Concerns from local residents and weekly vigils taking place in towns across the district have prompted Warwick District Councillors to consider and pass a motion calling for action to be taken.
The motion is to demand an immediate end to violence in Gaza and the West Bank and for unrestricted access to be given to the UN agencies to provide humanitarian aid.
The motion which was put forward by Councillor Sam Jones (Warwick All Saints and Woodloes) and seconded by Councillor Richard Dickson (Kenilworth St Johns) requests that the Leader of the Council writes to local MPs to draw their attention to the calls by residents, community groups and Warwick University’s Student Staff Solidarity Network and campus trade unions demanding that demand they take all actions available to them to manifest:
- An immediate end to violence in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem
- Unrestricted humanitarian access by UN agencies and a full lifting of the blockade
- The recognition of the State of Palestine by the UK Government
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