It was a good turnout at our peace vigil in Carlisle today.
We handed out a lot of leaflets, and received lots of kind words of support. One gentleman was kind enough to make a cash donation to the group.
Sadly we did have a couple of negative interactions, where men walked past shouting abuse at us. Most interactions were positive however.
I think public opinion is turning, albeit slowly. This week a number of mainstream papers published satellite images of Gazan cities. I think actually seeing the scale of destruction, entire neighbourhoods completely razed to the ground, will have shocked a lot of people, even those who have maybe supported Israel’s war so far.
We will be back in town next weekend at the same time for our next vigil.
