By Jane Salmon
Many accuse Bridge marchers of brashness, moral vanity and impracticality.
All of us would concede that this famine is human-made. All of us agree that 300,000 caring donations would help.
Not so many will may be aware that UNHCR is reported to be having trouble getting aid in. Food for a typical adult can now cost as much as $1000 per week in Gaza. Direct funding may be the most realistic way to help Palestinians stay nourished.
Many of us are/will also be trying to donate to people starving in other war zones, such as Sudan even while we struggle to stick to diets ourselves.
One of the lovely families I donated to had been moved six times.
The mother was valiantly growing mint and young pumpkins in the sand beside their tent.
Here is a link to a video from them.
I foolishly lectured them about the health dangers of burning plastic in the absence of safer fuel.
They had nowhere left to run when the latest evacuation notifications came on 5 July 2025 and were bombed within hours. The plants are gone too, of course.
Fortunately other families remain. A ceasefire, sanctions and end to the aid blockade are certainly worth marching for.
Unfortunately, Netanyahu continues to prosecute deadlier ideas.
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