Middle East Urgent Plea: 28 Nations Unite for Immediate Gaza Ceasefire

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In a dramatic global appeal, 28 countries have united to demand the immediate cessation of hostilities in Gaza. This united front accuses Israel of inadequately providing humanitarian aid, insisting it comply with international laws. The initial message, issued on July 21, emphasised the dire suffering of Gaza's civilians and called for an end to the conflict.

 

The original appeal, signed by 25 nations, has now been expanded to include Greece, Malta, and Cyprus, as of July 22. The statement criticises Israel's aid strategies, describing them as dangerous and degrading. It insists Israel allow sufficient aid to reach Gaza and meet its humanitarian obligations.

 

Israel maintains that it supplies adequate assistance; however, international bodies continuously highlight shortages. Reports reveal severe malnutrition throughout Gaza, underscoring the ongoing humanitarian crisis. In response, Israeli spokesperson Oren Marmorstein claims the international appeal misplaces blame and fails to hold Hamas accountable.

 

The Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health recently reported that attempts to secure food resulted in the deaths of 81 Palestinians and the injuries of 150 others near the Gaza-Israel border. The Israeli Defence Forces acknowledge firing but refute the casualty figures, citing an ongoing review. Meanwhile, UNICEF reports that deaths from malnutrition have reached alarming levels.

 

The joint statement explicitly condemns the continued detention of Israeli hostages by Hamas. UNICEF urges Hamas to release the children and calls on all parties to agree to a ceasefire. The statement reflects international frustration, demanding a permanent end to the conflict while supporting ongoing mediation efforts by the US, Qatar, and Egypt.

 

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee criticised the joint appeal for misaligning pressure, suggesting that Hamas bears sole responsibility for Gaza's plight. His remarks fuel an already tense diplomatic atmosphere.

 

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, expressed grave concern over the deteriorating humanitarian conditions, highlighting the collapse of essential services. He urged all sides to prioritise civilian protection and ensure food and medical supplies reach those in need.

 

Pope Leo XIV reinforced global peace appeals, urging an immediate end to hostilities during a recent public address. His voice adds moral authority to international efforts aimed at ceasing the violence.

 

As the conflict persists, the global coalition of nations stresses the urgency of unrestricted humanitarian access into Gaza. Their call for cooperation encompasses international support for a political solution, open dialogue, and enduring peace.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from ABC News 2025-07-23

 

 

[Yagoda]

Yeah well there are hostages to rescue so continued shooting is fine. Cease fire upon a release of hostages and white flag

[gargamon]

Lock Netanyahu up in the Hague for the outstanding ICC charges and this whole mess would be over in a couple of weeks. 

[JonnyF]

Easy to say when it wasn't your young people slaughtered at a pop concert and it's not your people being held as hostages. 

[renaissanc]

Israel won't listen to the world while Hamas has the hostages and remains in power.  If Hamas remains in power, the problems won't end and Gaza will simply be destroyed again by another war (5) years down the road. It's up to the population of Gaza to stop the war. By supporting Hamas, they will have to live in poverty in ruined houses and with little food and water for many years to come.

[FlorC]

So some words from 28 nations.

 

Do something meaningfull like sanctions and boycots.

They do it against Russia , Iran and other countries , why not here ?

[WDSmart]

Count me in with the 28 nations demanding an immediate ceasefire! 😡

[gargamon]

6 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Easy to say when it wasn't your young people slaughtered at a pop concert and it's not your people being held as hostages. 

Rubbish. Netanyahu doesn't care about the killed people or the hostages. It's a land grab. It also ensures Netanyahu stays in power.

[loong]

39 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Rubbish. Netanyahu doesn't care about the killed people or the hostages. It's a land grab. It also ensures Netanyahu stays in power.

What land are they grabbing?

[koolkarl]

8 hours ago, gargamon said:

Lock Netanyahu up in the Hague for the outstanding ICC charges and this whole mess would be over in a couple of weeks. 

Wrong.  Lock up the billionaire Hamas leaders hiding in Qatari 5 star hotels who started this mess and want it to continue by refusing to release all hostages so as Aljazeera can broadcast more propaganda to convince a weak mind like yours.

[gargamon]

12 minutes ago, loong said:

What land are they grabbing?

Gaza

[gargamon]

2 minutes ago, koolkarl said:

Wrong.  Lock up the billionaire Hamas leaders hiding in Qatari 5 star hotels who started this mess and want it to continue by refusing to release all hostages so as Aljazeera can broadcast more propaganda to convince a weak mind like yours.

Got a link for that?

 

[Chris.C]

7 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Easy to say when it wasn't your young people slaughtered at a pop concert and it's not your people being held as hostages. 

Why don’t you mention the 17,000 children killed since Oct 7 massacre?

