TUC condemns ongoing Gaza blockade
Tuesday 11 September 2012
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EmailThe TUC today condemned the ongoing blockade of Gaza that violates international law and affects 1.6 million people, half of whom are children.
Congress acknowledged that Israel's blockade of the region is now in its sixth year.
Fifty international charities and United Nations Agencies called for an immediate end to the blockade in June.
Congress reaffirmed its support for an inclusive peace process in the region and efforts to resume all-party negotiations.
CWU general secretary Billy Hayes said: "The Palestinian people living in the Gaza strip have been subject to assault on both land, sea and air.
"The impact of the siege has been devastating. Gaza will be without drinking water by 2016."
He noted that 70 per cent of Gaza's population are refugees and said the siege remains despite no shortage of formal support for the lifting of the Gaza blockade.
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