‘We won’t be silent as Israel starves Gaza’. Protest on Hastings seafront, 2 May 2025. Photo: Hastings & District PSC
‘We won’t be silent as Israel starves Gaza!’
On 2 May members of Hastings & District Palestine Solidarity Campaign (HDPSC) and Hastings Jews for Justice took over the roundabout outside Hastings Borough Council’s offices to bang empty pots in an hour-long protest against Israel’s deliberate policy of starvation in Gaza. Katy Colley, chair of HDPSC, explains why they took this action.
More than a million children are at imminent risk of death as Israel has blocked all aid entering the strip for more than 60 days.
On Thursday the UN released a statement calling on Israel to immediately lift the total blockade which means that not a single piece of bread or a bottle of water has entered the strip in two months.
‘We won’t be silent as Israel starves Gaza’. Protest on Hastings seafront, 2 May 2025. Photo: Hastings & District PSC
The statement read: ‘International law is unequivocal: As the occupying power, Israel must allow humanitarian support in. Aid, and the civilian lives it saves, should never be a bargaining chip.
‘Blocking aid starves civilians. It leaves them without basic medical support. It strips them of dignity and hope. It inflicts a cruel collective punishment. Blocking aid kills.’
Since Israel’s latest blockade began on 2 March, more than 65,000 children have been hospitalised in Gaza due to severe malnutrition.
Children are dying
Children are dying from malnutrition and we are watching it happen in real time. The appalling images coming out of Gaza are a call to action. The UK must stop arming Israel and introduce sanctions now.
This unbearable cruelty and collective punishment stains the conscience of the world.
We refuse to be silent as children are starved to death. Whoever you are and wherever you are, we urge everyone to stand up, speak out and use your voice to end this monstrous crime.
HDPSC will be staging a second ‘Empty pots’ protest on Friday 9 May. Meet 8.30am outside Muriel Matters House, Breeds Place, TN34 3UY.
Hastings & District Palestine Solidarity Campaign: hastingspalestinecampaign.org
‘We won’t be silent as Israel starves Gaza’. Protest on Hastings seafront, 2 May 2025. Photo: Hastings & District PSC
‘We won’t be silent as Israel starves Gaza’. Protest on Hastings seafront, 2 May 2025. Photo: Hastings & District PSC
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