LARGE-SCALE EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN TO END GAZA SIEGE

London, 26 Safar 1436/19 December 2014 (MINA) – The European Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza (ECESG) declared Thursday its intention to prepare dozens of events throughout Europe in coordination with a set of human rights institutions.

The campaign will start from December 27 until January 17 in commemoration of the sixth anniversary of Israeli aggression on Gaza in 2008\2009, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The campaign will kick off in a number of European countries in solidarity with the besieged Strip of Gaza and to demand the immediate opening of Rafah border crossing.

The campaign also calls for accelerating the Strip’s reconstruction, and to reopen its airport and port.

In its statement, the ECESG said that Gaza Strip suffers from very difficult human situations after witnessing three Israeli fierce aggressions and a tight siege that continued for more than eight years and still is in force.

The statement stressed the urgent need for an international intervention to relieve the plight of 1.8 million of people in Gaza Strip who are subjected to collective punishment.

Hundreds of solidarity events have been organized in dozens of European countries by the ECESG most recently was the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. (T/P008/P3)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)