Public urged to take part in Vigil for Gaza on Derry's Peace Bridge
'Brigil' to take place on Friday, May 31 at 7.00pm
The Derry branch of the Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign have called on local people to support a 'Vigil for Gaza' on the Peace Bridge on Friday, May 31.
Spokesperson for the group Catherine Hutton explained that these vigils or 'brigils', as activists are calling them, are taking part on bridges across Ireland.
Ms Hutton said: "In every County in Ireland people will occupy bridges on Friday to show solidarity for Palestine.
"The Brigil in Derry will fittingly be on the Peace Bridge. We will once more raise our voices and call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
"The massacre of refugees in tents by the Israeli Occupation Forces this week and the pathetic ' apology ' by Netanyahu truly shows what a pariah state Israel is.
"It is outrageous that the British Government are still sending arms to Israel despite the ICJ and ICC rulings.
"How many dead Palestinian children will it take before the US, UK and EU finally take definitive action to stop the genocide?
"We ask the people of Derry to come out to remember the dead children of Rafah and to scream for justice.
"We must mourn the dead but keep on fighting for the living."
The DIPSC Brigil will take place at 7.00pm on Friday, May 31 on the Peace Bridge.