Why it matters:
Continuous exposure of the Israeli regime’s aggression in Gaza and the resulting loss of life has heightened global awareness. Activists who stand in solidarity with Palestine continue to face repercussions for their advocacy.
What’s happening:
A crowd gathered in Westminster for a remembrance event honoring Palestinians killed during nearly three years of ongoing violence. A children’s choir performed poems and songs expressing solidarity with Palestinian families and children who lost their lives in the conflict. Elders recited a group song titled “The Olive Tree,” drawing attention to the restrictions imposed on Palestinian farmers during the olive-harvest season.
Key speaker:
Shahmina Alam, sister of Kamran Ahmad of the Filton24 group currently on hunger strike, delivered the keynote address.
She described her brother’s deteriorating health, saying he has become “like a paper clip in a paper bag.”
Ahmad is on day 35 of his hunger strike and has been hospitalized twice.
Eight hunger strikers are now approaching 42 days without food.
More of the event:
Participants observed two minutes of silence for Palestinian victims and those engaged in activism, including the Filton24 prisoners.
The crowd chanted slogans calling for an end to the violence and urging the UK government to meet the hunger strikers’ demands.
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