A march will be held on Tuesday 29th July at 6:30pm, from the Triton Fountain in Valletta to Castille Square, to demand meaningful action by the Maltese Government against Israel’s mass starvation of Palestinians in Gaza.

Participants are being asked to bring empty pots as a symbol of the ongoing famine in Gaza.

Children, women, and men in Gaza are currently being starved to death. After 1 year and 10 months of genocidal mass murder of civilians – including the deliberate targeting of journalists, healthcare professionals, aid workers, and aid seekers – Israel is now intensifying its genocide through mass starvation.

Images of children dying from hunger, and of the elderly collapsing to their deaths while waiting in vain for food, should trigger the strongest reaction from any human being with even a shred of empathy.

It is therefore deeply hurtful and outrageous that Western governments continue either to proactively support the genocidal state of Israel or to take no meaningful action to stop the Israeli-imposed mass starvation of the Palestinian population in Gaza.

Regrettably, the Maltese Government is also failing abysmally to take the actions within its power to oppose this genocide.

In contrast with other European countries such as Ireland and Spain, it has consistently failed to condemn Israel’s genocide on the international stage, has reneged twice on its promise to recognise the State of Palestine, and continues to allow ships flying the Maltese flag to transport weapons and military material to Israel.

In view of this inaction and complicity, on Tuesday we will be calling for:

1. A strong and unambiguous stand by the Maltese Government condemning Israel and calling for its sanctioning, including the cancellation of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
2. The prohibition of ships flying the Maltese flag from transporting weapons and military material to Israel, along with a clear and enforced policy preventing ships carrying such material from entering Maltese waters or being serviced by vessels from Malta.
3. The immediate recognition by the Government of Malta of the State of Palestine.

Organisations:
Embassy of Palestine in Malta
Ġustizzja għall-Palestina
Moviment Graffitti
The Lebanese Advocates
The Watermelon Warriors
Youth for Palestine

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Marċ bil-borom vojta fil-Belt Valletta se jsejjaħ għal azzjoni mill-Gvern Malti kontra l-ġenoċidju f’Gaża

Nhar It-Tlieta, 29 ta’ Lulju fis-6:30pm, se ninġemgħu fejn il-Funtana tat-Tritoni fil-Belt Valletta u se nimxu lejn Pjazza Kastilja biex nitolbu azzjoni konkreta mill-Gvern Malti kontra l-ġuħ tal-massa impost mill-Iżrael fuq il-Palestinjani f’Gaża.

Il-parteċipanti huma mitluba jġibu magħhom borom vojta bħala simbolu tal-guħ li ħakem Gaża.

Tfal, nisa u rġiel f’Gaża bħalissa qed jinqatlu bil-ġuħ. Wara sena u għaxar xhur ta’ qtil tal-massa ġenoċidjali ta’ ċivili – inkluż il-mira intenzjonata ta’ ġurnalisti, professjonisti fil-qasam tas-saħħa, ħaddiema umanitarji u nies li kienu qed ifittxu l-għajnuna – l-Iżrael issa qed isaħħaħ il-ġenoċidju billi qed joqtol lill-Palestinjani bil-ġuħ.

Ritratti ta’ tfal imutu bil-ġuħ, u ta’ anzjani jaqgħu u jmutu waqt li jistennew fil-kju għall-ikel li qatt ma jasal, għandhom iqajmu reazzjoni qawwija f’kull persuna li għandha mqar ftit empatija.

Għalhekk huwa ta’ wġigħ u tal-mistħija li l-gvernijiet tal-Punent qed ikomplu jew jappoġġjaw b’mod attiv l-istat ġenoċidjali tal-Iżrael, jew ma jieħdu l-ebda pass effettiv biex iwaqqfu l-ġuħ tal-massa impost mill-Iżrael fuq il-popolazzjoni Palestinjana f’Gaża.

Sfortunatament, anke l-Gvern Malti qed jonqos b’mod gravi milli jieħu l-passi li jista’ kontra dan il-ġenoċidju.

B’kuntrast ma’ pajjiżi Ewropej oħra bħall-Irlanda u Spanja, il-Gvern Malti naqas b’mod konsistenti milli jikkundanna l-ġenoċidju tal-Iżrael fuq livell internazzjonali, darbtejn mar lura mill-wegħda tiegħu li jirrikonoxxi l-Istat tal-Palestina, u għadu jippermetti li vapuri bil-bandiera Maltija jittrasportaw armi u materjal militari lejn l-Iżrael.

Fid-dawl ta’ din l-inattività u kompliċità, nhar it-Tlieta se nkunu qed insejħu għal:

1. Pożizzjoni soda u ċara mill-Gvern Malti li tikkundanna lill-Iżrael u li titlob sanzjonijiet kontrih, inkluż l-ikkanċellar tal-Ftehim ta’ Assoċjazzjoni bejn l-UE u l-Iżrael.
2. Projbizzjoni fuq vapuri bil-bandiera Maltija milli jittrasportaw armi u materjal militari lejn l-Iżrael, flimkien ma’ politika ċara u infurzata li tipprojbixxi li dawn il-vapuri jidħlu fl-ibħra Maltin jew li jingħataw servizzi minn bastimenti f’Malta.
3. Għarfien immedjat mill-Gvern Malti tal-Istat Palestinjan.

Għaqdiet:
L-Ambaxxata Palestinjana f’Malta
Ġustizzja għall-Palestina
Moviment Graffitti
The Lebanese Advocates
The Watermelon Warriors
Youth for Palestine