – Maine
115. Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights Maine, USA
116. Australia Palestine Advocacy Network
117. Palestine Pulse (UK)
118. MAA International – Australia
119. International Tribunal of Conscience of Peoples in Movement
120. World Beyond War Australia
121. Passionists International – United States
122. Digital Memory Association – Turkiye
123. International Association of Democratic Lawyers – Philippines
124. Community Action Center- Al-Quds University – Jersalem
125. Khulumani Support Group – South Africa
126. Hawaii Peace and Justice
127. S. Boats to Gaza – United States
128. Rasheed Transparency International – Jordan
129. East Clare for Palestine
130. Phenix Center for Economics & Informatics Studies – Jordan
131. Veterans for Peace-Hawai‘i
132. Makan Rights – UK
133. United Against Racism Mayo – Ireland
134. Newham Palestine Solidarity Network – London
135. Balbriggan Palestine Solidarity Grouo
136. We Belong Africa – South Africa
137. Muslim Public Affairs Forum Committee – UK
138. Community Action Redbridge
139. Redbridge Palestine Solicarity Campaign
140. Sari for Change – South Africa
141. Widows for Peace through Democracy – UK
142. The Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB)
143. South African Municipal Workers‘ Union – South Africa
144. Jewish Voice for Labour – UK
145. Jewish Peaceniks UK
146. Peace Appeal Foundation
147. Gorey Youth Needs Group Gorey – Ireland
148. Seanad Civil Engagement Group – Ireland
149. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary NGO
150. Foundation for Human Rights – South Africa
151. Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (CENTHRA), Malaysia
152. MA‘AN Development Center, Palestine
153. MontCo for Palestine, Lansdale
154. Congregation of the Mission – Italy
155. Center for Refugee Rights – AIDOUN, Lebanon
156. Palestine Solidarity Campaign Cape Town
157. The Majed Abu Sharar Media Foundation (MASMF), Lebanon
158. Good Energies Alliance Ireland
159. Colchester Action for Palestine
160. Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
161. Gaza Action Ireland
162. Mision Ezequiel Lugo Morales inc.
163. Frente de Capoeira pro Palestina, Ecuador
164. Palestine-Global Mental Health Network, Palestine
165. Red de Solidaridad Popular de Jinámar, Spain
166. Salt River Heritage Society, South Africa
167. Cloncannon Biofarm, Ireland
168. End water poverty, UK
169. Street Medicine Ireland
170. Palestinian Union of the Deaf
171. Red Centroamericana de Acción del Agua, Central Amarica
172. South African Jews for a Free Palestine
173. Belgian Academics and Artists for Palestine
174. Socialist Lawyers Association of Ireland
175. Comhlamh Justice for Palestine – Ireland
176. Comision Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos CEDHU – Ecuador
177. Congregations of St Joseph – NGO – USA
178. Jews for Justice for Palestinians, UK
179. South African Jews for a Free Palestine
180. Campaign Against Arms Trade, United Kingdom
181. Defence For Children – International Canada
182. Nenagh Friends of Palestine, Ireland
183. BDS Clare, Ireland
184. Psychoanalytic Voices for Palestine, UK
185. Housing and Land Rights Network – Habitat International Coalition
186. Red Universitaria por Palestina, Spain
187. Civil Engagement Group, Ireland
188. A & A Rainbow Hearts Around The World, Poland
189. VIVAT International, New York
190. Scarborough Southwest for Palestine, Canada
191. Women Working Group (WWG), Indonesia
192. Forum of Computer Scientists for Peace and Social Responsibility, Germany
193. Derry Branch of Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
194. Christian Aid, UK
195. Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East, Germany
196. SeRVE Indonesia, Indonesia
197. National Union of Peoples Lawyers, Philippines
198. Global Jews for Palestine
199. Australian & Aotearoa New Zealand Doctors for Palestine
200. Labor for Palestine, United States
201. No Detention Centers in Michigan, USA
202. Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
203. Hunter Asylum Seeker Advocacy, Australia
204. Pax Christi International, Brussels
205. Sh‘ma Koleinu – Alternative Jewish Voices (NZ), New Zealand
206. Frontline Film Foundation, Australia
207. Young Christian Students Movement, South Africa
208. Christian Action Movement, Johannesburg
209. The Jordanian Federation of the Independent Trade Unions
210. No Azure for Apartheid
211. Al Amal Association for the Deaf, Palestine
212. The Rights Forum, The Netherlands
213. Extinction Rebellion Gauteng, South Africa
214. Clare Solidarity Network, Ireland
215. KZN monitor, Durban
216. Xarxa UAB per Palestina
217. Anglican church of Southern Africa
218. Un Ponte Per, Italy
219. KZN Palestine Solidarity Forum, South Africa
220. South Africa Palestine Movement
221. Save Our Local Hospitals, London
222. Scottish Universities Jewish Staff Network, Scotland
223. The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), Indonesia
224. The Palestine Committee in Norway, Norway
225. The Association of Norwegian NGOs for Palestine, Norway
226. Road to 50% APS, Italy
227. Unión de Comités Autónomos de Agua del Oriente del Estado de México
228. Centro de Documentación en Derechos Humanos „Segundo Montes Mozo SJ“ (CSMM), Ecuador
229. Défense des enfants international, France
230. Asociación Americana de Juristas
231. Red Centroamericana de Acción del Agua – Nica
232. Jews Against the Occupation ‘48, Australia
233. Acción Palestina Chiapas, Mexico
234. An Claíomh Glas, Ireland
235. Women‘s Initiatives for Gender Justice, The Netherlands
236. Social Workers for a Free Palestine, UK
237. Global Coalition Against the Occupation in Palestine
238. Action Reflection Community (ARC), South Africa
239. Vivencias, Manaus Amazone Brazil
240. Hackney Palestine Solidarity, London
241. Justice for Palestine Magan-djin (Brisbane), Australia
242. MENA Rights Group, Switzerland
243. Earth Thrive, UK
244. Menningar og friðarsamtökin MFÍK, Iceland
245. Friends of the Earth Ireland, Ireland
246. European Water Movement, Belgium
247. Medical Rights Advocacy Network (MeRAN)
248. Pakistan Council on Family Relations, Pakistan
249. Environmental Law Ireland at An Taisce
250. Quaker Service Norway, Norway
251. Norwegian People‘s Aid, Norway
252. Coalition of Women for Justice and Peace group, Australia
253. Food Researchers in Edinburgh (FRIED)
254. Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine, Boston, MA
255. France Palestine Mental Health Network, France
256. Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft, Germany
257. Climate Action Network Arab World
258. FIAN International, Germany
259. Climate Action Network (CAN) Zambia
260. Not On Our Dime, Pittsburgh, PA
261. ACT Ubumbano, South Africa
262. Good Health Community Programmes, Kenya
263. Climate Action Network (CAN) Africa, Tanzania
264. ALTSEAN-Burma
265. Masifundise Development Trust, South Africa
266. Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie, Germany
267. Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI), France
268. Friends of Swazi Freedom
269. Franciscans International, Switzerland
270. Terra Nuova, Italy
271. Schola Campesina Aps, Italy
272. Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Tunis
273. PEOPLES FEDERATION FOR NATIONAL PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT (PEFENAP), MALAWI (AFRICA)
274. Seek The Alternatives, Canada
275. Soroptimist International, UK
276. Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), Canada
277. Peace SOS, The Netherlands
278. Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute, SAFCE
279. UK-Palestine Child Psychotherapists, UK
280. Plant-for-the-Planet Brazil
281. Help Initiative for Social Justice and Humanitarian Development (HI), Nigeria
282. Climate Action Network (CAN), Europe/Belgium
283. Perth Mums for Palestine, Perth – Western Australia
284. Engajamundo Youth Association, Brazil
285. Eurochild, Belgium
286. The Center for Advancement in Heart Based Education, Texas
287. WE The World, New York
288. A United Earth, Texas/Netherlands
289. Agricultural Justice Project, USA
290. Women for Peace, Finland
291. Friends of Sabeel North America (MI), Michigan
292. Frantz Fanon Foundation
293. No Pride in Policing Collective, Toronto
294. Women‘s International League for Peace and Freedom Ghana
295. Peace Action, USA
296. Scholar Strike Canada, Toronto
297. Palestine Solidarity Campaign SA, Cape Town
298. Streetwise Transformers, Kenya
299. Le Questionnement Psychanalytique, Brussels
300. Center for International Environmental Law, USA
301. GRUPO AMBIENTALISTA DA BAHIA – GAMBÃ, BRASIL
302. A Most Perfect Love Foundation, United States
303. Muslim Peace Fellowship, United States
304. Health workers 4 Palestine, United Kingdom
305. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, United States
306. Ecologistas en Acción, Spain
307. Climate Action Network (CAN) International, Global
308. High Peak Green New Deal, UK
309. UNAforWomen, Vienna
310. Mater Fondazione, Switzerland
311. Federation of Young European Greens, Belgium
312. Communnity Organizing Center, USA
313. AUPA Asamblea Universitaria por Palestina de Alicante, Spain
314. Palestinian-Canadian Academics and Artists Network (PCAAN), Canada
315. Montreal for a World BEYOND War, Canada
316. Maine Coalition for Palestine, Maine, USA
317. Environmentalists Against War, USA
318. Christian-Jewish Allies for A Just Peace for Israel-Palestine, Philadelphia/SE PA
319. Vermont Peace/AntiWar Coalition (VPAC), USA
320. Women‘s International League for Peace and Freedom – Norway
321. UK-Palestine Mental Health Network, United Kingdom
322. Palestine Vivra, Montreal
323. Institute Climate Politics, Brazil
324. Seven Sisters Collective, Turtle island
325. Brazilian Climate Observatory (Observatório do Clima, OC), Brazil
326. World March of Women, Kenya
327. Women Against Military Madness, Minnesota, U
328. United Church of Christ Movement for Palestinian Solidarity (formerly UCC PIN)
329. Islamic Society of Greater Lansing, USA
330. Progressive Jews for Justice in Israel/Palestine, UK
331. Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville (SAL)
