Scotland must raise its voice for those being starved and silenced

"Right now in Gaza, parents are watching their children waste away in front of their eyes. Families are foraging for leaves to eat. Mothers are burning clothes just to cook scraps of food. This is starvation by design and it must end.

“When the First Minister meets President Trump, he must speak with moral clarity and demand urgent action. That means pressing for an immediate and permanent ceasefire as well as the release of all hostages and unlawful Palestinian detainees. It also means the lifting of the siege, and the safe, sustained flow of aid into and across Gaza. Air drops are not a solution, they’re a spectacle: only land routes can deliver what’s truly needed.

“The First Minister must also keep up pressure on the Prime Minister to halt UK arms sales to Israel. It is unconscionable for Britain to condemn this suffering while profiting from it.

“This is one of the worst hunger emergencies of our time: entirely man-made and preventable. Babies are dying of hunger while food trucks sit just miles away. Scotland must raise its voice, clearly, courageously for those being starved and silenced.”