People power has changed government policy on Gaza – now it must turn a UN vote into action
THE UN security council has voted, for the first time, for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Only the pressure of world opinion has forced this change. Western powers initially lined up to endorse Israel’s war.
One by one those endorsements have fallen away, as horror at flattened cities, assaults on hospitals and the systematic starvation of civilians by Israel swept the world.
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