Singer Charlotte Church will be present at a March for Palestine at Cardiff Central station this Saturday.
In contrast to previous Saturday protests, it will start at Cardiff Central Station at 12.30pm, before protesters march towards the Nye Bevan statue on Queen Street.
It has been organised by the Cardiff Stop the War and Cardiff Black Lives Matter, as well as the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
The event comes after a week when Israel admitted to firing live ammunition into a huge crowd of hungry Palestinians in northern Gaza on Thursday morning.
As reported by Al Jazeera, at least 112 Palestinians were killed and more than 750 wounded after Israeli troops opened fire on hundreds waiting for food aid southwest of Gaza City.
It the latest in a long line of massacres which experts have labelled genocide.
The March will be followed by a sharing circle with the Welsh singer Charlotte Church, who last weekend led a community choir in Bedwas, Caerphilly for Palestine. The choir sang Welsh and Palestinian songs, as well as South African anti-apartheid songs.
The singer led the crowd into a rendition of the chant “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free.” Following the event, the singer was attacked by supporters of Israel, who have tried to stop people using the chant by claiming it is antisemitic.
This charge has been batted away by Palestine campaigners, including Ms Church, who point out that the chant is about ending apartheid conditions for all Palestinians and that it is not going away.
“People are feeling so heartbroken about what is being allowed to happen to Palestine and her people,” Charlotte Church said after the event. “To be able to sing together, to voice our feelings as a collective is very healing for those of us involved, and I’m learning so much from Wendy and Côr Cochion, who have been singing for liberation for decades, and just feel completely honoured to be a part of it.”
Cardiff Stop the War called the protests a “March for freedom of Palestine” on Twitter/X.
This protest follows the recent vote by the Senedd not to consent to an “ill-conceived” UK Bill that would stop councils from boycotting countries, but specifically Israel, for moral or political reasons.
The Economic Activities of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill would limit the ability of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigners who have ramped up activity against Israeli-linked firms recently.
However the Bill was opposed by 33 MSs, compared to 14 in favour.
It is unclear what effect the vote will have on the implementation of the bill, given that the UK government will want to ignore it.
It is however highly symbolic and a sign of growing opposition to Israel finding a platform in mainstream politics.
The election of George Galloway in Rochdale on Thursday, who trounced both Labour and Tories on a pro-Palestine ticket, has also shown the scale of popular anger over Western support for the unfolding genocide in Gaza.
