The League of Parliamentarians for al-Quds and Palestine affirms that the third year of the genocide war in Gaza reveals the failure of the international system and calls for urgent action

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The League of Parliamentarians for al-Quds and Palestine affirms that the third year of the genocide war in Gaza reveals the failure of the international system and calls for urgent action

 As Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip enters its third year, the League of Parliamentarians for al-Quds and Palestine affirms that the killing, starvation, displacement, and widespread destruction witnessed during this bloody period are not a mere passing war, but a full-fledged crime of genocide committed before the eyes of the world amid a troubling international silence and the blatant complicity of major powers.

Since October 7, 2023, the number of martyrs has reached approximately 67,173 Palestinians, including more than 20,179 children, while thousands remain missing, with bodies under the rubble or their fates unknown, according to figures announced by the Government Media Office in Gaza.

The number of medical personnel martyred stands at 1,701, with 362 detained under conditions of arrest and enforced disappearance and deprived of their human rights. Meanwhile, 25 out of 38 hospitals have gone out of service, while 13 hospitals continue to operate only partially and under dire conditions, in addition to the destruction of 103 health centers.

Famine levels in the Gaza Strip have worsened to dangerous thresholds according to UN classifications, with 460 recorded deaths due to starvation and malnutrition, including 154 children, while 51,196 children under the age of five continue to suffer from acute malnutrition.

These horrifying figures offer a living picture of the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. They reveal that the genocide has not only exposed the extent of suffering, but also laid bare the failure of the international system and its institutions, which are now invoked when needed to serve the interests of major Western powers, legitimize the occupation, and act as instruments in their hands—chief among them the United States and Israel.

Although international law and the United Nations affirm the right of peoples to self-determination and self-defense, the Palestinian people have been left alone to face the machinery of war.

The continuation of this horrific war into a third year is a stain on the conscience of the international community and must serve as a catalyst for real change in the global order—beginning with supporting the Palestinian people and their inalienable right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.

What we are witnessing today—shifts in global public opinion, an awakening of the world’s conscience, and courageous positions by a number of free states and parliaments—is encouraging, but remains insufficient unless coupled with concrete steps to stop the aggression and hold the occupation accountable, so that its crimes cease and the international system regains some measure of credibility.

The League affirms that the Palestinian response is the result of Israel’s ongoing assaults on Al-Aqsa Mosque, the seizure of Palestinian land, the provocation of Palestinian sentiments, the intensified Judaization of occupied Jerusalem, and the continued imposition of a severe blockade on the Gaza Strip since 2006—which has caused catastrophic suffering in the Strip. These causes persist to this day and are worsening.

Accordingly, the League calls for:

• Free parliaments around the world to intensify pressure on governments to stop the war immediately and lift the blockade on Gaza.

• International institutions to declare what is happening in Gaza a genocide and to take binding measures to hold the occupation accountable.

• The international community to recognize that allowing matters to continue as they are will render what we witnessed over the past year only a small sample of what is to come, and that immediate intervention to deliver justice to the Palestinian people is the true test of the credibility of the entire international system.

Today, we face a historic test: either we allow matters to deteriorate—making what we have seen merely a preview of what lies ahead—or we act urgently to deliver justice to the Palestinian people, to stop this inferno, and to restore dignity.

The League of Parliamentarians for al-Quds and Palestine
Tuesday
October 7, 2025