MdM Greece along with 118 other Civil Society Organizations, are calling on the Prime Minister, the President of the Hellenic Parliament, and Members of the Greek Parliament to take immediate action and exert political pressure to protect the civilian population in Palestine.
On the occasion of Greece’s Presidency of the United Nations Security Council, the organizations urge the Greek State to firmly support a permanent ceasefire, the unhindered and safe delivery of humanitarian aid, secure and protected access to medical care for the wounded and the sick, and the complete end to violence.
Palestine: Joint Appeal by 100 Civil Society Organizations
Honourable Prime Minister,
Honourable President and Members of the Hellenic Parliament,
We are witnessing, in real time, the unfolding of a situation aimed at eradicating Palestinian life in Gaza. The member states of the European Union and the United Nations must urgently exert their influence to ensure the unhindered provision of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Every day that passes strengthens complicity in the systematic eradication of a people subjected to ongoing blockade from all assistance that would allow them to survive.
The obstruction of humanitarian aid constitutes a blatant violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2720, which calls for the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance to civilians. Claims that aid is being intercepted by Hamas remain unsubstantiated and in no way can justify such measures. The limited amount of humanitarian aid currently allowed into the Gaza Strip merely serves as a façade to suggest the siege has been lifted. Israel’s plan to instrumentalize humanitarian aid is a cynical response to the humanitarian crisis it has itself created.
Prior to October 2023, approximately 500 aid trucks entered Gaza daily, according to the UN. Today, only around 100 are allowed in each day, during a period of extreme crisis. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, all public hospitals in Northern Gaza are now out of service. At least 20 medical facilities in Gaza have been damaged or forced to partially or completely suspend operations in recent days due to the advance of Israeli ground forces, intensified aerial bombardments, and widespread evacuation orders.
As people remain in dire need of medical care and aid, the Israeli authorities must immediately end the deliberate blockade of Gaza and the systematic dismantling of its healthcare infrastructure — a strategy that supports the ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing. Israel’s evacuation orders and military exclusion zones now encompass 70% of Gaza, forcing the population to move repeatedly from one area to another. No part of Gaza has been spared from attacks.
The depletion of fuel supplies severely hampers desalination and water distribution. The remaining health facilities — already inadequate in both number and capacity for the population — continue to come under attack and are rapidly running out of medicines and other essential supplies.
Civilians have nowhere safe to seek refuge; patients are effectively sentenced to death; the right to asylum is non-existent; family reunifications are nearly impossible; and medical exit permits are exceedingly rare.
Among the victims are medical and healthcare personnel, hospital workers, and humanitarian staff who are targeted and unprotected, losing their lives in deliberate attacks.
- A permanent and enduring ceasefire is established.
- The blockade preventing Palestinians from accessing humanitarian aid is lifted immediately.
- Israel removes the blockade to allow the unrestricted entry and distribution of humanitarian supplies, including medicines, medical equipment, food, fuel, and water.
- Security guarantees are provided to enable humanitarian teams to operate freely in delivering essential medical and humanitarian services.
- Violence and the forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israeli authorities cease without delay.
- All restrictive measures hindering Palestinians’ access to essential services, including medical care, are rescinded.
- Safe and unimpeded access is ensured for individuals requiring medical care and humanitarian assistance, including patients and the wounded.
- Safe and unhindered access to fundamental supplies such as food, water, and healthcare facilities is guaranteed.
