Pembrokeshire Peace Campaigner Joins March to Gaza
Jim Scott ©Nigel Summerley
Pembrokeshire peace campaigner Jim Scott is in Egypt as part of the international Global March to Gaza.
The march involves more than 4,000 people from 54 different countries planning to walk through the Sinai desert to the Rafah border crossing with the aim of demanding a stop to genocidal killing and demanding that Israel re-opens the border to allow a humanitarian corridor to be established.
CND Cymru is supporting the humanitarian effort and has sent an official delegation to join the march aiming to reach Rafah by 15 June.
Scott and other campaigners have arrived in Cairo and plan to join the march today.
In an open letter to UK and Wales politicians, including Pembrokeshire Labour MP Henry Tufnell, Scott says:
“I am writing to inform you that as one of your constituents and as a citizen of the United Kingdom, I feel I must act where you have not acted, and take steps to prevent the further genocide in Gaza where your government has failed to do so.
“Worse, the UK government has been actively complicit and assisted the genocide by continuing to authorise RAF flights over Gaza for Israel and continuing to arm and fund them despite the confirmed slaughter of 60,000 innocent civilians
“As the British government and yourself have failed in your international duty and legal obligation to effectively oppose and prevent war crimes, ethnic cleansing and genocide in occupied Palestine over the last 19 months, I feel I have no choice but to take action myself.”
