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‘Red line’ Gaza protest that surrounded White House comes to Wales

11 Oct 2024 3 minute read
The ‘people’s red line’ surrounds the White House to demand an end to the Gaza conflict. Photo Diane_Krauthamer is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Martin Shipton

A half-a-kilometre-long piece of red fabric that protesters used to surround the White House is coming to Wales on Saturday October 12.

Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters are expected to march through Cardiff city centre this weekend carrying a symbolic ‘”red line” which has travelled from Washington DC.

The symbol was adopted after the US and UK governments told the world that Israel launching an all-out assault on Rafah in Gaza was their red line, and then allowed an assault to happen.

‘Arms sales’

The “From Cardiff to Palestine – We Are the Red Line” march assembles at 1pm on Saturday in Churchill Way. Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, is expected to address the march before it sets off. Protesters are calling for an immediate end to Britain’s arms sales to Israel.

Asma Saïdani, a sociologist and local parent said: “We will be highlighting the ways in which Israel has crossed red lines in order to perpetuate the genocide of Palestinians. It is crucial that the people of Wales join us in carrying the red line in order to show support and solidarity with the Palestinian cause. We must do everything we can, as a society, to oppose and reject all forms of oppression against the Palestinian people.”

Adam Johannes of Cardiff Stop the War Coalition said: “Our Red Line isn’t some empty slogan, but a symbol born from betrayal. When the US and UK promised Rafah was a line Israel could never cross, they lied.

“Now, Israel has ordered the forced displacement of 400,000 Palestinians from northern Gaza, targeting hospitals, food, even the press. This nightmare could end – if only the UK and US would cut the weapons supply to Israel and stand for humanity. The millions marching around the world for a Ceasefire Now must be the Red Line that Israel cannot cross.”

Rafah

Online publicity for the event says: “How many times have we heard of this so-called red line? Too many times, and every time a lie. The invasion of Rafah was a red line. The bombing of schools and hospitals was a red line. The murder of our journalists, doctors, and aid workers is a red line.

“We say no more for our government to decide what the red line is. We, the people, are the red line. We are here to tell the government that a genocide is the red line. Israel is committing a genocide, and if our government is too weak to call a red line, then we will.”

The key slogans of the march are “Ceasefire Now. Stop Arming Israel. End Apartheid. Freedom for Palestine”.

The protest march is supported by a coalition of groups including Cardiff Stop the War Coalition, Cardiff Palestine Alliance,Muslim Association of Britain, Black Lives Matter, Stand Up for Palestine, Palestine Solidarity Movement, Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign, South Wales Jews for Collective Liberation, Cymru Queers for Palestine, Caerdydd Students for Palestine and others.


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Margaret Helen Parish
Margaret Helen Parish
1 day ago

Lets remember the atrocities carried out by HAMAS, they were the aggressors!

A.Redman
A.Redman
1 day ago

.nobody can forget and neither should they
Total displacement of Palestinians and blocking journalists from reporting atrocities is not acceptable.UN workers should not be attacked and threatened.Proportunality is required but it would seem that Israel’s actions can only serve to bring all out war to the region. Why is the expansion of illegal settlements being allowed on the West Bank?
Any release of remaining hostages gets less likely. The more Netanyahu pursues his actions of telling people to move and when they do his forces attack them will do nothing to aid their release.

Aggie
Aggie
22 hours ago

And if Israel has gone after Hamas instead of ALL PALESTINIANS, people might have agreed with you. But they did not. They engaged and are still engaging in all out genocide

Susan
Susan
21 hours ago
Reply to  Aggie

If Hamas wasn’t using ‘ALL PALESTINIANS’ as a shield I might have agreed with you, if Israel wanted to commit ‘genocide’ they would have turned Gaza into nothing more than a skid mark on the face of the planet by Oct 10th 2023, stop making things up.

Robert Williams
Robert Williams
21 hours ago
Reply to  Aggie

Completely right, Aggie. Thanks.

Ian
Ian
1 day ago

Stop attacking Israel and peace will be a reality in the middle east. It really is that simple.

Aggie
Aggie
22 hours ago
Reply to  Ian

It really isn’t. And you start your “common sense innit?” With an outright lie

hdavies15
hdavies15
21 hours ago

I see Cymru Queers for Palestine have got involved. Will they venture to Gaza, West Bank or Lebanon to present their vision ? I think not. Just another bunch of posturing eejits. While on the subject of eejits isn’t it time the rest of the world told the entire mixed bag of nasty semitic nations and movements to wind their necks in ? Since WW2 all we’ve had is Jews and various Arab/Muslim groups engaging in confrontation. How much longer do we have to put up with this nonsense ? Maybe we should stand back and let them rub each… Read more »

Katrina Couper
Katrina Couper
2 hours ago

Ignorance is bliss for some but for those that want the truth laid out with facts not opinions history serves that purpose. This conflict did not start on 7th October 2023. Britain were the creators of the conflicts in The Middle East and beyond when we were the colonials. Now the Zionist Israeli Government are the colonials who are committing wars crimes in expanding their territory. Besides breaking international laws by stealing land from Palestine’s for nearly 100 long years.. Don’t be complacent by taking opinions as facts. Instead get the facts by reading history. BTW Britain is complicit in… Read more »

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