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Israel-Gaza: we need an immediate ceasefire and proper humanitarian aid
Around the world people are calling for international law to be respected and the siege to be lifted immediately, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
WILFUL DESTRUCTION: Palestinians at the site of a Greek Orthodox church just destroyed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City

IT HAS BEEN terrible to witness the scenes of carnage on our TV screens, as the death toll mounts in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is difficult to imagine living through it.

Of course, this is not the first time this has happened over the last 75 years. But it is quite shocking to see how many politicians refuse the calls for peace and an immediate ceasefire. 

The clear implication is that they are content to see more bloodshed; that they are happier with the state of war. The voices calling for peace are being marginalised.

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