"Please raise your voice for Palestine.”
Jeremy Corbyn, former Labour Party leader, talks about the global day of action, which several countries across the world have signed up for, anticipating worldwide marches which will take place on Saturday, demanding Israel end its bloody offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip.
Since 7 October, over 23,000 Palestinians have been killed, 59,000 wounded and more than 7,000 are missing - believed to be dead and buried under rubble.
The Israeli onslaught has devastated Gaza and pushed it to the brink of humanitarian disaster, with the population facing displacement, disease and the risk of famine.
In the midst of such disastrous circumstances, Corbyn stresses the importance of taking part in the global action in the UK and beyond, seeking to mobilise large demonstrations demanding a permanent ceasefire.
“We empower ourselves by going out together on the streets, whatever the weather, whatever the circumstances, to make a plea for peace, to make a plea for a ceasefire and peace and justice for the Palestinian people.”
South Africa in December filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, accusing it of genocide in its ongoing war on Gaza, and requested the court issue an interim injunction calling on Israel to halt its military operations in the besieged enclave.
The hearing is scheduled for 11 and 12 January, a day before the planned global protests.
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