Green councillors and campaigners joined around 200 protestors in Maidstone to add their voices to the call for a ceasefire in Palestine. The latest violence has killed nearly 20,000 people in the region, a huge proportion of which are children.
Green Cllr Stuart Jeffery, who spoke at the rally, said, “We condemn Hamas’s action in October which has triggered the latest actions by Israel. The appalling response by Israel has resulted in 18,000 deaths so far, 40% of these were children.
“There is a humanitarian crisis unfolding in front of our eyes and even the UN’s General Secretary has called for international voices to call for a ceasefire. I was encouraging to see that so many people turned out today to demand a ceasefire.
“This is not a war against terrorists, this is a war against the people in Gaza. A war that must stop. There must be a ceasefire so that a plan for peace can be started.”
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Video of the end of Stuart’s speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbXk4gxGg8E
