This Saturday 26 July, Aberystwyth will become the stage for one of Wales’ most powerful visual protests for Palestine. Hundreds of people from across the country will gather to hold a 500-metre ‘Red Line’ – a striking symbol of defiance against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its decades-long occupation of Palestine.

The Red Line: an international emblem against Israel’s genocide in Aberystwyth

The ‘Red Line’ is no ordinary banner. It’s an international emblem of protest, previously unfurled outside the White House, Westminster, and the Senedd. Now, it’s coming to Aberystwyth – to turn the town into a beacon of solidarity, resistance, moral clarity and a ‘Red Line’ against the genocide. The Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) from Bournemouth is providing the banner.

As governments and politicians continue to turn ignore reality – even in the face of rulings from the International Court of Justice and arrest warrants sought by the International Criminal Court – this grassroots action sends a clear message: we will not stay silent.

Wales ‘united in defiance – and in hope’

Over 60 Welsh organisations, including trade unions, faith-based, peace, environmental networks and Palestine solidarity groups, have united behind the call. From every corner of Wales, people are travelling to Aberystwyth to make history and demand justice.

Hannah Mann of Aberystwyth Palestine Solidarity Campaign said:

Every hand that holds the Red Line is united in defiance – and in hope.

Israel has crossed every red line imaginable – bombing civilians, razing hospitals, starving children. Yet our leaders remain silent. If our governments won’t draw the line, we will become it.

The Red Line symbolises the breaking point – not only for international law, but for our collective conscience. Wales’ First Minister and MSs now face a moral choice: If this is not the red line, what is?

This Saturday, Aberystwyth and Wales will stand with Gaza – loud, united, and uncompromising. Together, they will be the ‘Red Line’ against Israel’s genocide.

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By The Canary

This post was originally published on Canary.