A memorandum was handed over to the UN Security Council (UNSC) by the International Commission to Support the Rights of the Palestinian People (Hashd) to push for lifting the Israeli siege on Gaza.
The 20-page memorandum called for lifting the decade-long Israeli blockade on Gaza and for allowing a safe access of humanitarian aid into the enclave.
Hashd said the blockade amounts to a barefaced crime that bereaves two million Palestinians of their rights and needs.
It urged the UNSC to discuss the affair saying that the blockade poses serious threats to international peace.
Hashd further condemned the siege as “a crime of mass genocide” as Article VI of the International Criminal Court Statute clearly states.
“The siege violates the basics of international humanitarian law. It is an illegal form of collective punishment banned by the international human rights legitimacy including the Fourth Geneva Convention” the memorandum read.
Hashd said the letter handed over to the UNSC both in English and in Arabic is the first step in an anti-siege campaign embarked on by the commission.
Hashd pledged to appeal to international law experts and human rights organizations along with the world’s parliaments and MPs so as to urge the Israeli occupation to lift the Gaza blockade and impeach those responsible for the tragic fallouts of the siege.
