London: Christian campaigners to join national march for Gaza

Christians for Palestine will be gathering for prayers on Saturday 17 May, from 12.15pm at St John's Waterloo, before joining the latest National March for Palestine with other faith groups as it passes the church. The march ends on Whitehall.

The organisers write: "We will include in our prayers some video testimony from Palestinians living under occupation, and hope to have a speaker recently returned from the West Bank.

"It is now more than two months since the Israeli blockade of food and aid reaching the people of Gaza intensified meaning that Gazans are now at real and imminent risk of starvation. The famine has already claimed the lives of many children. Meanwhile bombing continues and our government continues to supply arms to Israel in support of this genocidal terror.

"On 15th May we commemorate 77 years since the Nakba - the Catastrophe - which destroyed Palestinian homes and communities and forcibly displaced the vast majority of Palestinians from their homeland. Palestinians need our solidarity more than ever.

"Please join us on Saturday 17 May from 12.15pm at St John's Waterloo. Bring placards, banners, loud voices and hope for a just peace in Palestine in our lifetimes, and an immediate end to the aid blockade. Gather at 12.15pm. Service at 12.30pm. March at 1pm."

Download placards and banners here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ffkZmfpSAa7vJK5fdIY0n_e4Zb80vhuX