AN activist group are set to stage an emergency demonstration in Edinburgh on Friday evening.
Edinburgh Action 4 Palestine (EAP) will stage the demo outside of Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray’s office on Minto Street at 5pm.
Organisers have encouraged participants to bring pots and pans along as they hand a letter to the Labour MP demanding the UK Government take action on the genocide happening in Gaza.
In a statement, the group said: “Words are not enough.
“Thousands of people demonstrated on the streets on Edinburgh last Saturday calling for a permanent ceasefire and an end to the UK government's support of Israel's genocide and ongoing occupation.
“Our MPs should be representing their constituents, not supporting the party line.”
In the letter addressed to Murray, seen exclusively by The National, the group has outlined a list of demands for the UK Government to address.
These include suspending the sale of F-35 parts to Israel, stopping the use of RAF Akrotiri and ending military cooperation, and imposing “comprehensive” economic sanctions on the country.
EAP are also urging the Government to accept the ICJ ruling regarding the illegal occupation of Palestine, as well as acknowledging that war crimes are being committed in the enclave and fulfilling its “legal obligations to prevent genocide”.
“Empty words cannot hide the truth. Without action, the UK Government is complicit in crimes against humanity”, the letter reads.
Similar protests will reportedly be taking place across the UK, including outside Downing Street, where participants are set to urge Keir Starmer and David Lammy to intervene in the mass starvation currently being forced upon Gaza.
The demo comes after MEPs demanded an emergency EU meeting to push for sanctions against Israel and a number of news outlets – including the BBC – signed an open letter condemning the starvation threat facing journalists in Gaza.
A mass starvation expert recently called the man-made famine in Palestine the “most severe” since the Second World War, with more than 1000 Gazans killed whilst trying to access food from US- and Israel-backed aid points.