332. Palestinian Youth Movement, U.S.A.
333. S. Citizens for Peace & Justice — Rome, Italy
334. Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, USA
335. Climate Action Network Southeast Asia Malaysia
336. Platform Vrouwen & Duurzame Vrede, Holland
337. Workers World Party, U.S.A.
338. The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and
Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, United States
339. International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine
340. Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa, Aotearoa New Zealand
341. Ontario Palestinian Rights Association, Canada
342. Family Therapists for Palestine, UK
343. Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Australia
344. Physician for Human Rights Israel, Israel
345. Parliamentarians for Global Action, The Hague
346. Associação Angá, Brazil
347. Civilian Peace Service Canada, Canada
348. Massachusetts Peace Action, Massachusetts
349. Nicaragua Solidarity Organization
350. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom UK
351. Mujeres de Negro contra la Guerra-Madrid, Spain
352. PEACE2000 INSTITUTE, Iceland
353. Academics for Palestine, Ireland
354. Marrickville Peace Group, Sydney, Australia
355. Just Peace Queensland, Australia
356. Family Farm Defenders, USA
357. New Jersey Peace Action, USA
358. Conscience Canada, Canada
359. Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, Canada
360. Meta Peace Team, United States
361. Pax Christi Michigan, USA
362. Operação Amazônia Nativa, Brazil
363. Niagara Movement for Justice in Palestine Israel, Canada
364. Pax Christi New York State, USA
365. Pax Christi Dallas Dallas, USA
366. Pax Christi New Jersey, USA
367. Fields of Peace, USA
368. Lansing Area Peace Education Center, USA
369. Independent and Peaceful Australia Network, Australia
370. Middle East Ministry – All Saints Pasadena, USA
371. Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA, Australia
372. Asian Rural Women‘s Coalition
373. Pacific Islands Climate Action Network
374. Peace-seeking Iranian Veterans, Iran/U.S.
375. Pax Christi Little Rock Little Rock, USA
376. Fagforbundet – Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees, Norway
377. Jewish Women 4 Peace Action Ready Group, Australia
378. Polo Europeo della Conoscenza, Italy
379. Cultura È Libertà, Italy
380. Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, Palestine
381. Urgenci – International Network for Community Supported, France
382. Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN), Vanuatu
383. Ecoclimate Vision, Democratic Republic of Congo
384. Association de Solidarité Inter-Peuples, France
385. Association France Palestine Solidarité, France
386. International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), United Kingdom
387. Christian Aid, United Kingdom
388. Association of Jungian Analysts (AJA), London
389. Global Justice Now, UK
390. University and College Union Scotland, UK
391. Centre Delàs of Peace Studies, Barcelona
392. Women for Peace, Stockholm
393. Haki Nawiri Afrika, Kenya
394. Pax Christi Australia, Australia
395. Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology (EdCMA), United Kingdom
396. People’s Action for Inclusive Development, Cambodia
397. Umhlabathi Collective, Johannesburg
398. Greater Manchester & District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, UK
399. Palestine Justice Movement Sydney
400. Top End Peace Alliance, Northern Territory Australia
401. THEATRO TECHNIS, London
402. University of New South Wales Staff for Palestine, Australia
403. Diaspora Action Group Amsterdam, Netherlands
404. The Walter and Albertina Sisulu Foundation for Social Justice, South Africa
405. Lotta antifa, Italy
406. The National Association of Intellectual Disabilities (Þroskahjálp), Iceland
407. International Physicians for the Prevention of War (IPPNW), Germany
408. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, UK
409. Miknaf Ha’aretz, UK
410. Lincolnshire Proficiency Tests Committee, London
411. Vrede vzw, Belgium
412. Viva Salud, Belgium
413. Jewish Action For Palestine, Manchester
414. Association Swiss Palestine, Switzerland
415. Brigada de Alter, Brazil
416. Happy Minds, Australia
417. Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine – AURDIP, France
418. Indian Association of Lawyers, India
419. Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War, Michigan
420. KATARUNGAN, Philippines
421. Progressive Lawyers‘ Association (ÇHD), Turkey
422. Pax Christi Florida – The Catholic Peace Movement, Florida
423. The Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace, Latin American & the Caribbean
424. Women‘s Collective Ireland – Limerick
425. Landworkers Alliance, UK
426. Together for Safety, Ireland
427. BIZILUR Elkartea, Basque Country
428. Pax Christi Metro New York, Inc.
429. Ceasefire Now NJ
430. East Brunswick for Ceasefire, USA
431. World March of Women
432. School Sisters of Notre Dame, Italy
433. Campaign Against Gaza Genocide, Jordan
434. Pax Christi Flanders, Belgium
435. PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN, Cape Town
436. Peace Action New York State, USA
437. Catholic Diocese of Lexington/ Pax Christi USA
438. The Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy
439. Peace, Justice, Sustainability, NOW!, Pennsylvania
440. MAZLUMDER – The Association for Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed, Turkey
441. Ina autra senda – Swiss Friends of Combatants for Peace, Switzerland
442. Mennonite Church Canada Palestine-Israel Network, CANADA
443. Movimento pelos Direitos do Povo Palestino e pela Paz no Médio Oriente – MPPM, Portugal
444. Sustainable Common Security, Canada
445. Solaris, Iceland
446. South Africa Palestine Movement, South Africa
447. STOP the War Coalition Philippines, The Philippines
448. CJPME – Edmonton, Alberta
449. Denman Island Peace Group, Canada
450. Chicago Area Peace Action, United States
451. Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition
452. Oxfam Brasil, Brasil
453. Palestine Solidarity Nepal Coordination Committee
454. Jewish Voice for Peace, Los Angeles
455. Pax Christi Illinois, USA
456. Jewish Voice for Peace, Tacoma, USA
457. Pax Christi Southern California, USA
458. Women Concerns Center, Kenya
459. Pax Christi USA, United States
460. BDS Namibia
461. CUNY for Palestine, New York
462. Health Poverty Action (HPA), UK
463. Apremavi, Brasil
464. Collectif urgence Palestine, Geneva
465. Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), USA
466. Egyptian Foundation for Environmental Rights, Egypt
467. Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine at Pitt, United States of America
468. Collectif Judéo Arabe et Citoyen pour la Palestine, France Human Rights Awareness Center, Nepal
469. Kentucky Health Justice Network, Kentucky
470. Association Swiss Palestine, Switzerland
471. Junts Associació Catalana de Jueus i Palestins, Spain
472. Indigenous Peoples Rights International Philippines
473. Zusammenarbeitsausschuss der Friedensbewegung Schleswig-Holstein (ZAA), German Peace Movement
474. Stichting Kifaia, The Netherlands
475. Peace Action WI, Milwaukee, WI
476. Delawareans for Palestinian Human Rights
477. Movimiento Unificado Francisco Sánchez 1932 *MUFRAS – 32*, El Salvador
478. Canada Stand Up for Palestinian Children‘s Rights, Canada
479. The Peace Movement of Orust The island of Orust, Sweden
480. Otros Mundos Chiapas, México
481. Imaflora, Brazil
482. Canadian Peace Initiative, Canada
483. BC Physicians Against Genocide, Canada
484. Peace Action of San Mateo County San Mateo County
485. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, US Section (WILPF US).
