I hope you, your family, friends, staff and fellow citizens are very well.

I wish to respectfully share an urgent consideration for you and His Excellency, Mr. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly as he represents Egypt at the United Nations General Assembly convening now in New York.

As you know, the Prime Minister reaffirmed Egypt’s commitment to a safe and stable Middle East, and underscored the significance of the New York declaration to renew the international community’s commitment to the right of the Palestinian people to an independent state. Prime Minister Madbouly also stated that what is required of the UN delegates today is to take practical steps toward a lasting peace process.

As one of the many steps toward peace, will you and your key delegates find a way to join Turkey and other nations in securing safe passage of food, water, and medicine onboard the Global Sumud flotilla to Gaza? Their boats are approaching Egypt and Turkey today.

Of course meaningful protections against terrorism and ensuring national security in all countries must follow, but as mounting international evidence reveals, time has run out for civilians in Gaza as they struggle to escape death. Can we, as fellow human beings, narrow our focus and momentarily mute the politics to ensure the Sumud flotilla reaches shore without harm?

We’re no longer talking about humanitarian aid, if we were, we wouldn’t be mourning the tens of thousands of people, including 20,000 children, who have died for nothing. All we can claim to deliver now is survival aid, the bare minimum of water, food, and medicine, and a path forward for desperately needed emergency medical equipment and supplies, safe shelter, and reliable transport. For too many innocent people this is far too late, but for those who remain, with nothing left but dust, maybe this is enough for one more day. 

Without delay, please call on your partnerships in the region to ensure that the Sumud flotilla safely reaches Gaza.

With hope and gratitude,

Nancy Kivette

P.S. I hope you can pardon the avenue of this message; I tried to email through Share an Idea on the presidential website, but didn’t find the option for United States, thank you.