Portsmouth locals at national march for Palestine

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Portsmouth locals at national march for Palestine on the 11th of November

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00:20 - I'm Philip Sampson.

00:46 I'm here today because I'm a Christian.

00:49 And I think my Lord is not,

00:52 well, he asked his disciples to bless the children,

00:56 not to slaughter them.

00:58 So even if I was in any doubt in the first place

01:01 about what's going on,

01:02 I'm

01:04 duly bound to follow my Lord.

01:09 So that's why I'm here today.

01:10 - As-salamu alaykum.

01:13 My name is Iqbal Shah.

01:15 And the reason why we are here is to show that

01:18 we love peace across the whole world.

01:21 And we want peace.

01:23 We don't want any hatred.

01:25 We don't want any hatred against anyone.

01:27 And we would like to show Swela

01:29 that we are there for a peace march,

01:31 not for a hate march.

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01:38 (crowd chanting)

02:01 - I'm Cleo.

02:04 We're at the National March for Palestine in London.

02:09 I am Jewish.

02:10 And I'm the great-granddaughter of Holocaust survivors.

02:15 And as a descendant of Holocaust survivors,

02:20 I feel like it's my duty to be here

02:23 standing against genocide,

02:24 standing against ethnic cleansing,

02:26 as I would have hoped anyone would have done

02:29 for my family in the 1940s.

02:34 I also, it's my duty to be here as a Jew

02:37 to stand against,

02:39 to stand with my Palestinian brothers and sisters.

02:42 We are all the same,

02:43 and there's more that separates,

02:45 there's more that unites us and separates us.

02:47 And yeah, I'm just here to show my solidarity.

02:53 And yeah.

02:54 I think there's been a lot of fear

02:57 and a lot of divisiveness drummed up by our politicians.

03:03 I also think that,

03:05 I don't feel unsafe here.

03:06 I feel very safe.

03:07 I'm standing with people that all share my same beliefs.

03:11 But I do think there's a huge divide

03:12 in the Jewish community.

03:14 And it is literally a drumming up of fear

03:18 and our grief being weaponized against us

03:23 to stand against things that we should be standing against

03:26 and condemning things that we shouldn't be condemning,

03:31 like not marching against the genocide.

03:34 It's craziness.

03:35 So yeah, I don't feel,

03:37 I feel 100% safe.

03:39 I'm standing with my,

03:41 you know, all different people from all walks of life,

03:44 and we all are safe here.

03:46 - My name is Michael Kalmanovitz.

03:50 I'm a member of the International Jewish

03:53 Anti-Zionist Network here in the UK.

03:56 And we're here in London on this huge march for Palestine.

04:01 And we are glad to be here.

04:03 We are determined that Israeli genocide

04:07 of Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza,

04:10 should not be allowed.

04:12 We must stop it now.

04:14 And in fact, we have an open letter

04:17 to other Jewish people called,

04:20 Jews Say No to Genocide.

04:22 And that's a lot of us right now.

04:24 Thousands and thousands of Jewish people

04:26 are coming out for Palestine in London,

04:29 in New York, and elsewhere.

04:32 And we're proud to be out supporting Palestine.

04:35 And the issue of whether we as Jewish people feel safe,

04:39 of course we feel safe.

04:42 And of course, people who support genocide

04:44 of whatever religion or no religion should not feel safe.

04:48 Genocide is not to be supported by anyone

04:51 with a conscience and a heart.

04:53 - Not in our name!

04:54 - Not in our name!

04:56 - Not in our name!

04:57 - Jews against genocide!

04:59 - Jews against genocide!

05:01 - Hi, I'm Netanel Ben-Yaden.

05:03 We're here with the Jewish block.

05:05 There's thousands of us, at least three to 5,000.

05:07 I'm specifically with the Black Jewish Alliance.

05:09 And we're here in solidarity with all the people

05:11 in Palestine who are being bombed.

05:13 And it's outrageous and it's not being done in our name.

05:16 We want to make sure that people see that we're visible.

05:19 Black Jews, the whole of the Jewish block.

05:21 I'd say there's thousands of us here in solidarity.

05:23 We're here because of humanity.

05:25 And it's not just about peace, we want liberation.

05:29 - Yeah!

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