486. Newcastle Mums for Palestine, Australia
487. GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation, South Korea
488. Catholics for Peace and Justice in the Holy Land (CPJHL), Canada
489. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, Thailand
490. Muslim youth WA, Australia
491. Adalah Justice Project, United States
492. National Amnesty Refugee Network, Australia
493. Amnesty Newcastle and Central Coast, NSW Australia
494. Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), Egypt
495. Action Contre l‘Impunité pour les Droits Humains (ACIDH), DRC
496. Finland Yearly Meeting Quakers, Finland
497. Fundación Mundubat, Spain
498. Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, Pakistan
499. Femmes Plurielles, France
500. Observatori DESCA (ESCER Observatory), Spain
501. Kisumu Social Rights Association (KISORA), Kenya
502. Palestine Partners Org, USA
503. Forum Palestine Citoyenneté (Palestine Citizenship Forum), France
504. Centre for Human Rights and Development, Mongolia
505. Confédération Paysanne, France
506. Participation and the Practice of Rights, Northern Ireland
507. Association tunisienne des femmes démocrates, Tunis
508. BDS Switzerland, Switzerland
509. Religiosas del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Mexico
510. Beit Atfal as-Smoud, Lebanon
511. Women‘s Legal Centre, South Africa
512. Habitat International Coalition – Global mandate
513. Stockholms Fredsforening Stockholm, Sweden
514. Economic and Social Rights Centre (Hakijamii), Kenya
515. Sabeel-Kairos, UK
516. Amos Trust, UK
517. Youth and Environment Europe (YEE), Prague
518. College for International Co-operation and Development, England
519. Forum Tunisien pour les Droits Economiques et Sociaux, Tunis
520. Les Écologistes, France
521. MIJARC AFRICA
522. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Germany
523. CÉDÉTIM, France
524. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, UK
525. VILUTHU, Sri Lanka
526. Archaeologists Against Apartheid
527. Isha L‘Isha – Haifa Feminist Center, Haifa
528. Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), Egypt
529. Resource Environmental Center Albania
530. Western New York Peace Center, NY
531. WISE Nederland, Netherlands
532. Shifting Advocacy, Germany
533. Unitarian Universalist Peace Ministry Network, USA
534. Student Union of the University of Helsinki (HYY) Helsinki, Finland
535. Palestinian Feminist Collective, North America
536. Clínica Jurídica de Migrantes y Refugiados UDP, Chile
537. Comité pour les droits humains en Amerique Latine, Canada
538. Justiça Global, Brasil
539. World‘s Youth for Climate Justice, Netherlands
540. Associazione A Sud, Italy
541. Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños, CUBA
542. INNATE, Irish Network for Nonviolent Action Training and Education, Ireland
543. Instituto Latinoamericano para una Sociedad y un Derecho Alternativos – ILSA, Colombia
544. Global with administrative address in Toronto, Canada
545. Editrice Circolare Società Cooperativa, Italy
546. Umanotera, The Slovenian Foundation for Sustainable Development, Slovenia
547. Egyptian Human Rights Forum, France
548. The Legal Resources Centre, South Africa
549. Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE), Egypt
550. MARUF-CT Muslim Advocacy for Rights, Unity, and Fairness Connecticut, USA
551. European Jews for Palestine, EU
552. Electra Energy, Greece
553. Jersey Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Channel Islands
554. Corvallis Palestine Solidarity, USA
555. The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA Carole Diane Coaching, UK
556. Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples‘ Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power, and Stop Impunity
557. Boston May Day Coalition, Boston
558. Pax Christi Metro New York
559. NATIONAL UNION OF DOMESTIC EMPLOYEES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
560. Global Women‘s Strike, London
561. Catholic Peace Ministry, Des Moines, IA
562. Participation and the Practice of Rights, Northern Ireland
563. Accountability Counsel
564. CNCD-11.11.11, Belgium
565. Noura.NL, Amsterdam
566. SWISSAID, Schweizerische Stiftung für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Bern, Switzerland
567. European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights
568. International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
569. Hamburger Forum für Völkerverständigung und weltweite Abrüstung e. V., Germany
570. Ambiente Desarrollo y Capacitacion (ADC), Honduras
571. Association féministe Apel-Egalite, France
572. Center for Climate Change North Macedonia
573. Bruxelles Panthères, Belgium
574. Mouvement Citoyen Palestine, Belgium
575. Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN), Uganda
576. Totah Law, California
577. Justiça Global, Brazil
578. Human Rights Awareness Center, Nepal
579. The Asociación para el Desarrollo Integral de las Víctimas de la Violencia (ADIVIMA), Guatemala
580. Cleveland Peace Action, USA
581. Global Women Against Deportations, England
582. All African Women‘s Group, England
583. Kenya Human Rights Commission, Kenya
584. Brent & Harrow PSC, UK
585. West Wales Friends of Palestine, UK
586. Ujasiri Human Rights, France
587. Ciudadanos israelíes en España por sanciones contra Israel, Spain
588. East Berkshire PSC, East Berkshire
589. Fsu et ldh, France
590. Fédération syndicale unitaire, France
591. Women on Web, Canada
592. KAIROS Halifax, Nova Scotia
593. Peace and Justice Alliance (PJA), Canada
594. Independent Jewish Voices, Canada
595. Rising Tide, Australia
596. Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras (COPINH), Honduras
597. Merz Institute, New Zealand
598. International Analog Forestry Network, Costa Rica
599. Economic Policy Research Institute, Cape Town
600. Jewish Council of Australia, Australia
601. Mennonite Church Manitoba Palestine Israel Network, Canada
602. Anti-Jindal & Anti-POSCO Movement (JPPSS), India
603. Kenya na Palestine [Kenya Palestine Solidarity Movement], Kenya
604. Comite de Solidaridad con Palestina Medellin, COLOMBIA
605. Frères des Hommes Tours
606. PSA for Palestine
607. Independent Jewish Voices-Toronto & York Region
608. Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Thailand
609. Global Development for Palestine
610. International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka
611. Feminist League, Kazakhstan
612. Focus Association for Sustainable Development, Slovenia
613. Comité Palestine 81, France
614. Italian Climate Network, Italy
615. MINBYUN – Lawyers for a Democratic Society, Republic of Korea
616. Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestin, UK
617. BDS País Valencià, Spain
618. Lok Shakti Abhiyan, India
619. La Via Campesina, France
620. International Women‘s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP), Malaysia
621. Linear Lines – MENA, Lebanon
622. Justiça Ambiental JA!, Mozambique
623. A 11 – Initiative for Economic and Social Rights, Serbia
624. Friends of the Earth Sweden
625. Carbon Market Watch Brussels, Belgium
626. Focus, Association for Sustainable Development, Slovenia
627. Tadhamon Singers, UK
628. MenaFem Movement for Economic Development and Ecological Justice
629. Women of Colour Global Women‘s Strike, UK
630. Brot & Rosen. Diakonische Basisgemeinschaft, Germany
631. El Nadim Center For Management & Rehabilitation of victims of violence, Egypt
632. Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, Egypt
633. Sinai Foundation for Human Rights (SFHR), UK
634. International Volunteers for Peace Australia, Australia
635. Center for Economic Social Cultural Rights in Africa (CESCRA), Uganda
636. Child Helpline International, Netherlands
637. Alofa Tuvalu, France
638. FIAN Norge, Norway
639. Union des progressistes juifs de Belgique (UPJB), Belgium
640. CairoGaza (formerly Global Conscience Convoy), Egypt
641. Movimiento Unificado Francisco Sánchez 1932 (MUFRAS-32), El Salvador
642. Teachers and School Staff for Palestine WA, Australia
643. Campaign Against Misrepresentation in Public Affairs, UK
644. Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston
645. FIAN Belgium, Belgium
646. Ecotrópica – Fundação de Apoio à Vida nos Trópicos, Brazil
647. Architecture Traditionnelle, Luxembourg
648. Donne in Nero – Rovereto, Italy
649. Campaign for Ingternational Cooperation and Disarmament (CICD), Australia
650. Humundi, Belgium
651. Chalana Esperança, Brazil
