Making a Difference

This is a short talk I gave recently in Penzance, Cornwall, during a Palestine-support event.

Many of us get caught up in the big issues around Palestine, often paying a lot of attention to our own  countries’ or international politics and inadvertently forgetting actual Palestinians in  places like Gaza. Anyway, the politics is a nightmare that’s going nowhere  anytime soon.

This is about making friends with an actual Gazan, taking a  person-to-person approach. It can have a bigger effect that you might at  first imagine. And the friendship and benefit goes both ways.

You can also find it on my podcast page at https://palden.co.uk/podcasts.html

In the talk I recommend a website run by Gazan young people: www.wearenotnumbers.org – check it out.

Thanks  to Gershon Baskin of Jerusalem – a good-hearted Israeli – for a quote  from his recent writing. Well done Adam Stout and Alison Dhuanna for  organising the event – and thereby raising 600 GBP to help a few Gazans.

A correction: to get out of Gaza costs $5,000, and it is paid to the Egyptians at Rafah Crossing, who pay the Israelis, and both take their cut. It’s just as bad, whatever the excuse and whoever does it – exploiting people in need.

With love, Palden