LOCAL MP SIGNS STATEMENT BACKING CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN MIDDLE EAST

Sandra Osborne MP is among a group of MPs who have issued a call for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East.  56 MPs have signed the statement so far, which was published in the Guardian newspaper on 26th July.

The statement calls for an immediate cessation to violence by all sides, for the release of unlawfully held prisoners by Israel, Hezbollah and Palestinian militias, and for the realization of the two state solution in Israel and Palestine.