Last week at the Sheffield City Council meeting Councillors debated the awful situation in Gaza. During the Public Questions section at the beginning campaigners made it very clear they wanted the Council to act. https://youtu.be/PS211hLSNnY Complicity with War Crimes Annie O’Gara said “In the last council meeting, a Green Counsellor listed UK support for Israel’sContinueContinue reading “Palestine motion passed by Sheffield City Council, but it fails to include any action points.”
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Sheffield Demands “Stop Starving Gaza”
A guest blog by Jon Cowley Every day in every newspaper and on every television channel people are bombarded with images of starving people and emaciated children. At least 133 have died of starvation in Gaza in the last few days, including 87 children. The World Health Organisation says that these numbers will start toContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Demands “Stop Starving Gaza””
Protesters commemorate Nakba day as Councillors gather for the AGM.
International Court rules it is plausible that Israel has engaged in genocidal acts against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
On the day of this important ruling, members of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid gathered at Sheffield Station. Hilary Smith pointed out that the UK is a signatory to the Genocide Convention. The finding puts a legal obligation on the UK and all states to cease funding and facilitating Israel’s military actions which are plausiblyContinueContinue reading “International Court rules it is plausible that Israel has engaged in genocidal acts against the Palestinian people in Gaza.”
