Movimiento por la Paz, el Desarme y la Libertad (MPDL)

Activities

• As a member of the Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA), MPDL has been a signatory on numerous statements demonizing Israel.
• • • In October 2024, AIDA published a statement claiming, “Third States are obligated to prevent genocide, including stopping arms supplies or military assistance that could be used by Israel in such acts…and support investigations into these atrocities, and genuinely work towards an end of Israel’s illegal occupation.”.
    • In February 2024, AIDA was a signatory on a statement claiming, “The silence, and at times material support of Israel’s military by powerful nations, signals distressing complicity in Gaza’s deepening crisis. Whether through the transfer of weapons, diplomatic obstruction of resolutions, or silence, such actions have effectively granted Israel impunity. The harrowing situation in Gaza underscores the urgent need for governments worldwide to stop the supply of arms and ammunition used in these atrocities.”
    • In July 2023, AIDA published a statement that 12 people were killed during the July 2023 Jenin Operation. AIDA neglects to mention that 10 of those were members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Fatah, and al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. During the funeral procession, the bodies were wrapped in Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas flags. Following the withdrawal of Israeli troops, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh published a statement that “Palestinian resistance had taught a hard lesson to the enemy, and had made him suffer heavy losses.”
    • In November 2022, AIDA published a brief that called on the international community to “end[] the no-contact policy with Hamas.”
    • In November 2021, AIDA published a press release condemning the decision by the Israeli Ministry to designate six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations. According to AIDA, “The decision is a further erosion of civic and humanitarian space and stands to significantly constrain the work of the six organisations which have worked with the international community, including the UN, for decades, providing essential services to countless Palestinians.”
    • In May 2020, AIDA called for “third states, the EU, and its member states, to devise and publish an exhaustive list of countermeasures to adopt in order to disincentivise Israel’s annexation policies in the occupied Palestinian territory.”
• In May 2024, MPDL met with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares and called to “End arms trade with Israel.”
• In 2014, MPDL published a manifesto on the “genocide in Gaza,” alleging “war crimes and crimes against humanity” and condemning “the atrocious crimes against a defenseless population, as well as racist attacks carried out by the Israeli army, police and settlers against Palestinians from the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel.” MPDL calls to “Stop arms trade and military collaboration with Israel,” claiming that “Each weapon purchased by Spain from Israel is a proven weapon against the children of Gaza. Each weapon sold to Israel is a weapon that will be used against civilians in clear violation of International Humanitarian Law. Enough complicity.” The manifesto goes on to advocate “the ratification of the Rome Statute by the Palestinian Authority so that those responsible for war crimes against the Palestinian people can be brought to the International Criminal Court”; and to call for “the suspension of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Israel as a measure of pressure for this state to comply with international law” (NGO Monitor translation).
• Citing unnamed “international DNGOs [development NGOs],” MPDL alleged “an increase in acts of revenge against the Palestinian population amid the inaction of Israeli security forces who have prevented access to medical care for some of the wounded,” claiming without evidence that “Palestinian Red Crescent vehicles and equipment have been the target of more than 50 attacks by Israeli settlers and some members of the Palestinian health services have been victims of the violence of the Israeli police forces” (NGO Monitor translation).
• In October 2015, MPDL was a signatory on a call to the Spanish government urging them to demand that the Israeli government “Put an end to collective punishment of the Palestinian population” and “Ensure that Israeli security forces do not overstep the use of force and avoid the disproportionate use of lethal force as set out in the UN Basic Principles on the use of force and firearms by officials in charge Of enforcing the law.”