- Those wishing to leave must be able to do so safely, without jeopardizing their future right to return.
Signed by the following organizations:
- Γιατροί χωρίς Σύνορα – Ελληνικό Τμήμα
- Άρσις Κοινωνική Οργάνωση Υποστήριξης Νέων
- Γιατροί του Κόσμου Ελλάδας
- Ελληνικό Συμβούλιο για τους Πρόσφυγες
- Ελληνική Ένωση για τα Δικαιώματα του Ανθρώπου
- ActionAid Hellas
- Κέντρο Διοτίμα
- Ελληνικό Γραφείο Greenpeace/ Greenpeace Greece
- HIGGS – Higher Incubator Giving Growth and Sustainability
- Safe Passage International Greece
- Ελληνικό Φόρουμ Μεταναστών /Greek Forum of Migrants
- SolidarityNow
- INTERSOS Hellas
- Symbiosis-Council of Europe School of Political Studies in Greece
- Κέντρο Παιδιού και Εφήβου
- SAMS Ελλάς – Syrian American Medical Society ΑΜΚΕ
- Legal Centre Lesvos
- ΜΕΤΑδραση- Δράση για τη μετανάστευση και την ανάπτυξη
- Project Armonia
- ZEUXIS
- Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid
- Ελληνικό Φόρουμ Προσφύγων/Greek Forum of Refugees (GFR)
- HumanRights360
- The Home Project
- Κέντρο Ημέρας Βαβέλ/Συν-ειρμός ΑμΚΕ Κοιν. Αλληλεγγύης
- Δίκτυο Μέλισσα / Melissa Network
- Αλληλεγγύη Λέσβου
- Δίκτυο για τα Δικαιώματα του Παιδιού
- Samos Volunteers
- Σωματείο PRAKSIS
- Changemakers Lab
- Equal Rights Beyond Borders
- Irida Women’s Center
- Mobile Info Team
- ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΩ, Περιβαλλοντική Οργάνωση για την Άγρια Ζωή και τη Φύση
- YouBeHero ΑΜΚΕ
- Δίκτυο Προσβασιμότητας για Όλους/ες (Network for an Accessibility for All)
- Cotranspose ΑΜΚΕ
- Mazí Housing
- STEWARDS Αστική Μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία
- TEN MILLION HANDS Αστική Μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία
- ΚοινΣΕπ “Ζείδωρος”
- ΣΥΝΕΡΓΕΙΕΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΣΠΕΤΣΩΝ ΑΜΚΕ
- Σύλλογος “Νοσηλεία”
- Science United Project Μη Κερδοσκοπική Οργάνωση
- Inter Alia
- Πάνος & Χρυσηίδα βοήθεια στα παιδιά
- Artifactory
- “Μπουλούκι” – Περιοδεύον Εργαστήριο για τις Παραδοσιακές Τεχνικές Δόμησης
- Openous Αστική Μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία
- ECOGENIA – Αστική Μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία
- Liminal – Πρόσβαση στον Πολιτισμό
- ELIX
- ΑΝΤΙΓΟΝΗ – Κέντρο Πληροφόρησης και Τεκμηρίωσης για τον Ρατσισμό, την Οικολογία, την Ειρήνη και τη Μη-Βία
- DIVERSITY UNITED
- ΑΜΚΕ Ρόδακας
- Yoga and Sport with Refugees
- Τεχνοδρομώ
- Stagona
- Dråpen i Havet / Σταγόνα
- Refugee Legal Support
- Σχεδία-Κέντρο Παιδαγωγικής και Καλλιτεχνικής Επιμόρφωσης
- AMURTEL Greece
- Better Days Greece
- Πολιτιστικός Σύλλογος Οίας Σαντορίνης, ΠΟΛΙΤΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΙΑΣ
- Ελληνική Ορνιθολογική Εταιρεία
- Διεπιστημονικό Δίκτυο Ειδικής και Διαπολιτισμικής Αγωγής “Include”
- ΕΞΙΣ – ΣΥΜΠΕΡΙΛΗΠΤΙΚΗ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΧΟΡΟΥ
- ΙΣΟΝ ΘΕΑΤΡΟ-ΧΟΡΟΣ
- Πανελλήνια Ένωση Πιλότων
- Πρωτοβουλία Νέων
- ΠερίΑστρον
- Steps Αστική μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία
- Refugee Support Aegean – Υποστήριξη Προσφύγων στο Αιγαίο
- Bizrupt ΑΜΚΕ
- Europe Cares e.V
- Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Greece
- Common Ground Greece
- Δίκτυο Τέχνης και Δράσης, οι άνθρωποι με τα μπαλόνια
- Equal Legal Aid
- The Hives Project/Κυψέλες ΑΜΚΕ
- Women Do Business
- Αστική Μέλισσα
- Σύλλογος Βοήθειας Παιδιών – Lalibela
- Communitism – Ένωση Πολιτών για την Διατήρηση της Νεότερης Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς
- ECHO100PLUS
- Διεθνής Κοινωνική Υπηρεσία – Ελληνικός Κλάδος
- Οργανισμός Ανοιχτών Τεχνολογιών – ΕΕΛΛΑΚ
- Home-Start Ελλάς
- Περιβαλλοντική Οργάνωση iSea
- Σωματείο «Αντιμετώπιση Παιδικού Τραύματος»
- I Have Rights
- HIAS Ελλάδος
- Flying Cross Hellas
- CULTUREPOLIS
- Σώμα Ελληνικού Οδηγισμού
- Terre des hommes Hellas-Γη των Ανθρώπων
- Παιδικά Χωριά SOS Ελλάδος
- Vouliwatch
- WWF Ελλάς
- GIVMED
- Defence for Children In Greece (DCI Greece)
- We Need Books
- Το Χαμόγελο του Παιδιού
- Κίνηση Υπεράσπισης Δικαιωμάτων Μεταναστών και Μεταναστριών
- Κέντρο Στήριξης Οικογένειας
- Μαμαγαία
- We are Community
- Refugee Week Greece
- Περιβαλλοντική Πρωτοβουλία Κέρκυρας
- Βιο7νησα Eco7νησα
- Ελληνική Εταιρία Προστασίας της Φύσης (ΕΕΠΦ)
- MEDASSEΤ (Μεσογειακός Σύνδεσμος για τη Σωτηρία των Θαλάσσιων Χελωνών)
- Ithaca
- Σύλλογος Μερίμνης Ανηλίκων και Νέων
- Tandem
- Σπίτι Θηλασμού Μητέρα- Βρέφος-Οικογένεια
- Caritas Hellas