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McLaughlin says sale of arms to Israel amid continuing Gazan atrocities is ‘complicity not neutrality’
Derry Journal
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05/06/2025
McLaughlin says sale of arms to Israel amid continuing Gazan atrocities is ‘complicity not neutrality’
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I rise today to express my horror, my heartbreak and my anger at the worsening humanitarian
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catastrophe in Gaza. Since October 7, more than 54,000 Palestinians have been killed,
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many of them women and children. Over 15,000 have been arrested, entire families have been
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wiped out, cities reduced to rubble and now in perhaps the most horrifying development of all,
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children are dying of starvation. This morning, doctors in Gaza described scenes of total carnage
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as at least 27 people were reportedly killed by Israeli fire at an aid distribution centre.
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Hospitals are overwhelmed, medical staff are working in impossible conditions, casualties are
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mountain by the hour. In 2025, in full view of the world, we are witnessing the deliberate blocking
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of aid. This is not a natural disaster, this is a man-made atrocity. Let us be absolutely clear,
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the denial of food, water and medicine to civilians is not just a moral outrage, it is a breach of
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international law. The Israeli government and the IDF cannot be allowed to use humanitarian aid
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as a bargaining chip in negotiations. Aid is not a tool of revenge, it is a lifeline. Mr. Speaker,
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the people of Gaza have been left abandoned by much of the international community and Europe,
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including the British government, is failing in its duty. While leaders express concern, arms continue
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to be sold to Israel. This is not neutrality, this is complicity. We urgently need a full and immediate
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ceasefire, the unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid and a return to meaningful peace talks, talks that are
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grounded in justice, dignity and equal rights for both Palestinians and Israelis. But peace cannot be
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built on the rubble of homes and the graves of children. It cannot be achieved while aid is withheld,
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while journalists are silent and while international law is ignored with impunity. Mr Speaker, I stand with
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those across these islands who are calling for an end to this horror. We must demand more than words from
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our governments. We must demand action and an end to arms sales and a clear international commitment to
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peace. Because every hour we delay, another child goes hungry, another mother mourns, another family is
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shattered. And history will ask, what do we do?
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