At the 2023 National Conference of Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall, held in Truro on Sunday, party members and supporters debated the dreadful violence that has happened in Israel and Gaza in recent weeks.

The decision of the gathering was to call for an immediate ceasefire and the following motion was agreed.

This Conference:

(i) Condemns the horrific killings by Hamas and the taking of hostages on October 7.

(ii) Condemns the horrific attacks on Gaza and its civilian population by Israeli forces.

(iii) Calls for the urgent release of all hostages and an end to the siege of Gaza to allow vital supplies of food, fuel, medicine and water to reach the civilian population.

(iv) Notes the growing calls for a humanitarian ceasefire from the United Nations and its aid agencies.

(v) Calls for an immediate ceasefire.