Why don’t you mention all the massacres by Israel BEFORE October 7?

Why don’t you mention the thousands of hostages in Israeli prisons(without trial!!!!!!)

Why don’t you mention the occupation, the blockade, the Apartheid?

 

The following highlights the disparity between Jews  And Muslims.

Muslims- 6 children, 3 women killed

Jews- 10 required medical treatment for shock and anxiety!

"As of noon on May 11th, the Palestinian Health Ministry had confirmed the killing of 25 Palestinians, including 6 children and 3 women. 64 Palestinians have been reported injured, including 21 children and 8 women. Some of the wounded are reportedly in critical condition.

As of noon on May 11th, according to the Israeli authorities, around 400 rockets launched from Gaza crossed into Israel. At least 25 Israelis were injured while running to shelters, 10 of which required medical treatment for shock and anxiety and 15 for light wounds."

 

 

https://www.humanity-inclusion.org.uk/en/military-operations-in-gaza-and-israel--a-worrying-impact-on-civilians-

Operation Shield and Arrow- MAY 2023

Previous Operations, that Israel's refer to as 'mowing  the lawn'. Who are the ones dying unproportionately?

1. Operation Rainbow

   • Date: May 2004

   • Killed: ~43–100 Palestinians

2. Operation Days of Penitence

   • Date: Sept–Oct 2004

   • Killed: ~104 Palestinians, 5 Israelis

3. Operation Summer Rains

   • Date: June–Nov 2006

   • Killed: ~400 Palestinians, 5 Israelis

4. Operation Hot Winter

   • Date: Feb–Mar 2008

   • Killed: ~112 Palestinians, 3 Israelis

5. Operation Cast Lead

   • Date: Dec 2008 – Jan 2009

   • Killed: ~1,400 Palestinians, 13 Israelis

6. Operation Pillar of Defense

   • Date: Nov 2012

   • Killed: ~167 Palestinians, 6 Israelis

7. Operation Protective Edge

   • Date: July–Aug 2014

   • Killed: ~2,251 Palestinians, 73 Israelis

8. Operation Guardian of the Walls

   • Date: May 2021

   • Killed: ~256 Palestinians, 13 Israelis

9. Operation Breaking Dawn

   • Date: Aug 2022

   • Killed: ~49 Palestinians, 0 Israelis

[malibukid]

7 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Easy to say when it wasn't your young people slaughtered at a pop concert and it's not your people being held as hostages. 

so starving thousands of kids and killing thousands of women and children makes it ok?  your pathetic

[malibukid]

35 minutes ago, koolkarl said:

Wrong.  Lock up the billionaire Hamas leaders hiding in Qatari 5 star hotels who started this mess and want it to continue by refusing to release all hostages so as Aljazeera can broadcast more propaganda to convince a weak mind like yours.

what University did you study middle east history at?  just curious 

[JonnyF]

2 minutes ago, malibukid said:

so starving thousands of kids and killing thousands of women and children makes it ok?  your pathetic

 

The only thing that's pathetic is your incredibly weak attempt at a strawman. 

 

Must try harder. 😄

[cooked]

I have witnessed in my short (77 years) life four or five "all-out wars to destroy Israel and the Jews" That was the declared intention, and they tried yet again. Yet again, they lost and now are whining (and lying in many cases) about it. Telling your neighbours consistently, that you want to kill them all doesn't help. These aren't UK politicians promising to make everything fine and dandy, this is absolutely the intention, not only of Hamas but of Islam. Not extremist Islam. Islam, read the <deleted> book sometime.

Erdogan: Speaking at Kanal D TV’s Arena program, PM Erdogan commented on the term “moderate Islam”, often used in the West to describe AKP and said, ‘These descriptions are very ugly, it is offensive and an insult to our religion. There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that’s it.”Source: Milliyet, Turkey, August 21, 2007

Over in neighbouring Syria, romantic looking Islamists wearing Keffiyeh scarves, so beloved by western idiots, are going from house to house slitting the throats of Druze and Christians, despite promises not to do so. Islamophobic? Try Christophobic and Judaeophobic for size. Just a quick video clip from Syria, where the Israelis are trying to protect the Druze (here being shot by noble Islamists who proudly send these clips back home for family viewing).

[angryguy]

2 hours ago, gargamon said:

Rubbish. Netanyahu doesn't care about the killed people or the hostages. It's a land grab. It also ensures Netanyahu stays in power.

Prove it

[Chris.C]

1 hour ago, cooked said:

have witnessed in my short (77 years) life four or five "all-out wars to destroy Israel and the Jews" That was the declared intention, and they tried yet again. Yet again, they lost and now are whining (and lying in many cases) about it. Telling your neighbours consistently, that you want to kill them all doesn't help. These aren't UK politicians promising to make everything fine and dandy, this is absolutely the intention, not only of Hamas but of Islam. Not extremist Islam. Islam, read the f***ing book sometime.

