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Stormont Assembly to hear call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

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The Opposition SDLP will lead the debate which will be the first opportunity for the Assembly to make a united call for peace.

The Stormont Assembly is set to hear a call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and southern Israel.It has been described as the first opportunity for the Assembly to make a united call for peace since the outbreak of the latest conflict in the region in October 2023.

The motion additionally mandates First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly to write to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in support of these aims.“It has been seven months since the initial scenes of violence in Gaza and southern Israel were first beamed across the world. In that time, we have all been horrified by the depths to which human depravity has plunged,” he said.

“This is a genocide of unbearable proportions, which for too long has been armed and abetted by countries who say they care about human rights.

 

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