652. PAH (Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca), Spain
653. Friends of the Earth Europe, Belgium
654. Action Against War (Cork), Ireland
655. Plateforme des Organisations Haitiennes des Droits Humains-POHDH, Haiti
656. Clare Solidarity Network, Ireland
657. Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Nigeria
658. NATIONAL COORDINATION OF FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS, MALI
659. CPPI Saint-Denis |Collectif Paix Palestine Israël], FRANCE
660. Jewish Call for Peace, Luxembourg
661. Extinction Rebellion London, London
662. Lex Innocentium, 21st Century, Ireland
663. Consejo de Pueblo Maya/CPO, Guatemala
664. Convergence Global des Luttes pour la Terre et l‘Eau en Afrique de l‘Ouest (CGLTE-OA)
665. Convergence malienne contre l’accaparement des terres (CMAT)
666. Entertainment Labor for Palestine, USA
667. WOIYO KONDEYE „Women‘s Reflection and Support Space“, Mali
668. Forum Tunisien pour les Droits Economiques et Sociaux (FTDES), Tunisie
669. Fahamu Africa, Sénégal
670. SWAN (Southern Women’s Aid Network), London
671. Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), Argentina
672. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), UK
673. Mothers Rebellion, UK
674. Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter Veterans For Peace, USA
675. Veterans For Peace – Chapter 180 Fresno
676. Youth and Environment Europe (YEE), Czech Republic
677. Port Shepstone Islamic Welfare Trust, South Africa
678. Plataforma contra la privatización de Canal de Isabel II, Spain
679. Socal Friends of the World Social Forum, USA
680. Veterans For Peace, USA
681. Orange County Equality Coalition, California
682. Alliance for Global Justice, USA
683. RVNPC – Rede Vozes Negras pelo Clima, Brasil
684. The Groundwork Trust, South Africa
685. Baltimore Nonviolence Center, Maryland
686. US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCPR Action), USA
687. International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India
688. Jewish Voice for Peace – South Bay California
689. Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI), Australia
690. Refresh West Limited Bristol, UK
691. Friends of the Earth International
692. FEPAD Burundi – „Femmes Engagées à consolider la Paix et l‘Assainissement
pour le Développement durable“, Burundi
693. York Palestine Assembly
694. Sheffield Palestine Cultural Exchange, UK
695. Reclaim Finance
696. Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Ireland
697. Million Rural Women and Landless, Tunisia
698. NOAH – Friends of the Earth Denmark, Denmark
699. XR psychologists, UK
700. Legambiente, Italy
701. Alhudood, UK
702. Mental Health and Human Rights Info, Norway
703. Les Amis de la Terre-Togo, Togo
704. Italian Democratic Jurists, Italy
705. Community Women Against Abuse, UK
706. Amigas de la Tierra España/ Friends of the Earth Spain
707. Madrid Solidaria con Palestina
708. PAiZanas, Colombia
709. Palestine Trauma Centre, UK
710. Mothers Manifesto, UK
711. Uma Gota no Oceano, Brazil
712. GAIA Kosovo, Kosovo
713. Broederlijk Delen, Belgium
714. Asociación Española de Investigación para la Paz (AIPAZ), Spain
715. Temwa, UK
716. Preston Muslim Forum, UK
717. Comité de Unidad Campesina CUC
718. Escola de Cultura de Pau (School for a Culture of Peace), Spain
719. WILPF España, Spain
720. Researchers for Palestine, Finland
721. A Growing Culture, USA
722. Chico Peace Alliance, CA
723. Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, USA
724. A Sud Ecologia e Cooperazione Aps, Italy
725. British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, UK
726. Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute MAS, Palestine
727. Les Amis de la Terre – Belgique asbl, Belgium
728. Preston Independents, UK
729. Amigos de la Tierra América Latina y el Caribe (ATALC)
730. Canada Boat Gaza, Canada
731. Face-to-Face: Jewish-Palestinian Reparations Alliance, US
732. Gernika Gogoratuz. Peace Research Center, Basque Country Spain
733. Just Peace Working Group, The United Church of Canada, Canada and Bermuda
734. de:criminalize e.V., Germany
735. groundWork, South Africa
736. Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) – France
737. Kouraj Pou Pwoteje Dwa Moun, Haiti
738. Amigos de la Tierra Argentina / Tierra Nativa, Argentina
739. FIAN Switzerland for the Right to Food, Switzerland
740. MOUVEMENT PAYSANS ACUL-DU-NORD(MPA), Haiti
741. Nurses for Palestine, UK
742. COECOceiba ATI Costa Rica, Costa Rica
743. Nisaba, UK
744. Red Agua Publica, Spain
745. Rede de Agroecologia do Maranhão-RAMA, Brasil
746. IUCC Advocates for Peace and Justice, Irvine, CA
747. Iuventa-crew, Berlin
748. Aberdeen Healthcare Workers for Peace, Scotland
749. Friends of the Earth Mexico, Mexico
750. Agroecology Research-Action Collective, USA
751. Seattle Anti-War Coalition, USA
752. Attac, France
753. Centre for Environmental Justice, Sri Lanka
754. Jai Jagat Genève, Geneva
755. Green Scenery, Sierra Leone
756. Peace movement West Austria, Austria
757. Artistree Community Arts Center, Vermont, USA
758. Panteras Rosa Organization, Portugal
759. Good Health Community Programmes, Kenya
760. Law and Society Trust, Sri Lanka
(May 19, 2025)
Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organizations worldwide, issues this urgent and unified call: The manufactured famine in Gaza must be halted. The international community must act decisively, immediately, and with full moral and legal responsibility.
We are witnessing, in real time, the deliberate starvation of a civilian population as a method of warfare. Over two million Palestinians in Gaza are living in famine. Since March 2, 2025, Israel has blocked all humanitarian supplies and life-saving assistance – constituting the longest total siege Gaza has ever experienced.
„Ich trage das Leid des geliebten ukrainischen Volkes in meinem Herzen. Möge alles getan werden, um so bald wie möglich einen echten, gerechten und dauerhaften Frieden zu erreichen. Mögen alle Gefangenen freigelassen werden, und mögen die Kinder zu ihren Familien zurückkehren“, so Papst Leo XIV. vor den rund 100.000 Menschen, die für das erste Mittagsgebet nach der Papstwahl auf den Petersplatz geströmt waren. Doch auch der Gazastreifen fehlte nicht in seinem Appell:
„Ich bin tief betrübt über die Geschehnisse im Gazastreifen. Der Beschuss muss sofort eingestellt werden, die ausgelaugte Zivilbevölkerung muss humanitäre Hilfe erhalten und alle Geiseln müssen freigelassen werden!“, so der Papst weiter. Mit Zufriedenheit reagierte er jedoch auf ein anderes weltpolitisches Ereignis, nämlich die Ankündigung des Waffenstillstands zwischen Indien und Pakistan. Diese habe er „mit Freude aufgenommen“ und hoffe, „dass durch die bevorstehenden Verhandlungen bald eine dauerhafte Einigung erzielt werden kann“.
Leo XIV., dessen erste öffentliche Worte nach der Wahl „Der Friede sei mit Euch allen!“ waren, schloss den Appell an diesem Sonntag mit den Worten: „Aber wie viele andere Konflikte gibt es auf der Welt! Ich vertraue diese herzliche Bitte der Königin des Friedens an, damit sie sie dem Herrn Jesus vorlegt, um für uns das Wunder des Friedens zu erlangen.“
He recalled, first, “the immense tragedy of the Second World War“, which came to an end 80 years ago, on 8 May, „after causing 60 million deaths.”
Pope Leo then turned to the modern wars plaguing the world today: “I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved Ukrainian people,” he said, urging that „every effort be made to reach a true, just, and lasting peace as soon as possible“.
„May all prisoners be freed, and may the children be returned to their families“, he said.
He then turned to the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip. “I am deeply pained by what is happening,” he said. “Let the fighting cease immediately, let humanitarian aid be provided to the exhausted civilian population, and may all hostages be released“.
With a sense of hope, Pope Leo XIV then welcomed the recent announcement of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. “I hope that, through the upcoming negotiations, a lasting agreement may soon be reached,” he said.
However, he continued, “how many other conflicts are there in the world?”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced in a post on X on Saturday that Ukraine and its allies „are ready for a full unconditional ceasefire“ with Russia „for at least 30 days“ beginning on Monday.
