Bedford and Kempston MP, Mohammad Yasin, joined members of the public and the Bedford Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) at a silent march and vigil on Saturday (11 May).
The event at Castle Mound was organised to remember all those innocent people who have been killed in Israel and Gaza since 7 October.
Bedford PSC Chair Rosie Newbigging said: “Our silent march and vigil on Saturday was to remember the tens of thousands of innocent people who have been slaughtered.
|We will keep marching and uniting for peace until there is a permanent ceasefire and a permanent peaceful solution for a free Palestine.”
She said they demanded the release of Israeli and Palestinian hostages, saying, “We cannot stand by and see the horrors unfolding without raising our voices to demand an end to the killing by the Israeli Defence Force and peace and justice for all.”
The campaigners were joined by local MP Mohammad Yasin, who has called for a ceasefire and a sustainable peace, and continues to raise questions in parliament about the Israel-Gaza conflict.
He said “Today in Bedford I stood alongside my constituents at a silent demonstration for peace in Gaza.
“The depth of both compassion and outrage for the sheer loss of life in the region cannot be understated. I remain resolute in my support for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.”
