PANZMA ICV

Australian aid providers and medical missions are ready to assist in Gaza. Israel continues to deny them access.

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Australian aid providers and medical missions are ready to assist in Gaza. Israel continues to deny them access.

Tell our Foreign Affairs Minister to take action.

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Australian aid providers and medical missions are ready to assist in Gaza. Israel continues to deny them access.

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The Hon Penny Wong
Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

I am writing in support of the Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association (PANZMA), expressing my concern about Israel’s suspension and restriction of life-saving humanitarian work in Gaza.

Since the beginning of Israel’s latest military assault on Gaza, and now the West Bank and Lebanon, in October 2023, the state has consistently failed to take measures to protect civilians, and to date has killed more than 47,383 and injured more than 109,179. Amid this dire humanitarian catastrophe, Israel has made the provision of humanitarian and medical assistance increasingly difficult.

I call on the government to support PANZMA and other Australian and international humanitarian organisations in their attempts to provide life-saving assistance to the people of Palestine. I urge you to take all necessary diplomatic and economic measures to pressure Israel to ease its crippling restrictions on humanitarian aid.

I wholeheartedly support PANZMA’s calls for expedited intervention from the Australian government and condemn DFAT’s lacklustre response to Israel’s aid restrictions. I remind the government that the highest international court has ordered Israel to take all necessary steps to prevent the real and imminent risk of genocide against the Palestinian people, and yet, 10 months later, Israel’s brutal assault on civilians continues unabated. On top of this, the state is actively inhibiting the provision of life-saving aid and basic medical care, and yet, Australia has failed to take any decisive action.

PANZMA has stated that Israel has “stripped [the organisation] of [their] ability to deliver care and deprived the people of Gaza of their fundamental right to health. Men, women, and children who have already endured unspeakable horrors are left to suffer without hope for surgical treatment, healing or survival.” They have also highlighted that diplomatic intervention from other states has directly contributed to increased access for aid organisations such as NORWAC, GLIA, PAB and PAMA, and urged DFAT to do the same.

I urge the Australian government to:

1.	Take all necessary diplomatic and economic measures to urge Israel to remove restrictions on humanitarian and medical aid in Palestine, including demanding the provision of clear procedures and guidance for humanitarian organisations, and an explanation of reasons where access is denied. 
2.	Ensure the full cooperation of DFAT with PANZMA and other Australian humanitarian organisations to promote the fulfillment of basic human rights, and the provision of essential aid and medical care to the people of Palestine. 
3.	Take all necessary diplomatic and economic measures to oppose Israel’s recent prohibition of UNRWA from operating in its territories, including issuing targeted sanctions against the Israeli authorities responsible for facilitating this blatant violation of international humanitarian and human rights law. 
4.	Take all available steps to promote a total and permanent ceasefire in Palestine and Lebanon, including supporting any UN Resolutions calling for the same.

History will judge our failure as a nation to take a principled stance against the genocide unfolding in Palestine. Australians are ready and willing to provide crucial, life-saving care to the innocent civilians affected, and need the support of their government to do so.

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