„Ukraine and all allies are ready for a full unconditional ceasefire on land, air, and at sea for at least 30 days starting already on Monday. If Russia agrees and effective monitoring is ensured, a durable ceasefire and confidence-building measures can pave the way to peace negotiations,“ the post said.
More than 20 leaders of the Coalition of the Willing took part in a call on Saturday morning, calling on Russia for a 30-day unconditional and complete ceasefire from May 12.
Ukraine and European leaders agreed on Saturday to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire from May 12 with the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump, threatening President Vladimir Putin with new „massive“ sanctions if he failed to comply.
The announcement was made by the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine after a meeting in Kyiv, during which they held a phone call with Trump.
Former Chief Minister of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has urged the leaders of India and Pakistan to stop the ongoing military attacks and talk directly to resolve tensions. She called on both Prime Ministers to pick up the phone, communicate, and work toward a peaceful solution to the current crisis.
In a strong statement, Mufti said military operations have never solved core issues between the two countries. She stressed that such actions fail to bring lasting peace and only increase suffering on both sides. “Military action is not the answer. It never was and never will be,” she added.
Signed by representatives of the following organisations and their branches, affiliates or in their individual capacity:
Abrahamic Foundation
Abrar Foundation
Abu Bakar Mosque (Bradford)
Abu Bakr Trust (ABT) – Walsall
Abu Hanifah Foundation (Blackburn)
Ad Duha Masjid
Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaat
Al Abbas Islamic Centre, KSIMC Birmingham
Al Amaan Education Trust
Al Aqsa Masjid Docklands
Al Balagh Academy
Al Khazra Mosque (Oldham)
Al Madani Masjid (Slough)
Al Madina Jame Masjid
Al Madina Mosque Barking
Al Manaar Academy (Loughborough)
Al Quran Academy
Al Zahra Foundation
Al Zunayrah Foundation
Al-Emaan Centre
Al-Falah Islamic Education Centre
Al-Farooq Trust
Al-Hijrah Trust
Al-Hira Educational Centre and Masjid
AL-HQ Law & More (Islamic Wills)
Al-Mahdi Centre, Wessex
Al-Muttaqin Research Centre (Manchester)
Al-Risalah Trust (London)
Alansar IEC
Alessi Marketing
Alkhair Primary School
AlKhaleel Institute
Alnoor Cultural & Educational Trust (Alnoor C&ET) – Essex
Aman Association
Amanah Masjid (Birmingham)
Anjuman Raza-E-Mustafa
Aqoon Education Services
Arab Lawyers Association (UK)
As-Salaam Trust – The Peace Centre
Asha Islamic Centre
Asian Muslim Cultural Association (London)
Asian Women Association
Association of Srilankan Muslims in UK
Aston Palestine Society
Azhar Academy Bolton
Balham Masjid & Tooting Islamic Centre
Bangladesh Islamic Centre (Birmingham)
Bangladeshi Islamic Society
Baytun Noor (Birmingham)
Beeston Muslim Centre
Belfast Islamic Centre
Belfast MultiCultural Association
Belgrave Mosque – Owais Qarni (Ilford)
Bexley Palestine Solidarity Campaign (Bexley PSC)
Bilal Mosque (Leeds)
Bilborough Islamic Centre
Birmingham Masjid and Dawah Centre
Bishopbriggs Islamic Community Centre
Blackburn Road Learning Centre
Bolton Central Islamic Society (BCIS)
Bolton Council of Mosques [~40]
Bradford Friends of Palestine (BFOP)
Bridgford Muslim Action Group
BrIsoc
Bristol Muslim Cultural Society (BMCS)
Bristol Turkish Community Association
British Arab Nursing and Midwifery Association
British Islamic Medical Association
British Muslim Heritage Centre
British Palestinian Families Network
British Turkish Association [~40]
Bushey Islamic Circle
Campaign Against Anti-Muslim Hate / Campaign Against Hate
Central Jamia Masjid (Southall)
Central Mosque (Wakefield)
Cheadle Masjid
Chelmsford Action for Palestine
Chelmsford Muslim Society
Cherwell Projects Ltd
Cis Windows
City Friends of Palestine (London)
City Retreat Leicester
City University Islamic Society (ISOC)
Cloud Devops Ltd
Committee for Alternative Development Trust
Compass Learning Centre (CLC)
Consortium [~11]
Cosy Cruise Travel Ltd
Council for Mosques Bradford [~140]
Council of Bristol Mosques (CBM) [~6]
Council of European Jamaats [~11]
Council of Mosque – Tower Hamlets [~45]
Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations [~28]
Croydon Islamic Youth Club
Dar Ul Isra Education and Welfare (Cardiff)
Dar us Salaam
Darassalaam
Darul Arqam Muslim Community Association
Darul Atfaal
Darul Ilm – SLMC of East London
Darulisra Muslim Educational Welfare Centre
Darus Salam Mosque (Leicester)
Darussalam Education Centre
Derby Jamia Mosque
Diverse Legal Consulting (Chelmsford)
Diyanet Stoke Education Centre
Dovex
Dundee Central Mosque
East Birmingham Central Masjid
East Cardiff Muslim Centre
East End Islamic Centre (Newham)
East Kilbride Muslims Association
Easton Jamia Masjid
Eden Foundation (Birmingham)
Eden Masjid and Dawah Centre
Edgware Youth
Eid Prayer And Festival (Leicester)
Elland Masjid Association – West Yorkshire
Enfield Community Action Group
Enfield Town Islamic Centre
Epsom and Ewell Islamic society
Essex Council of Mosques [~5]
EuroPal Forum
Exeter Mosque and Cultural Centre
Extant Marketing
Faith Inspire [~7]
Fatima Community Centre (Sheffield)
Fatima Elizabeth Archery Club
Fatima Elizabeth Phrontistery
Fazilat Masjid (Nottingham)
FC Leytonstone
Federation of Muslim Organisations (FMO) [~50]
Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) [~120]
Finsbury Park Mosque
First Choice Plumbing
Fiqh Council Birmingham (FCB)
Fleetgate Hardware ltd
Friends of Al-Aqsa
Fussilat Academy (London)
Gastec
Global Somali Diaspora
Goodwood Islamic Centre
Grangetown Muslim Cultural Centre (GMCC)
Green Street Business Association
Haaya Foundation (Hounslow)
Hamilton Islamic Centre
Hamlets Way Mosque (Mile End Bengali Muslim Community Association)
Handsworth Wood Cultural Centre
Harpenden Muslim Network
Harrow Youth Club
Hastings Mosque
Havering4Peace
Hayes Muslim Centre
Here For Youth
Hillingdon Borough Muslims
Hounslow Muslim Centre
Hubb Leicestershire
Huddersfield Community First (HDCF)
Huddersfield Council of Mosques (HCoM)
Hull Turkish Education Society
Humanity for All (Scotland)
Hyderi Islamic Centre
I Waqf
I Will Solicitors
Ibadurrehman Trust
ICareCharity
ICMG Edmonton branch
ICMG MARGATE
Imam Zakariya Academy (IZA)
Imdadia Charitable Trust
Imperial Islamic Society
In Her Footsteps
Inspireamillion Limited
Inspired Supported Housing
Inspirited Minds
Interbuild Aid
International Communities Organisation (London)
International Community Milli Görüş
Iqra Women‘s Group (Leeds)
ISLAH (Cambridge)
Islamic Education Trust Leicester
Islamic Finance Guru
Islamic History Channel
Islamic Information Centre, Hastings
Islamic Research Institute of GB (IRIGB)
Islamic Society of Britain
Islamic Tarbiyyah Prep School (Bradford)
Jam-e-Masjid Qiblah Hadhrat Sahib Gulhar Shareef Birmingham
Jamia Masjid Sultania (JMS) (Nottingham)
Jamia Syeda Fatima Al Zahra Mosque
Jamia Usmania
