08/10/2024
Today marks a day of mourning and collective grief for Palestinians, both in Palestine and throughout the global diaspora, whose loved ones have been lost or killed as a result of the unprecedented levels of violence which the Israeli regime began to perpetrate against Palestinian’s in its latest onslaught of systemic aggression and injustice.
Earlier today, members of Amnesty International at York stood in solidarity yorku’s Vigil For Palestine, and gathered with many members of the York University community, to pay tribute through poetry, art, speakers and collective grief.
As we engaged in collective reflection on the latest onslaught of Israel’s colonial aggression on the homes of Palestinian people, the unlawful violence carried about by the IDF, and it’s cruel system of apartheid, which has created a devastating humanitarian crisis.
While we reflect on this present moment, we are also reminded of Israel’s long-standing human rights abuses not only of Palestinians, but also toward the people of Lebanon, where Israel launched a ground invasion, that resulted in the death of more than 2,000 people whilst displacing approximately 1 million people in only 3 weeks, through carpet-bombing in Beirut.
One year on, we reaffirm our demands from justice and accountability from the respective authorities at national levels, and those within the international community, so as to ensure the protection of all civilians, and to guarantee the right to live freely and safely for everyone.
Humanity must prevail.
