We are mourning the loss of lives of thousands of people in Israel and in the occupied regions of Gaza and the West Bank over the past few weeks, and watch in horror as the violence continues to unfold. 
As a migrant rights charity, we call for an immediate end to violence leading to mass deaths and displacement. We condemn Hamas’ attacks on civilians, and the Israeli state’s response. As an anti-racist organisation, we further condemn all anti-Semitic and Islamophobic violence both overseas and here in the UK, and stand in solidarity and rage with all those impacted. 
This escalation in violence must be viewed within the historical context of the colonisation of Palestine, decades of violence against Palestinians by the Israeli state, and the illegal occupation of the West Bank and siege of Gaza. Fundamentally, Britain must acknowledge its complicity in issuing the 1917 Balfour Declaration and supporting Israel’s current assault on Gaza. 
We condemn…