JKR & HCY ISLAMIC CENTRE (Reading)
Jummah in Chorleywood
Karima al Marwaziyya Foundation (High Wycombe)
Kent Islamic Center
Khidmah Organisation (Leicester)
Khizra Mosque
Kilmarnock Central Mosque
Kurdish Society of Nottingham
Lancashire Council of Mosques
Lantor Ltd
Leeds Beckett University Islamic Society (LBU ISOC)
Legal Action for Peace
Leicester Community Assist
Leicestershire Zakah Foundation
Lewisham Islamic Centre
Leytonstone Islamic Association
London Islamic Culture and Recreation Society
Long Eaton Masjid
Loughborough Dawah Centre
Loughborough Mosque and Islamic Culture Association
Lumb Fox Limited
Luton Council of Mosques
Luton Muslim Malayali Association
Luton Sri Lankan Islamic Cultural Centre
Luton Turkish community
Madarasah Noorul Quran Leicester
Madrasa Talimu Quran
Madina Mosque & Community Centre (Cardiff)
Madni Masjid (Nottingham)
Madrasa Taleem ul Islam (Glasgow)
Madrasaatul Noor Leicester
Madrasah Madania Tahfeezul Quran (MMTQ) – Bradford
Mahmudsabir Masjid
Malayalee Muslim Cultural & Welfare Association UK
Maldon Masjid
MAN UK
Marifah Institute
Markazul-Uloom Al-Islamiyya (Rotherham)
Masjid Abu Bakr
Masjid Abu Bakr Tinsley
Masjid Abu Hurairah
Masjid Al Falaah (Birmingham)
Masjid Al Farouq
Masjid Al Furqan (Leicester)
Masjid Al Madina (Walsall)
Masjid Al Rawda (London)
Masjid Al-Jannah Slough
Masjid Alhikmah and Community Centre
Masjid At Taqwa (Bradford)
Masjid Ayesha
Masjid Ayesha (London)
Masjid e Imam Ali (Aberdeen)
Masjid e Noor (Gloucester)
Masjid e Salaam Trust (Bolton)
Masjid E Tauheed (Manor Park- London)
Masjid e Umar (Bradford)
Masjid Hazrat Bilal (Bristol)
Masjid Ibrahim Ferham (Rotherham)
Masjid Jamia Islamia Nottingham
Masjid Noor
Masjid Taha & Education Centre (Stratford, London)
Masjid Talha
Masjid Tawhid Leyton
Masjid Ul Hidayah (East Ham)
Masjid Umar
Masjid Usman (Bradford)
Masjid Zakaria (Birmingham)
Masjid-E-Quba, London
Masjid-e-Zainabia
Masjid-us-Sunnah (Leicester)
Masjid E Saliheen, Preston
MAUK
Meadows Muslim Centre (Nottingham)
Millwall Community Association
Misbaahul Uloom Urdu Centre
Mksi Leicester
Monmouthshire Muslim Community Association
Mum’s Kitchen
Mushkil Aasaan Charity
Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) [~15]
Muslim Association of Croydon (MAC)
Muslim Community Association
Muslim Community Centre Uxbridge
Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
Muslim Council of Scotland [~100]
Muslim Council of Wales [~70]
Muslim Cultural & Welfare Association of Sutton (MCWAS)
Muslim Cultural Centre Wollaton, Nottingham
Muslim Doctors Association and Allied Health Professionals CIC
Muslim Doctors Cymru (MDC)
Muslim Engagement and Development
Muslim Event
Muslim Khatri Association
Muslim Public Affairs Forum Committee (MPACUK)
Muslim Welfare House Sheffield
Muslim Welfare Institute (MWI) (Blackburn)
Muslim Welfare Society Port Talbot
Muslim Women of Merton
Muslimaat UK (MMT UK)
My School Tutor
Narjis foundation (Glasgow)
Naseeha Youth Project (NYP) (Cardiff)
National Waqf
NCJM Stow Hill Mosque
New Beginnings
Newcastle Central Mosque
Newcastle under Lyme Islamic Centre
Newham Muslim Forum
Newport Diyanet Community Education Centre
Nextpoint Recruitment
Nexus Pharmacy
Nfsb Cardiff limited
NHS Muslim Women’s Network
Noka Solutions Ltd
Noor Youth
Noor-el-Islam Mosque (Cardiff)
Noorani Education Centre
Norbury Islamic Academy
Norbury Muslim Centre
North Ilford Islamic Centre
North West Islamic Association
Northwood Hills Mosque and Community Centre (NHMCC)
Nottingham Bangladesh Centre
Nottingham Council of Mosques (NCM) [~25]
Nottingham Islam Information Point
Nottingham Turkish Community
Nur Al Hadi Mosque (Sheffield)
Nuurul Huda Cultural centre ltd
Oadby and Wigston Muslim Association
Oadby Community Hub
P and D UK Services Ltd (West London)
Pakistan Centre
Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB)
Palmed UK Charity
Peckham Mosque Trust
Pekunluler Turkish Cultural Association
Plumstead Islamic Centre
PMS Jamea Masjid
Port Talbot Mosque
Preston Muslim Forum
PureStreets
Purley Islamic Community Centre
Qadria Jilania Islamic Centre & Madrasa (Manchester)
Qasim al-Ulum Centre (Manchester)
Qmed Staffing
Queensgate Islamic Centre
Quran Club
Quran ft Soul
Quwwat-ul-Islam Society Newham
Reading Muslim
Recipe2Inspire CIC (R2I)
Redbridge & Ilford Independents
Redbridge Community Action Group (RCAG)
Reflection Path
River To The Sea (Non Profit)
S E London Friends of Palestine
Saeed Institute (Bolton)
Said Nursi Mosque
Salahaddin Community Centre (Peterborough)
Sayyidah Aminah Masjid (Bradford)
SBMCA (Birmingham)
Scottish Association of Mosques [~13]
Shah Jalal Jami Masjid (Walsall)
Shahjalal Mosque & Islamic Centre (Oldham)
Shahporan Jam e Mosque
Shahporan Madrasah
SHERIFF Estate & Letting Agent
Sherwood Education and Culture Centre
Shia Ithna‘ashari Community of Middlesex (SICM)
Simply Ethical Financial Services Ltd
SLIA
Soul Therapy Scotland
Southend Mosque
Sri Lanka Islamic Forum UK
Sri Lanka Muslim Society UK (Leicester)
Sri Lankan Muslim Progressive Front-Milton Keynes
Srilankan Muslim Community of East London
STEM Muslims
Streatham Hill Masjid
Strive UK [~15]
Suffa Education Centre
Suffolk Muslim Society
Surrey Muslim Association
Swansea University Mosque
Taleem Ul-Quran Trust (Coventry)
Tawfiq Online Learning
Taybah Charitable Trust
Teviot British Bangladeshi Association (London)
The Ahmed Ali Petkar Foundation (TAAP Foundation)
The Alberinious Foundation
The Ilford Muslim Society
The Islamic Foundation (Leicester)
The Lantern Initiative
The Quran Hub (TQH)
The Shah Jahan Mosque (Woking, Surrey)
The Suffah Institute
The United Kingdom Indian Muslim Council (UKIMC)
The Wheel Plug UK (Dewsbury)
The World Federation of KSIMC
Thornton Heath Islamic centre
Turners and Locksley Centre
Turners and Locksley Masjid Cultural Centre (London)
Tuyoorul jannah (TJ) Birds of Paradise
UCL Students for Justice in Palestine
UK Islam Centre
UK Kahramanmaras Education and Culture Centre
UK Medical and Community Projects
UKIM [~50]
Ummah Community Centre (UCC)
Ummah Community Trust (UCT)
Ummah Gwent Community Centre / Masjid
Union of Muslim Organisations (Walsall)
University of Birmingham Friends of Palestine
University of Birmingham Islamic Society
Warwick Islamic Society
West London Mosques Forum (Southall)
Werneth Jamia Masjid
West Cardiff Islamic Centre
West London Mosque Forum
West London Turkish Volunteers
Women Together
Worcester Muslim Welfare Association – Worcester Central Masjid
World Forum for Srilankan Muslims
Worthing Islamic Society
Xynosoft Ltd
Y9 Mak communications Ltd
Yemeni Community Association in sandwell
Yeovil Islamic Centre & SSMCA
YMCO – Young Muslim and Community Organisation (Cardiff)
Zaza Technologies Ltd
Zeenergy Limited
(April 29, 2025)
Commenting on the letter, Secretary General Dr Wajid Akhter said:
“We are at a watershed moment as events in Gaza intensify, with more innocent lives lost each day. British Muslim communities, alongside countless others across the country, are simply calling for a foreign policy rooted in justice, humanity, and international law.
