Nakba protest in Sheffield. “They tried to bury us, they did not know we were seeds.”

Dima explains the original Nakba, the ongoing Nakba and calls for the right of return to Palestine.

Peter from the Sheffield Labour Friends of Palestine explained why this organisation is now being dissolved. If you are still in the Labour Party please watch this video!

Maria from Chile Solidarity talks about the experience of refugees. She finished with a great quote from Dinos Christianopoulos. “They tried to bury us, they did not know we were seeds.” Our collective memory sews the seeds for future resistance and action.

Musheir spoke about how he supports the right of return of all people including Jewish people who came to Israel from countries like Morocco. Everyone should be able to return to the country where they were brought up if that is their wish.

Abdullah, aged 11, reads an extract from his writing about the original Nakba in 1948.

217 journalists have now been killed in Gaza. In this video, Musheir calls for the National Union of Journalists to take action in support of their fellow journalists in Palestine. And Leni speaks about the growing movement for peace within the Jewish community. This is the BBC report that Leni refers to. How can our Government sleep at night when they know they are actively supporting this genocide?

Annie talks about the Balfour Declaration. Did you know that Balfour said “In Palestine, we do not propose even to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present inhabitants of the country. Zionism, be it right or wrong, is more important than the wishes of 700,000 Arabs.” He couldn’t even give them the name Palestine. Annie updates us about some important future events in the near future. Then June speaks about the campaign to persuade South Yorkshire Pensions Authority to divest from arms companies currently supplying Israel to support the Genocide. Please sign and share the petition today.

Finally Siham speaks about the horrors faced by medics in Gaza, particularly Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital. She says “He is a living testament to the duty. He refused to abandon his patients to the very last minute. This was the last time Dr Hussam was seen in public, outside of the hospital, surrounded by rubble, surrounded by tanks, behind a destroyed hospital. He has been detained without trial or charge, subjected to unimaginable cruelty in military detention as we speak beaten shot with electric sticks, and blows to the chest, he is suffering from a medical condition called cardiomegaly. This is an enlarged heart. A form of heart failure and he has been denied medical attention.”

Finally, Siham speaks about the horrors faced by medics in Gaza, particularly Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital. She says “He is a living testament to the duty. He refused to abandon his patients to the very last minute. This was the last time Dr Hussam was seen in public, outside of the hospital, surrounded by rubble, surrounded by tanks, behind a destroyed hospital. He has been detained without trial or charge, subjected to unimaginable cruelty in military detention as we speak beaten shot with electric sticks, and blows to the chest, he is suffering from a medical condition called cardiomegaly. This is an enlarged heart. A form of heart failure and he has been denied medical attention.”

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