MEMBERS of the Buncrana Palestinian Support Group marked the beginning of the New Year by erecting a Palestinian flag to the cross on Fahan mountain on New Year’s Day.
They say that raising the flag at the Fahan cross symbolises their determination to transform the political realities of their Palestinian sisters and brothers.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the group said: “This Christmas a Palestinian Christian minister from Bethlehem, Pastor Munther Isaac, “called out” Christian Churches from Europe and North America for their calculated and immoral silence in the face of Israel’s genocidal massacre and ethnic cleansing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, in the West Bank, and East Jerusalem.
“His honesty is being shared by many local people, who are bewildered at the Church’s moral cowardice in remaining silent about Israel’s atrocities.
“This New Year’s Day, members of the Buncrana Palestinian Support Group secured a Palestinian flag to the cross at the summit of Fahan mountain.
“Our members reflect the wonderful diversity of our community. We are made up of humanists as well different faith backgrounds and we respect the richness of our diversity.
“Today’s action encourages local people of faith to follow the example of the Palestinian Jew who was born to a refugee mother and father, who had to flee to Egypt due to the genocidal massacre carried out by the militarily powerful occupiers.
“As an adult man he practiced empathy and compassion for the socially marginalised and demanded justice for the poor and oppressed.
“His radical humanity was a threat to the religious and political elites and for that he was executed on a cross as a political prisoner by the occupiers.
“Today the Zionist occupiers of Palestine have massacred over 20,000 civilians. They have made explicit their genocidal intent through the depraved statements of their political and military leaders. They have followed through with their intent with the collective punishment and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian civilian population.”
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