Maria Vamvakinou pays tribute to the resilience and support shown by her constituency towards the people of Gaza, calling for an end to the killing.
The war in Gaza has touched members of my constituency profoundly, both those who have directly had family members killed and those who are appalled and distressed by what is happening there. I want to pay tribute to the extraordinary resilience of those who, despite their losses and profound feelings of grief, have come together to comfort each other and to rally behind the people of Gaza . They have become the voice of those engulfed by this catastrophe.
They have built support networks and embraced with compassion those who have come to our electorate from Gaza. I pay tribute to the organisations who stepped up 166 days ago calling for a ceasefire, for their advocacy, offering prayers and holding community vigils: Ilim College, MyCentre, Islamic Community Milli Gorus and the countless others in my electorate, from across communities, who are doing inspiring work and are deserving of our recognition. This killing has to end. The children and other people o
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