Inishowen Palestine Solidarity group plan vigil on 300th day of Genocide in Gaza

The Inishowen Palestine Solidarity group is asking people in the area to join them on Friday, August 2, on the Iron Bridge, Railway Road, Buncrana, at 4pm for a vigil.

“This Friday marks the grim occasion of the 300th day of the Genocide in Gaza, 300 unbearable days during which the Palestinian civilian population have been relentless bombed, murdered, maimed, forcibly evacuated and displaced countless times, shot at, tortured, lost whole families, and are now dying too in increasing numbers due to a policy of deliberate starvation by Israel blocking vital aid coming in,” event organisers say.

“Israel has killed at least 161 journalists and media workers, the highest number of journalists in any conflict, killed many hundreds of UN and other aid workers, teachers, athletes, health workers, women, and worst of all thousands of children, including babies and toddlers. Children killed are estimated at 20,000 or more at this point. And many children have suffered amputations of one or two limbs, at a rate of 10 a day, often in operations without any anaesthetics in severely damaged hardly functioning hospitals, according to the latest report by UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency).

“Israel has destroyed many hospitals, schools, universities, refugee camps, temporary so-called 'safe havens', bakeries, water treatment plants, water sewage works, homes, roads and more, every element of civilian infrastructure to the point that it has been estimated that it would take 80 years to rebuild (according to UN Development).

“ How many thousands of dead and decaying bodies lie as yet unclaimed under the rubble from the relentless mass bombings is unknown, but it will be another grim huge figure. All these horrifying statistics are evidence of Genocidal intent and practice?”.

“Every red line imaginable has been crossed by Israel. We can not and will not be silent about this.

“The International Criminal Court - the ICC - has issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as well as Hamas on charges of crimes against humanity.

“The Internal Court of Justice - the ICJ - has stated that Israel must immediately halt its military offensive, that the Occupation is illegal, that all settlers must be removed from the West Bank and the illegal siege of Gaza must be lifted, and that Israeli authorities have failed to comply with the provisional measures ordered by the ICJ to prevent genocide in Gaza. The UN Human Rights Council, Amnesty International, Oxfam, Trocaire and many other reputable human rights and humanitarian aid organisations have come out all stating that the Occupation of Palestine is illegal, that Israel is an Apartheid State, that Israel is guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity and in violation of International Law.

If you feel horrified, grief-stricken and outraged at this continuing Genocide perpetrated by the Israeli government against the Palestinian civilian population, and so many victims that are little children, please join us this Friday at 4pm in Buncrana.”