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In wanting Mumsnet to help Judi Dench and Joanna Lumley

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GiantBranch · 08/01/2026 18:55

Last week, Israel banned 37 international aid organisations from operating in the strip, including Oxfam, Save the Children and Medicine Sans Frontieres (MSF). MSF delivers one in three of Gaza’s babies, and experts warn that immediate action must be taken to prevent a catastrophe.

It has prompted more than 100 leading members of the arts, including Dames Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Joanna Lumley, Sienna Miller, Suranne Jones and singer Paloma Faith, to sign a letter urging popular online platform Mumsnet to join them in demanding urgent government action ensuring maternity care is accessible in Gaza.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gaza-israel-baby-birth-judi-dench-letter-b2896981.html

International aid groups grapple with what Israel's ban will mean for their work in Gaza

Israel has revoked the licenses of more than three dozen humanitarian organizations, and now those groups are grappling with how that will affect aid operations in Gaza

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/israel-united-nations-norwegian-refugee-council-palestinians-doctors-without-borders-b2894091.html

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Upstartled · 08/01/2026 19:02

God, you'd think those bank balances united would have a better impact on maternity care in Gaza than hen-pecking a website to lobby the government with this project.

LVhandbagsatdawn · 08/01/2026 19:00

Aquarius91 · 08/01/2026 18:57

Horrifying. YANBU, I don’t know how anyone could disagree.

You'd think, but it's coming in from a fair amount of derision from the good women of FWR:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5472254-open-letter-mothers-appeal-to-mumsnet-ceo-justine-roberts

Wanting action on maternity aid of all things.... "Rude" and "cheeky fuckery" apparently.

Open letter: Mothers Appeal To Mumsnet CEO Justine Roberts | Mumsnet

^Mumsnet is a powerhouse, and your advocacy for the protection of women and children carries real political weight. With every Prime Minister since Da...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5472254-open-letter-mothers-appeal-to-mumsnet-ceo-justine-roberts

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GiantBranch · 08/01/2026 18:59

“The letter, organised by theatre director Cressida Brown and actor Juliet Stevenson CBE, said that the restrictions announced by Israel on 30 December are “catastrophic” for pregnant Palestinian women who are giving birth in “unimaginable conditions”.

At the same time, it highlights that four brand-new Mobile Maternity Clinics, each costing £75,000, and MSF, which had been responsible for delivering a third of all babies in Gaza, are being refused entry to the area.

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Aquarius91 · 08/01/2026 18:57

Horrifying. YANBU, I don’t know how anyone could disagree.