On 4 July, older Jewish women took to the streets of Hampstead and Highgate in London. Their aim was to highlight the shocking level of children that Israel has killed in Gaza since 2023.

Opposing Israel

The group, Jewish Peaceniks, has “been curating events to oppose” Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. And in their latest action, they stood with placards highlighting that the number of children in Hampstead and Highgate is similar to the number Israel has murdered in Gaza. The placards insisted:

Israel has killed… over 18,000 children in Gaza

About 18,000 children live… in Hampstead & Highgate

Imagine… this area… with no children

Stand up! Speak out! With us… who as Jews… say ‘not in our name’

Israel has killed or injured at least 50,000 children in Gaza since 2023. It has murdered, on average, around one child per hour, trying to terrorise Palestinians into leaving their homeland. The official death toll currently stands at around “57,418 people, including at least 17,400 children”. But this is likely to be an underestimation due to a strict documentation and verification process, which is all the more difficult because of the occupying power’s obliteration of the territory. The apartheid state is also starving children to death.

Back in 2014, Holocaust survivors and their descendants were already warning of Israel’s genocidal treatment of Palestinians. They said:

Genocide begins with the silence of the world.

And they added:

“Never again” must mean NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE!

Keep speaking out. Keep deepening understanding.

Jewish Peaceniks will host an event in London on 23 July at 6.30 pm. They will show “4 short films at ArtHouse Crouch End cinema… that span history from before the creation of the state of Israel to the present time”. The event page calls the screening an “opportunity to deepen understanding”.

This will be their “third fundraising screening for Gaza”. And they point out that:

All proceeds from the tickets will go to to REBUILD GAZA 24, a remarkable initiative spearheaded by British Dr Mohamed, who as well as serving as a medic in Gaza for sixteen gruelling months has been instrumental in setting up this life saving desalination centre in Gaza.

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By Ed Sykes

This post was originally published on Canary.