Gaza’s Starvation Blockade Exposes the
Hypocrisy of the West’s Leaders
It has been
a wonderful and quite unique week for Brighton PSC and activists. On Tuesday we met the yacht Freedom as it
sailed passed Brighton Marina and then on to Shoreham harbour where it docked. Groups of us rushed from the Marina in a
convoy of cars to the Kingston beach in Shoreham to see what seemed a tiny
little yacht, which was nonetheless too big to dock at the Marina.
a wonderful and quite unique week for Brighton PSC and activists. On Tuesday we met the yacht Freedom as it
sailed passed Brighton Marina and then on to Shoreham harbour where it docked. Groups of us rushed from the Marina in a
convoy of cars to the Kingston beach in Shoreham to see what seemed a tiny
little yacht, which was nonetheless too big to dock at the Marina.
On the
following two days we had stalls in the centre of town with members of the
Crewe. On Wednesday night we had a jam
packed meeting at the Friends Meeting House in Ship Street. Arriving late I had to go into public gallery
upstairs as all the seats had been taken downstairs. Some 130 people crammed in to pay tribute to
an international crew for the boat which had come from Bergen in Norway and
Gottenberg in Sweden.
following two days we had stalls in the centre of town with members of the
Crewe. On Wednesday night we had a jam
packed meeting at the Friends Meeting House in Ship Street. Arriving late I had to go into public gallery
upstairs as all the seats had been taken downstairs. Some 130 people crammed in to pay tribute to
an international crew for the boat which had come from Bergen in Norway and
Gottenberg in Sweden.
Perhaps one
question above all summed up what people felt.
‘Aren’t you afraid’ asked
someone in the audience. Here they were,
human rights volunteers soon to be pitted against the might of the world’s
armed bully par excellence. A state armed
to the teeth and proclaiming its ‘right to self defence’. The West’s racist Rottweiler, its teeth
permanently bared.
question above all summed up what people felt.
‘Aren’t you afraid’ asked
someone in the audience. Here they were,
human rights volunteers soon to be pitted against the might of the world’s
armed bully par excellence. A state armed
to the teeth and proclaiming its ‘right to self defence’. The West’s racist Rottweiler, its teeth
permanently bared.
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| social at the Verdict opposite the law courts in Brighton – Lloyd Russell-Moyle is 4th from the left in the back row |
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| Kingstone beach with the lighthouse at the back |
For 11 long
years a hermetic siege has been maintained for the crime of having elected the
wrong government in Gaza. Hamas, a
conservative Islamic group has been demonised as genocidal killers, ironically
enough by genocidal killers who make Hamas seem like a Sunday school picnic.
years a hermetic siege has been maintained for the crime of having elected the
wrong government in Gaza. Hamas, a
conservative Islamic group has been demonised as genocidal killers, ironically
enough by genocidal killers who make Hamas seem like a Sunday school picnic.
The
question summed up our fears that these brave men and women would experience
rough treatment at the hands of a military that does not hesitate to murder in
cold blood children and medics, as they fulfil the rulings of rabbis who say
that Palestinians, however young or old, are a legitimate target.
question summed up our fears that these brave men and women would experience
rough treatment at the hands of a military that does not hesitate to murder in
cold blood children and medics, as they fulfil the rulings of rabbis who say
that Palestinians, however young or old, are a legitimate target.
At themeeting a variety of solidarity messages were read out including from local MPs
Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour
MP for Brighton Kemptown and Keith Taylor, the Green MEP for the South-East who
posted a video message. There was only one
MP missing and that was the racist Progress ‘Labour’ MP for Hove, Peter Kyle.
On Thursday
we had a wonderful social with food and drink at the Verdict jazz club opposite
the law courts. Thanks to Roxanne and
all who helped make it such a success. It was also good to see Lloyd drop
in.
we had a wonderful social with food and drink at the Verdict jazz club opposite
the law courts. Thanks to Roxanne and
all who helped make it such a success. It was also good to see Lloyd drop
in.
On Friday
at 8.00 a.m. about 60 of us gathered to bid farewell to the crewe as they left
Shoreham for the last time for Spain. At
the end of July, in company with 3 other boats, Freedom will attempt to break
the blockade of Gaza. It is ironic that
Israel attacks BDS for being hateful and of course ‘anti-Semitic’ but their
enforced blockade is perfectly ok, even if they kill human rights volunteers as
happened with the Marvi Marmara some years ago.
at 8.00 a.m. about 60 of us gathered to bid farewell to the crewe as they left
Shoreham for the last time for Spain. At
the end of July, in company with 3 other boats, Freedom will attempt to break
the blockade of Gaza. It is ironic that
Israel attacks BDS for being hateful and of course ‘anti-Semitic’ but their
enforced blockade is perfectly ok, even if they kill human rights volunteers as
happened with the Marvi Marmara some years ago.
Below are a
few pictures
few pictures
Tony
Greenstein
Greenstein
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