Charlotte Church charms the country at National March for Palestine
Here’s somebody who can do no wrong, it seems.
This Writer has been a big fan of Charlotte Church ever since she first got involved in politics, and it is no surprise to me that she is on the right side of history again.
On Saturday (March 9), she joined the National March for Palestine – alongside a quarter of million other people, by the way; don’t believe anyone who suggests it was fewer than that – and charmed the masses with her audience-participation tribute to the women of Palestine:
Charlotte Church could have gone the way of a lot of self obsessed stars and thought only of herself, but she chose to use her platform for good. Well done her. 🏴Yma O Hyd #FreePalestineFromlsrael 🇵🇸 https://t.co/y3gUFHpIap
— Karen L 🐟💟 (@Karycustardnew) March 9, 2024
Afterwards, she spoke movingly and straightforwardly about why so many people came out – and they’ll continue doing it – to demand peace:
''Please stop dropping bombs on children'' Charlotte Church. I follow back anti-genocide demonstrators #SocialistSunday pic.twitter.com/cZBEBfo3cq
— Dick Mackintosh🌹#StopTheWar (@DickMackintosh) March 10, 2024
She also spoke to Novara Media about why she felt the need to be a part of this movement, despite the threat of being labelled as an anti-Semite (or worse):
If you believe the smears of "antisemitism" against Jeremy Corbyn, you must also believe the smears against Charlotte Church, Susan Sarandon, Gigi Hadid, Emma Watson, Desmond Tutu, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein and countless others who vocally support Palestinian rights. https://t.co/tnZ53kJmIY
— Frank Owen's Legendary Paintbrush🥀🇵🇸🇾🇪 (@OwenPaintbrush) March 10, 2024
Of course, she was right about being labelled:
🇵🇸Good to see Charlotte Church standing up to genocide.
🇮🇱Zionists are calling her Charlotte Mosque now pic.twitter.com/fa7Gbhh8pf
— 𝔸𝕝𝕚 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕙𝕓𝕒𝕫 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕕𝕙𝕣𝕪 (@sospunjab) March 10, 2024
The question for you is, who would you prefer to be identified with – the bloodthirsty warmongers who have nothing to say other than to resort to name-calling, or the woman who says this:
This Mother’s Day I call to all mothers to hold in our hearts all those who had mothers in Gaza and now do not, all those mothers whose children have been murdered, and the families whose every member has been brutalised and wiped out. https://t.co/SukVcsTCeX
— Charlotte Church (@charlottechurch) March 10, 2024
Who would you choose?
The event had been overshadowed, in the days leading up to it, by concerns raised by politicians of every colour that it would be a chance for anti-Semites to turn London into a “no-go” zone for Jewish people.
Here’s one such politician – and here’s Ms Church with a reasonable response (the clip’s creator has also edited in her performance, as you’ve already seen above):
Victoria Atkins, "If you are a Jewish resident of London, some have said they feel worried about walking around London when these demonstrations happen"
Charlotte Church, "You will see if you go through this crowd, there are so many Jewish people who are marching with us. So the… pic.twitter.com/DF5BqC5Vm8
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) March 10, 2024
Her words have been borne out by others, including Sky‘s Jason Farrell:
'I think it's absurd to say this is a "no-go area" for Jews'.@JasonFarrellSky speaks to a Jewish protester at a pro-Palestine march in London ⬇️
"None of us are scared", she adds.https://t.co/obDIOlTC3w
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/3CA9qBPMvR
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 9, 2024
Even David Baddiel agreed on this:
I can only agree with what @Baddiel says here. If some Jews have been put into fear by irresponsible media and community leaders, it's they who are to blame, not the protesters.#ItWasAScam https://t.co/M6M4LoqaN6
— simon maginn (@simonmaginn) March 10, 2024
There is no reason to believe London becomes anything like a “no-go” zone for Jewish people when so many of them take part in the demonstrations. Here’s Just Jews:
We joined the main march: From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free#JewishBloc#GazaGenocide #ViolentMob#NoGoZoneForJews pic.twitter.com/cfs9NUCYgO
— Just Jews (@JustJewsUK) March 9, 2024
And here are everybody else, behaving perfectly peacefully:
Total mob https://t.co/C6ZAvyGjLx
— Jackie Walker – HRH, MP, MBE, ABC (@Jackiew80333500) March 9, 2024
The mob -part 2 https://t.co/l7ZWphaBqa
— Jackie Walker – HRH, MP, MBE, ABC (@Jackiew80333500) March 9, 2024
London is swimming in a sea of love for Palestine ♥️♥️♥️🇵🇸
Hope you're watching @RishiSunakpic.twitter.com/an9mK2dtVa
— Khalissee (@Kahlissee) March 9, 2024
Perhaps this is the best message to close the article:
Huge crowds out in London once again today, peacefully protesting as is our democratic right. High time for our spineless, warmongering politicians to listen and change track. #CeasefireNOW pic.twitter.com/tH96SL4qwb
— Dr Ella Cockbain (@DrEllaC) March 9, 2024
“In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians.” As an expression of intent, that is a message that should make the likes of Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer think again. But will it?
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