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Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:38 |
In what looks set to be an emotional rally in Manchester protesters will lay 1,000 shoes in front of Manchester Town Hall as a mark of solidarity and remembrance with 1000 Palestinians killed in Gaza.
Children's shoes will represent the children and babies killed.
Chris Davies Northwest MEP just back from Gaza will give an eye witness report at the rally.
The MEP from Stockport has just returned from the Rafah crossing, on the Gaza Egyptian border.
He will speak at the Manchester Rally for Gaza in Albert Square from 2pm Sunday 18th January.
Reporting on his visit to Gaza with a delegation of five MEP's Chris explained that while he was there the ceasefire was punctuated several times by Israeli shelling near the UN shelter he was visiting. "The earth shook each time and the explosions frightened me but many of the children in the shelter seemed to regard them almost as part of everyday life because they were 600 metres away," he said. In the European Parliament the LIb Dem MEP recently accused Israel's leaders of being 'war criminals'. What they are doing is 'evil, pure evil' he said in an angry speech.
This view is shared by Labour MP for Gorton, Sir Gerald Kaufman who in the recent parliamentary debate condemned the Israeli leadership as "mass murderers and war criminals".
As Israel steps up its attacks shelling a media centre, a hospital and now the UN compound with white phosphorus, organisers expect a large turnout.
Dr Aziz who helps organise the daily vigils for Gaza held outside the BBC in Manchester said, 'the time for words have passed, now it is time for action.'
Stop the War, who have organised the 'Rally for Gaza with Shoes', are demanding Britain expel the Israeli ambassador in London, and bring back our Ambassador from Tel Aviv.
'Britain must selling arms to Israel' said Mark Krantz, Convener of Stop the War in Manchester.
'We will place the shoes in front of the Town Hall to send a clear message to political leaders Gordon Brown and David Miliband to act now to stop the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel must be made to stop."
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Last Updated on Saturday, 17 January 2009 01:17 |
