Support for Gaza firefighters and paramedics

This Conference abhors and condemns Israel’s attacks on Gaza in July and August
2014, which killed over 2,000 people, damaged or destroyed thousands of buildings,
and further compounded misery in an area already suffering badly from Israel’s
continued illegal siege and collective punishment.

In the light of the attacks, ongoing siege and repression by Israel, this Conference
expresses its solidarity with the Palestinians of Gaza, and in particular the firefighters
and ambulance workers of the Palestinian Civil Defence Force in Gaza, who faced
death and injury from Israeli forces during the 2014 attacks while trying to perform
their duties, hazards no emergency service workers should have to endure.

This Conference agrees to pursue, as a matter of priority, ways of establishing direct
and meaningful links with the firefighters of the Civil Defence in Gaza, if possible in
association with unions representing UK ambulance workers, and to investigate and
promote practical ways to better publicise and support the needs of civil defence
workers in Gaza.