The Wales Green Party is steadfast in its support for the rights of Palestinians. Greens all over the world uphold the basic human rights of freedom of speech, security, food, water, and in the case of Palestinians the right not to be forcibly driven from their homes under bombardment.
Pippa Bartolotti, Wales Green Party leader said,“The British Government has shamefully shirked any responsibility over the matter of Palestine for 77 years, and stand silent whilst the sands of Gaza once again turn red with blood. It was the British who abandoned Palestine in 1947, leaving it to become the world’s first state invented purely for religious purposes, and born in bloodshed. It was the British who consistently turned away from helping the unarmed inhabitants of Palestine, and it is about time the British Government took responsibility and led the pathway to peace.”
Several polls indicate that Israeli public opinion is shifting against its government's continued military response and occupation, and the UN Secretary General is calling for a renewed commitment to a two-state solution.
The Wales leader added, “The siege on Gaza is inhumane and counterproductive. It must be lifted now”
Pippa Bartolotti was one of the people who broke through the Gaza blockade in 2010, and has seen for herself the hardship and deprivation of life under Israeli siege. On a subsequent visit to Bethlehem on the West Bank, she was imprisoned in Givon Jail, Israel.