Windsor couple joins global march to Gaza border to protest war
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A Windsor Ont., couple is preparing to make the journey to the Middle East to join a peaceful global protest to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
As part of the March to Gaza demonstration, they will join potentially thousands of people in Cairo, Egypt, before taking a bus to the coastal city of Arish and then marching three days to Rafah, the border point between Egypt and Gaza.
"You're watching a genocide live streamed," said Mireille Coral. "What's happening to human beings is heartbreaking."
Coral and her husband Paul Chislett have been activists throughout their lives, and the crisis unfolding in Gaza has taken a strong hold over their hearts.
Chislett explained that communities have been calling on governments to take action against the violence, but he said, "they refuse to."
"So, what are we supposed to do? Just sit back and become an audience?" he said. "When this effort came up, we thought we really needed to go to add our voices."
They've already been taking part in local protests in support of Palestinians, but they're compelled now to do even more.
The war in Gaza has raged since 2023 after Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people in Israel in an Oct. 7 attack and took some 250 hostages back to the enclave, according to Israeli tallies. Many of those killed or captured were civilians.
Israel responded with a military campaign that has killed over 54,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities. They do not distinguish between fighters and non-combatants but say civilians have borne the brunt of the attacks and that thousands more bodies have been lost under rubble.
A December report from Amnesty International described Israel's actions as genocide. Israel disputes the report and has denied accusations of genocide.
Israel lifted an 11-week blockade last month, but since then, aid has only trickled in.
Experts say Gaza's entire population of some 2.1 million people is at risk of famine despite successive efforts to boost aid.
"I think it's important from a humanitarian point of view that we come to the aid of human beings," Coral said, adding that she's concerned about the enforcement of international law.
"The world that we're creating is lawless and quite frightening."
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