Take action: Demand your MP takes a stand on Gaza

30 Jun 25 | 04 Jul 25

Take action: Demand your MP takes a stand on Gaza

Hospitals, healthcare workers and patients are not a target.

Attacks on them are attacks on humanity. And that crosses a red line.

In Gaza, 12 staff members of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have been killed since October 2023. The hospitals we work in have been repeatedly bombed. Yet the UK's response has been deafening silence.

The UK Government has the political, economic, and diplomatic means to put real pressure on Israel to stop this assault. These tools can be effectively mobilised in defence of international law and to protect healthcare, to protect civilians, and to put an end to this crisis.

Destruction inside Nasser Hospital following an Israeli attack, 13 March 2024

That’s why we’re asking you to write to your MP to ask them: Where is their red line? When will they speak up and push the UK Government to prevent more atrocities?

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What’s happening in Gaza has long crossed a red line. Hospitals have been bombed, children and civilians have been killed, and life-saving aid has been held at the border, blocked from getting to those who so urgently need it. Gazans who attempt to get supplies food from US-Israeli militarised aid distribution sites have been gunned down as they try to feed themselves and their families.Israeli authorities have acted with impunity and flouted international law. They have targeted the very people and places who are supposed to be protected: doctors, nurses, children, schools, water supplies, bakeries, journalists, civilians.Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff have documented these repeated attacks at gazainsidethewar.com. But the violence only continues to escalate.Despite the overwhelming evidence of violations of humanitarian law, the international community has failed to stop this death and destruction. And the UK Government – as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, ally to Israel, and global leader – has failed to take meaningful action and uphold its moral or legal obligations to prevent further loss of life.If you have spoken out against what is happening in Gaza, please let me know what else you are doing to push the UK Government towards meaningful action to end these atrocities.If you haven’t spoken out – where is your red line? What else must happen for you to speak up?

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What should the UK Government do for International Humanitarian Law?

Speak out against attacks on healthcare – clearly and without delay

The UK Government must take a firm and immediate stand against all attacks on healthcare services, staff, and patients.

Any delay or silence sends the wrong message – eroding respect for medical neutrality and emboldening further breaches of IHL. Each attack should be met with a strong, public condemnation.

Challenge the manipulation and distortion of the interpretation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for political purposes

The UK Goverment must take a firm and principled stance in rejecting the deliberate misapplication and erosion of fundamental IHL principles, including:

When there are unjustifiable claims that hospitals and medical facilities have lost their special protection under IHL
When civilians are unjustifiably labelled as fair military targets or acceptable collateral damage
When impartial humanitarian assistance is used as a weapon of the conflict

Such distortions not only weaken IHL but also endanger those it is designed to protect. The UK has both the authority and responsibility to defend its integrity.

Uphold and defend the core principles of International Humanitarian Law

The UK should lead in defending the core principles under IHL – which protects civilians, hospitals and the sick from being attacked.

We urge the Government to defend the integrity of international humanitarian law and reject any attempts to dilute its purpose or protections.

Take action: Demand your MP takes a stand on Gaza