Annie read from the speech given by live link from the West Bank to Meersbrook Park last weekend, when Dalia Ramadan spoke at the Small Park Big Run event.
“Peace to the souls of families who were erased from official records. Peace to the unborn babies and to the children who never got to chase their little dreams. Peace to the women the mothers the elderly the wounded and the brave who kept resisting no matter what. Salute to the orphans who lost everything yet still carry light in their eyes. Salute to those who remain trying to stitch new dreams from what is left of their broken hopes. In Gaza things happened that the human mind cannot believe. Things that no language can fully describe and no logic can ever explain. In Gaza where school was a childhood dream and university was a doorway to ambition the future was erased. More than 800,000 students were denied their right to education
Schools, universities, libraries every corner that once gave hope to a child or a dream to a young person was destroyed. Yet from under the rubble, Gaza continues to teach the world what resilience means. Despite all the losses, there are still people in Gaza who believe that tomorrow belongs to us. Despite the pain, Gaza’s voice will remain louder than all others and more honest than any speech. Gaza does not raise a white flag. Gaza raises the flag of truth, the flag of life, the flag of freedom. Gaza, peace be upon you for as long as we have a heartbeat that knows the meaning of dignity.”
Julie introduced Amjad, from Nablus, which is twinned with Sheffield.
Hils spoke about the moves to proscribe Palestine Action.
The two petitions she spoke about are here.
Defend the right to protest (PSC) nearly has 40,000 signatures.
Don’t proscribe Palestine Action (Change.org) has more than 10.000 signatures.
The film is this Sunday. Details here.
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