“We have rightly mobilised a coalition of the willing to oppose Russia’s illegal occupation of Ukraine, yet the illegal occupation of Palestine and the mass killing of Palestinian civilians is met with silence. We urge Prime Minister Keir Starmer to show moral leadership and act swiftly.“
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has deliver a letter signed by over 300 Muslim groups to 10 Downing Street urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to show “moral leadership” and swiftly recognise the Palestinian State.
The signatories, comprising of organisations from every region of the UK, including mosques, student societies, charities and advocacy groups, are calling on the British government to urgently:
It is unfortunate, then, that your letter disregards Harvard’s efforts and instead presents demands that, in contravention of the First Amendment, invade university freedoms long recognized by the Supreme Court.
(…)
The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.
(April 11, 2025)
“Today, I’m speaking to you from Kryvyi Rih. This city lives under almost constant air alerts – because of drones or Russian missiles … Our people, our children – are under attacks in many-many cities and villages. Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Nikopol, Poltava, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, Sumy, Kharkiv, Odesa, Chernihiv, and many others. They all need protection from Russian missiles. You know that Ukraine has a shortage of air defense systems. You know that Patriot systems can effectively protect against ballistic threats,” Zelenskyy said, speaking at the meeting.
“The continuation of the war does not contribute to any of its stated goals, and will lead to the deaths of hostages, IDF soldiers, and innocents,” they wrote, adding lower down: “We see Hamas controlling the Strip and recruiting new operatives to its ranks, while the government has not presented a convincing plan to overthrow it.”
None of the letters published over the last few days have included calls for refusals to serve.
(April 10, 2025)
The letter, which was signed by roughly a thousand people, including a former chief of staff and other former senior military leaders, laid bare a growing divide in the Israeli military over the handling of the war. The air force has been a key part of Israel’s effort in Gaza, carrying out strikes that have flattened much of the enclave and left thousands dead.
Academia for Equality published a call to Israeli scholars to reject US President Donald Trump’s attacks on students and academic freedom under the false pretense of “combatting antisemitism.” Academia for Equality is an organization with 800 Jewish and Arab academics in Israel members organization working to promote democratization, equality, inclusion, representation, and access to higher education for all communities living in Israel and Palestine.
The call said: “We, Israeli professors, educators, researchers, graduate students, and members of academia, hailing from diverse disciplines and backgrounds, possessing diverse political views, living in and outside Israel, are deeply concerned about the recent actions undertaken by the US Administration against Columbia University and other US universities. We are alarmed by the persecution of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian students and faculty, including the illegal arrests and threats to deport activists without any specific charges or due process, at times in clear violation of court orders, especially under the pretext of combating antisemitism.
As he prepares to return to the Vatican after his hospitalization and treatment for bilateral pneumonia, Pope Francis renews his call for peace, urging an end to violence in Gaza and other conflict zones and expresses his gratitude for global efforts towards dialogue, especially in the South Caucasus.
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This Sunday, just before his programmed return to Casa Santa Marta to begin two months of convalescence, Pope Francis prayed for the people of Palestine, writing, “I am saddened by the resumption of heavy Israeli bombing on the Gaza Strip, causing many deaths and injuries. I call for an immediate halt to the weapons; and for the courage to resume dialogue, so that all hostages may be released and a final ceasefire reached”.
Forty survivors of Hamas captivity and 250 family members of hostages in Gaza signed a letter on Friday calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to halt Israel’s renewed military activities and return to the negotiating table with Hamas to secure the release of the remaining 59 hostages, warning that failure to do so would condemn the living hostages to death.
“This letter was written in blood and tears. It was drafted by our friends and families whose loved ones were killed and murdered in captivity and who are crying out: ‘Stop the fighting. Return to the negotiating table and fully complete an agreement that will return all of the hostages, even at the cost of ending the war,” the letter implored.
Dismissing the Shin Bet head during the investigation, Bar argues, is tainted with “extraneous considerations and a personal and institutional conflict of interest that could not be more serious.” It risks jeopardizing the investigation, he says, which is a danger to the country’s security.
He also pushes for a state commission of inquiry into October 7: “The urgent national need for such an investigation cannot be subordinated to the personal considerations of those involved in the matter, as it is the only way to ensure that such a multi-system failure will not occur again.”
Die internationale Gemeinschaft beobachte die Republik Korea mit großer Aufmerksamkeit, sagte Choi weiter. Er rief die Bürger auf, auf der Grundlage von Respekt und Verständnis für Unterschiede ein reifes Bürgerbewusstsein zu zeigen.
Trump said in his address to Congress that he received that same message in a letter from Zelensky. He read Zelensky‘s statement aloud, apparently presenting the message as a sign of successful U.S. pressure on Kyiv. Trump added that his team had held discussions with Russia and received „strong signals“ that Moscow is ready to make peace.
„Wouldn‘t that be beautiful?“ he said.
(July 1, 2024)
The International Space Station is the largest, most complex and most important element of space infrastructure yet deployed, and one of the most incredible engineering accomplishments in human history. It is the result of an international, diplomatic initiative reconciling in space the Western world and the Eastern world by combining the two space stations until then planned separately by each side – Space Station Freedom and Mir 2 – involving five major partners, the United States, Europe, Japan, Canada and Russia.
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For example, to move the ISS from its present 400-kilometer altitude to an 800-kilometer altitude circular orbit requires a boost of about 220 meters per second, about the same as required for precise deorbit control. At the higher altitude, the orbital lifetime would be many decades, providing ample time for future generations to take their own decisions and actions.
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We are not in charge anymore, but our question to the current generation is: since the boost stage must be built anyway, would it not be better to use that stage to place the ISS in a higher orbit for the possible use of a future generation than to destroy it upon reentry?
On February 11, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s lawyer confirmed that he is being held in Ofer Prison near Ramallah, where he has been tortured, electrocuted, and denied medical care. The only reason we even have this update is because of international public pressure. Now that we have their attention, we have to keep pushing. Flood the Israeli embassy with letters demanding Dr. Abu Safiya’s release to make it clear that, despite U.S. government support, the American people reject Israel’s genocide and occupation. The facade of Israeli victimhood has crumbled, and we will keep protesting U.S. complicity until Dr. Abu Safiya and every Palestinian in Israeli detention is free.
Send a letter to the DC Israeli Embassy Demanding Dr. Abu Safiya’s Release!
(February 7, 2025)
Dear Secretary Noem, Secretary Hegseth, and Secretary Rubio:
We write on behalf of the undersigned immigrants‘ rights and civil rights organizations to request immediate access to the noncitizens transferred from immigration detention facilities in the United States and currently detained at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Since February 4, 2025, the government has transferred nearly two dozen noncitizens to Guantánamo, without providing any information about their circumstances or the government’s legal authority for these unprecedented actions. The government has also announced that it is planning to send tens of thousands of additional immigration detainees to Guantánamo in the near future.
The Constitution, and federal and international law prohibit the government from using Guantánamo as a legal black hole. We therefore request that the government provide our organizations access to the noncitizens detained at Guantánamo so that those individuals will have access to legal counsel, and so advocates and the public can understand the conditions
under which the government is detaining them. We also request basic information that the public has a right to know regarding the noncitizens being sent to Guantánamo and the government’s plans for them.
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Sincerely,
American Civil Liberties Union
Americans for Immigrant Justice
Amica Center
American Gateways
Center for Constitutional Rights
Haitian Bridge Alliance
Human Rights First
International Refugee Assistance Project
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the SF Bay Area
National Immigrant Justice Center
National Immigration Law Center
Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Texas Civil Rights Project
04 Dec 2024
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
JAL
GBR 15/2024
– terrorism
– freedom of opinion and expression
– freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
– privacy
Information received concerning the potentially inappropriate use of provisions of the Terrorism Act 2000, the Terrorism Act 2006, and the Anti-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. These provisions appear to have been employed to investigate, detain, collect data, and prosecute political activists and journalists, raising concerns about potential infringements of their fundamental
rights.
Alleged victims: 6
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According to the information received:
Powers under counter-terrorism legislation have been used on multiple occasions to examine, detain, and arrest journalists and activists, particularly at the UK border. It is alleged that journalists and activists who are critical of Western foreign policy in the context of the conflict in the Middle East and the Russia-Ukraine war are especially affected by the reported misuse of these powers. In particular, schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, and schedule 3 of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019, have been used to examine and obtain data from journalists and activists, including Johanna Ross (Ganyukova), John Laughland, Kit Klarenberg, Craig Murray and Richard Medhurst in circumstances where they appear to have no credible connection to “terrorist” or “hostile” activity. Furthermore, section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 has been used to charge journalists and activists, including Richard Barnard and Richard Medhurst, for allegedly expressing support for a “proscribed organisation” in the course of activism and media reporting.
