I have a free day and warm weather forecast and yet I feel ineffably depressed.
How can it be that the governments of the western world are still just making statements, and NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE, such as imposing swingeing sanctions on the terrorist state of Israel.
How many more Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank have to suffer violence or starvation or die, before politicians actually DO something? Soon it will be too late.
Meanwhile I am in awe of all those brave protesters, facing certain arrest, who silently sat with placards in Parliament Square on Saturday to demonstrate against the genocide, and for the right to protest, and against the proscription of Palestine Action (a non violent protest group trying to stop the genocide.)
Meanwhile, not reported in the press was another London demo against the genocide, which was supported by 100,000 people, according to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, who organised it.
I had considered travelling to London to go on this but in the end I decided to donate my train fare to Medical Aid for Palestinians, and a tenner to PSC. These demonstrations have been going on in London at least every two months since October 2023, and they are seldom reported in the press. I decided that going on the one on Saturday would make me feel better, but it wouldn’t do anything to help the cause.
My friend Michelle said she was also going to donate her fare but her plans changed and she was a short trip away so she decided to join the demo. Here is a photo of her to brighten up this gloomy blog.
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