THE Royal Navy should sail to Gaza and deliver aid to its starving people, an MSP has said.
Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer told The Herald that the UK and European nations were "allowing" starvation to take place in the besieged enclave, adding that it was possible to "sail straight to Gaza" given that it lies on the coast.
Greer, who is currently standing in his party's leadership contest, said "there is nothing Israel could do to stop" the Royal Navy from sailing towards Gaza.
Greer told The Herald: "There is absolutely nothing stopping European nations from breaking the siege.
"If the British Navy sailed to Gaza right now, there is nothing Israel could do to stop them.
"We are allowing this starvation to take place. The aid could be put onto British naval ships and sailed to Gaza which is on the coast.
"We couldn't reach the West Bank without going through the territory of another country. If you wanted to get to Gaza through the Rafah crossing you would need to get Egypt to agree if you wanted to get to the West Bank you would need Jordan to agree, but there is nothing stopping us from sailing straight to Gaza to break the siege."
Greer has previously called on the Scottish Government to impose a full state boycott on Israel.
As revealed by The National, First Minister John Swinney said he is considering the proposals, which would see official guidance issued to businesses urging them to end trade with Israel.
Humanitarian organisations have previously tried to sail aid ships towards Gaza to break Israel's siege against the enclave.
More recently, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) sent its Madleen ship in June, which was intercepted by Israel while sailing in international waters.
The Madleen was carrying 12 people onboard, including Swedish climate and social justice campaigner Greta Thunberg and French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan.
The ship was seized by Israeli forces and the crew were taken to Israel, where they were detained before eventually being deported.
And in late July, the FFC's Handala ship was again intercepted by Israel in international waters after getting closer to Gaza than the previous mission.
The flotilla is made up of dozens of activists from 44 different countries and is believed to be the world's biggest maritime mission to break Israel's siege on Gaza.
The National has contacted the Ministry of Defence for comment.
