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RESOLVED
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1)   
That this Council notes that nearly a year on from
the start of the latest conflict in Gaza:
 
a)   
10,000’s of innocent men, women and children
have been killed or seriously injured. Many more are missing in the
debris of Gaza.
b)   
Gaza is being raised to the ground. There has been
indiscriminate bombing of refugee camps, medical facilities,
schools, places of worship of all denominations and the general
infra structure.
c)   
Aid is still not getting into Gaza in the quantity
needed due to interference by the Israeli Govt this has resulted in
widespread malnutrition and the remaining medical facilities
running without even the basic of medical supplies.
d)   
That the Israeli government is guilty of war crimes
and breaching International Humanitarian Law. Creating an Apartheid
State within the Palestinian Territories of Gaza and the West
Bank.
e)   
The International Court of Justice has declared the
situation in Gaza to be genocide
f)     
That many residents of Kirklees remain gravely
concerned about the ongoing situation in Gaza and wish to see an
end to the genocide in Gaza.

 
2)   
That this is Council calls on the Leader of the
Council to write to Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister to urge him
to;
 

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revoke licenses which allow the selling of arms and
military equipment to Israel until a time the Israeli Government
stops the on-going genocide in Gaza, ceases to occupy the
Palestinian Territories of the West Bank and Gaza, abides by the
IJC rulings and the numerous United Nations resolutions.
 

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lobby his Israeli counterpart to immediately allowed
in aid to Gaza unfettered by obstructions, in a bid to holt the
humanitarian crisis that is occurring within Gaza.
 

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all diplomatic channels at his disposal to call for
a ceasefire and the return of the Israeli hostages
 
3)   
That we ask that Kirklees Council where at all
lawful and practical to avoid purchases of goods from Israeli
companies illegally occupying the afore mentioned Palestinian
Territories.
 
4)   
That this Council commits to conducting a thorough
review of its procurement practices to ensure that goods and
consumables sourced from companies directly or indirectly involved
in the conflict are not used.”