Without having knowledge of the material that may have substantiated the investigations or charges, we raise concern about an alleged pattern of overuse, or other misuse, of counter-terrorism legislation to target legitimate freedom of expression and opinion, including public interest media reporting, and related freedoms of peaceful assembly and association, and political
dissent or activism.
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Ben Saul
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Irene Khan
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Gina Romero
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Ana Brian Nougrères
Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
(February 6, 2025)
Four UN Special Rapporteurs have written jointly to the UK government demanding explanation of its inappropriate persecution of journalists and political activists under the Terrorism Act. They state that those persecuted:
appear to have no credible connection to “terrorist” or “hostile” activity
The cases taken up by the United Nations are those of Johanna Ross (Ganyukova), John Laughland, Kit Klarenberg, Craig Murray (yes, me), Richard Barnard and Richard Medhurst.
The acting president’s remarks come after a second warrant was issued last Tuesday, allowing the president to be detained for questioning about the martial law incident for up to 48 hours.
“The IDF has no reason to stay in Gaza, besides fulfilling messianic wishes of settling there,” the letter alleged, pushing back against Netanyahu’s stance that continued military action would free the 98 hostages believed to remain in Gaza, almost all of them kidnapped on October 7.
They charged the fighting in Gaza was “a war without a horizon, unlike anything in our history, solely in the interest of your own political survival.”
n a letter addressed to the premier, the relatives accuse him of leading “a war without a horizon, unlike anything in our history, solely in the interest of your own political survival.” “Our sons and daughters set out on a necessary war brought upon us by your actions. Our children are cannon fodder”, they claim. “They lost many friends and are continuing to die and get injured, mentally and physically.
Now, after more than a year of war, they assert the only way for the returning of the hostages is as part of a deal with Hamas, alleging that the war is being extended aimlessly and that the Israeli army “has no reason to stay in Gaza, besides fulfilling messianic wishes of settling there.” “We accuse you of abandoning the hostages and the soldiers,” the parents write, threatening to launch an “all-out struggle,” beginning in dozens of cities next Saturday.
The letter, led by Türkiye‘s initiative, was signed by 52 countries and two international organizations, and submitted to the UN on Nov. 1, calling for a cessation of arms supplies to Israel.
“We must reiterate at every opportunity that selling weapons to Israel amounts to complicity in genocide,” Fidan said at a news conference in Djibouti, where he attended the third Ministerial Review Conference of Türkiye-Africa Partnership.
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 1 November 2024 – „We the leaders of 15 United Nations and humanitarian organizations urge, yet again, all parties fighting in Gaza to protect civilians, and call on the State of Israel to cease its assault on Gaza and on the humanitarians trying to help.
„The situation unfolding in North Gaza is apocalyptic. The area has been under siege for almost a month, denied basic aid and life-saving supplies while bombardment and other attacks continue. Just in the past few days, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, most of them women and children, and thousands have once again been forcibly displaced. ……….
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Signatories:
• Ms. Joyce Msuya, Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
• Ms. Nimo Hassan, MBE, Chair, International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
• Mr. Jamie Munn, Executive Director, International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
• Ms. Amy E. Pope, Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• Ms. Abby Maxman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Oxfam 3
• Ms. Paula Gaviria Betancur, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (SR on HR of IDPs)
• Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Ms. Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat)
• Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
• Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UN Children‘s Fund (UNICEF)
• Ms. Sima Bahous, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women
• Ms. Cindy McCain, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP)
• Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
As American scholars and higher education administrators, we are deeply committed to the pursuit of truth, justice, and the common good—both in our classrooms and research, and in the broader world we engage with daily. Since October 2023, the Biden-Harris administration has failed to uphold fundamental human rights and the principles of knowledge, truth, and humanity. Their material support for genocidal atrocities has devastated entire communities in Palestine, leading to the loss of countless families in Gaza over the past year, and undermined the core values the United States professes to uphold globally. Under Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s nominee for President, every university has been bombed and destroyed in Gaza, more journalists have been killed than in any other conflict in recorded modern history, and the death toll is projected to exceed 186,000 according to The Lancet. Under Biden-Harris, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has prosecuted violations of the 1948 Genocide Convention, and declared Israel‘s occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, unlawful, along with its associated settlement apartheid regime.
This election, on November 5th, the Democratic Party—once again with Kamala Harris at its center—has repeatedly sought our votes by positioning itself as the „lesser evil,“ urging us to abandon our moral convictions out of fear of a second Trump term under Republican leadership. Let us be clear: there is no „lesser evil“ when both parties are complicit in the same atrocities. And there is no lesser evil when they are complicit in genocide. Kamala Harris has actively funded and endorsed genocide, and we cannot reward such leadership with a Harris-Walz ticket. While the Republican Party under a Trump-Vance ticket offers no meaningful alternative, it is the Democratic Party, under Kamala Harris, that has actively supported and sanctioned these international crimes against humanity since October 2023. They must not be rewarded.
The Abandon Harris Campaign announces that an academic letter calling on Americans to vote third party in the upcoming election is quickly gaining traction across higher education institutions nationwide. Titled “A Call by American Academics to Vote Against Genocide on November 5, 2024: Vote to Abandon Harris – Vote Third Party,” the principled letter condemns the Biden-Harris administration’s support for Israel’s actions in Gaza and urges voters to hold Kamala Harris accountable at the ballot box. The letter and its signatories can be found at voteagainstgenocide.org.
Neve Gordon, welcome back to Democracy Now! Can you start off actually by talking about what this letter says? And the number of people is — the last time we looked, it was 2,000 Israelis who have signed it. Now it’s over 3,000, Professor Gordon.
NEVE GORDON: There’s a feeling among Israelis that the change cannot come from within. We do not have enough power from within to change the course of actions that Netanyahu and his government have put in place. And the only way to stop the violence, to stop the genocidal violence in Gaza, to stop the violence in Lebanon, and to stop future attacks and geopolitical war in the region is that leaders in Europe and leaders in North America, particularly the United States, put their leg down and say enough is enough and threaten Israel that if there is no ceasefire, they will sanction Israel, they will stop arms trade with Israel, they’ll stop sending Israel money, and ultimately stop trading with Israel. So, our belief is, to save the populations that inhabit this region, we need such an action.
Nous, citoyennes et citoyens israéliens, résidant en Israël et ailleurs, appelons la communauté internationale – l’Organisation des Nations unies et ses institutions, les Etats-Unis, l’Union européenne, la Ligue arabe, ainsi que tous les pays du monde – à intervenir immédiatement en appliquant contre Israël toute sanction possible afin d’obtenir un cessez-le-feu immédiat entre Israël et ses voisins. Et cela, pour l’avenir des peuples vivant en Israël Palestine et dans la région, et afin de garantir leur droit à la sécurité et à la vie. Mercredi, le chef du Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, a été tué par l’armée israélienne. Or, on craint que cette mort, qui a été annoncée comme la fin de l’offensive israélienne, ne soit qu’une étape de ce chemin meurtrier vers l’abîme.
The lack of true international pressure, the continuation of arms supplies to Israel, economic and security partnerships and scientific and cultural collaborations, bring most Israelis to believe that Israel’s policies enjoy international support. The leaders of many countries make repeated statements about the horror they feel and verbally denounce Israel’s operations, but these condemnations are not backed by practical actions. We are replete with empty words and declarations.
Please, for our futures and the futures of all of the residents of Israel and the region, save us from ourselves and use real pressure on Israel for an immediate ceasefire.
The attorneys highlight three categories of potential US code violations the DOJ could investigate:
– The killing of US citizens by Israeli citizens and soldiers in recent years (including Ayşenur Eygi, Kamel Ahmad Jawad, Jacob Flickinger, Tawfiq Abdel Jabbar, Mohammad Khdour, Omar Assad, and Shireen Abu Akleh).
– Israel’s illegal settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, assisted by US citizens and organizations.
– Evidence that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes and engaged in torture – including killing thousands of civilians, forcibly displacement and starvation, unlawful confinement, torture and inhumane treatment of detainees, and mass destruction of civilian property and infrastructure.
“Of course,” the attorneys note, “U.S. courts have jurisdiction over the more than 23,000 U.S. citizens currently serving in Israel’s armed forces, along with IDF members or other Israeli officials that travel to the United States.”