Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos is among the speakers at this Saturday’s national demonstration for Palestine in London.
Stephen, who survived the Holocaust as a child in Budapest and is one of the few remaining direct witnesses to the horror will be joined by Irish MEP Clare Daly and Gary Younge, writer and sociology professor at Manchester University, with other speakers to be announced soon.
Along with his son Peter, and a number of other children of Holocaust survivors, Stephen is a regular figure on the pro-Palestine marches, often as part of the ever-growing Jewish bloc.
Saturday’s protest will again see hundreds of thousands on the streets of central London in solidarity with the Palestinian people demanding a ceasefire and an end to the supply of arms to Israel. It is the 12th national demonstration and will be assembling in Parliament Square, ending with a rally in Hyde Park for the first time in this cycle of marches.
Chris Nineham, Stop the War Coalition vice-chair said: “As a ground attack by Israeli forces on the Gaza city of Rafah looms, the pro-Palestinian movement has no intention of stopping now, despite renewed attacks on us by the Zionist lobby and in the media.
“Those attacks are a product of the fact that we are winning the argument. 58% of people in this country now support an end to arms sales to Israel, with only 18% opposing. We are determined to make sure Saturday is another massive display of support for ending the genocide.”