Bismillah - Day 1, 2hr stint

I joined the 24/7 vigil expecting to be the sole support for our courageous comrade who is determined to stay as long as it takes outside the Israeli Embassy (or as far outside, which actually quite far off, as the police let us) to expose their crimes in Gaza.

I was pleasantly surprised to find not only old friends already with him less that an hour into the vigil but also passersby stopping along and standing in solidarity. I arrived at 3.30pm, and by sunset an hour later at least another 7 people had joined the scheduled team.

Our two banners will be followed by flags with more volunteers later. Despite the bracing weather we are all determined and people are calling the office to join the team.

Outside or more correctly well across Kensington Hight Street where all protestors are made to stand, there have been daily demos, but this vigil reflects the frustration and turmoil many of us feel at the enormity of events in Gaza, and the scale of atrocities perpetrated by Israeli forces at the behest of their political masters. As the waving passengers of cars and buses, the tooted horns and vehicles passing by evidence, this is the feeling of many if not most.

More from this blogger later. SAHLA