{"id":7566,"date":"2024-01-01T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/?p=7566"},"modified":"2024-01-01T08:02:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T08:02:26","slug":"pro-palestine-campaigners-call-for-gaza-ceasefire-on-new-years-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/pro-palestine-campaigners-call-for-gaza-ceasefire-on-new-years-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestine campaigners call for Gaza ceasefire on New Year's Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Activists are asking people to turn the New Year's countdown in their countries into a countdown for a ceasefire in Gaza.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activists have launched a global campaign asking people to turn the New Year's countdown in their countries into a countdown for a ceasefire in Gaza, which has been under devastating Israeli bombardment since October 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"New Year's Eve is a moment of celebration worldwide, and an opportunity to create resolutions for a brighter future. With nearly 30,000 civilians killed, including over 10,000 children, our only New Year's resolution is to call for a permanent ceasefire,\" Countdown2Ceasefire, a London-based grassroots campaign, said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Our aim is to morph the traditional New Year's countdown into an influential and resounding countdown for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far the campaign has successfully been successfully embraced by activists in over 30 countries, including Switzerland, Turkiye, Malaysia, Australia, Tanzania, Mexico and Germany, according to the organisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While ringing in the new year, these local events calling for a ceasefire will be livestreamed across Countdown2ceasefire's social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A permanent ceasefire is the first step in ending the current deplorable situation and a tangible move towards a future where traumatized communities can rebuild and recover,\" Bushra Mohammad, a campaign spokeswoman, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel's brutal military offensive in Gaza has killed more than 21,500 people and wounded more than 55,000 others triggering global outrage, with protesters across the world rallying to call for a ceasefire. Many have also expressed their disappointment towards politicians and countries who vetoed or abstained from voting for a ceasefire at the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rights organizations including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders also condemned countries vetoing a ceasefire, warning that this would result in a humanitarian disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday, the World Food Program warned that it's in a race against time to avert starvation for millions in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Only a long-term ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access can end this,\" the UN agency posted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel has refused to stop the bombing that has destroyed more than 70 percent of Gaza homes and displaced more than 90 percent of the enclave's 2.3 million people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countdown2Ceasefire pointed out how people power can make a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As we enter 2024, we look forward to it being the year that our New Year's resolution, of a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, is fulfilled.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOURCE: AL JAZEERA<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Activists are asking people to turn the New Year\u2019s countdown in their countries into a countdown for a ceasefire in Gaza. Activists have launched a global campaign asking people to turn the New Year\u2019s countdown in their countries into a countdown for a ceasefire in Gaza, which has been under devastating Israeli bombardment since October …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,307,185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-172","category-main-news","category-palestinian-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7569,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7566\/revisions\/7569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}