Peace activist recieves death threats

Good friend and long time peace activist, Gareth Smith, recieved death threats whilst protesting to mark the 61st anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights.

His banner “Gaza! Israel’s Ghetto. 1.5 million besieged” attracted the attention of two young Israeli men, one of whom then said to Gareth “if we were in Israel and I had a gun I would kill you beacause you are protecting killers.”

Gareth will be attending the Gaza Freedom March along with 13 other Australians and 1000 others from 40 countries on New Years Eve in Gaza. He is taking much needed humanitarian supplies into Gaza and urges other to make donations - Children’s clothing, medical supplies and cash can be given to the Canberra Program for Peace - Commonwealth Bank, BSB 06 2919 A/C No 0092273

“I will be documenting as fully as possible how donations are used,” he told The Byron Shire Echo.

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