Erdogan: Speaking at Kanal D TV’s Arena program, PM Erdogan commented on the term “moderate Islam”, often used in the West to describe AKP and said, ‘These descriptions are very ugly, it is offensive and an insult to our religion. There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that’s it.”Source: Milliyet, Turkey, August 21, 2007

Shocking- you generalise an entire faith of over 1.9 billion people based on the actions of a few of the horrors of conflict. If you truly believe that telling your neighbours you want to kill them is unacceptable, then you must hold all sides accountable for dehumanising rhetoric and violent actions. That includes not just the likes of Hamas, but also settler violence, civilian bombings, hostage-taking, and collective punishment. These all fuel the same brutal cycle of fear, hate, and revenge. No one side has a monopoly on victimhood or guilt.

As for the idea that this is about “Islam” - that’s a dangerous and lazy generalisation. “Reading the book” isn’t enough. The Bible has verses about stoning people and slaughtering enemies. The Qur’an, like most sacred texts, can be interpreted peacefully or violently depending on who's doing the reading and why. But in reality, the vast majority of Muslims worldwide live peacefully, raise families, help their neighbours, and abhor the kind of violence associated with groups like Hamas or ISIS.

And speaking of war - I've studied International Relations for years, and in my 29 years I’ve never come across any so-called “all-out wars to destroy Israel and the Jews.” So please, do tell - which wars exactly are you referring to? And who declared them as wars of extermination?

The only war I can think of where Israel weren’t the aggressors was the 1948 where Arabs countries justifiably attacked Israel and according to my maths was the year you were born…my grandad is 77 and confused too, and we don’t let him near Facebook unsupervised.

[Chris.C]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

 

The only thing that's pathetic is your incredibly weak attempt at a strawman. 

 

Must try harder. 😄

Open your eyes man. The whole world is aware of Israel’s war crimes despite them not allowing international journalist into Gaza as they’ve so much to hide.

But little Johnny of Comat 18 knows better 😂 

[proton]

3 hours ago, WDSmart said:

Count me in with the 28 nations demanding an immediate ceasefire! 😡

 

Muhhamad wanted a ceasefire with Mecca after he was nearly killed in a lost battle with them, a 10 year truce. He spent the next three years building up his army and led a surprise attack defeating Mecca. Islamists use his conduct as their playbook. 

[Chris.C]

58 minutes ago, angryguy said:

Prove it

Finance Minster Bezalel Smotrich said Monday that bringing the hostages back from Gaza was “not the most important” goal of the government

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-says-returning-hostages-not-the-most-important-thing-sparking-fierce-backlash/

[Chris.C]

1 hour ago, cooked said:

Over in neighbouring Syria, romantic looking Islamists wearing Keffiyeh scarves, so beloved by western idiots, are going from house to house slitting the throats of Druze and Christians, despite promises not to do so. Islamophobic? Try Christophobic and Judaeophobic for size. Just a quick video clip from Syria, where the Israelis are trying to protect the Druze (here being shot by noble Islamists who proudly send these clips back home for family viewing).

 

 

[Yagoda]

4 hours ago, FlorC said:

So some words from 28 nations.

 

Do something meaningfull like sanctions and boycots.

They do it against Russia , Iran and other countries , why not here ?

Because we say so. Next.

[Yagoda]

1 hour ago, proton said:

 

Muhhamad wanted a ceasefire with Mecca after he was nearly killed in a lost battle with them, a 10 year truce. He spent the next three years building up his army and led a surprise attack defeating Mecca. Islamists use his conduct as their playbook. 

Yeah, watch the skies over Iran as they continue to mouth off.

[Thingamabob]

28 countries out of a world total of 195, not exactly a majority. Very few, if any, of Palestine's neighbours in support of this appeal.

[Chris.C]

9 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

28 countries out of a world total of 195, not exactly a majority. Very few, if any, of Palestine's neighbours in support of this appeal.

Tell me one country, out of the 195, apart from Israel that doesn’t want a ceasefire.

Which neighbors of Palestine don’t?

[Mike_Hunt]

When someone gives up the war between these two will end.   The people of Gaza are not working to build a nice society.  They are working to kill jews.   They made their bed, they can lie in. 

[Chris.C]

14 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Yeah, watch the skies over Iran as they continue to mouth off.

Iran are the winners in this Genocide, and China, just wait. Your country are the big loser.

[Mike_Hunt]

1 minute ago, ChristineC said:

Huh?
They are fighting for food and to stop the Jews taking their land. Please watch the news.

How did they make their bed?

The attacks on Oct 7th made their bed.  F the stupid people of Gaza.