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Newry City Councillor Cathal King has congratulated organisers of the 25 Mile Great March for Gaza that took place on Saturday 7 June, and said that it was a powerful symbol of solidarity with the suffering Palestinian people.
The Councillor who has spent time in Palestine said “A heartfelt well done to the organisers for their incredible efforts in bringing this together, and to all those who lined the route to show their support.
"The 25 Mile March from Lurgan to Omeath was a peaceful and moving act of solidarity to the people of Palestine and a call for justice and humanitarian action.
"As the march arrived in Newry City, the scenes of support and unity outside the Town Hall were nothing short of inspirational”
Cllr King added “There is simply no limit to the cruelty Israel inflicts on the people of Gaza. Not content with perpetrating 19 months of genocide, massacring tens of thousands of Palestinians – mostly children, women and the elderly – Israel imposes a blockade of Gaza. The supply of food and vital humanitarian aid has been cut off to a people hanging on for dear life.
"The children of Gaza are being starved, exposed to disease, and left to perish. And we’ve seen those poor, frightened children on our screens – skin and bone. Their sunken faces and wide eyes looking out into the world to answer this simple question: Who will help us? Who will stop this?
"This is starvation forced upon an impoverished, refugee population with nowhere to go and no way out. This is the weaponisation of starvation against children, the sick and the elderly. The genocidal Israeli regime is sending a murderous message to the Palestinians – if the airstrikes don’t get you, if the IDF death squads don’t get you, if rampant disease doesn’t get you, then starvation will”."
Concluding Councillor King said “Israel’s war machine has some of the most sophisticated weaponry in the world, but the greatest weapon in its arsenal is the impunity gifted to it by the international community.
We stand with the vast majority of the people of Newry who call for an immediate end to the genocide in Gaza and urge world leaders to take swift action to protect civilians and ensure humanitarian access”.
