2 days ago
- Politics
- Irish Independent
Kerry mother ‘who has opened her eyes to Gaza' says it is not too late to campaign
Siobhan Ashe says in recent months she has come to realise the absolute atrocities being committed in Gaza and now wants to help.
Siobhan who lives in Killarney, but is from Tralee, said she is in fact ashamed that she had no real idea of the unfolding nightmare in Gaza until recently. She did of course know the basics but she just had not tuned into the reality of it.
She says many may be in the same situation but in the past few months through media coverage she has tuned into the horrors of the situation.
"I am new to Palestinian activism. I am ashamed it took me so long to open my eyes to what is going on but now that I have I want to do something.
"I am a Mom and I can't believe the horror that is going there.'
She cannot now forget the reality of life there and wants to do something to help. She says she has never done anything like this before but says taking action is the right to thing.
She has launched the 'Write the Wrong campaign' - a letter writing campaign – to highlight her opposition to the treatment of those in Palestinian people. She and others are to write to the US Embassy in Dublin and to the Israeli Embassy in London voicing their anger and opposition to the situation in Gaza.
She is hoping through this that everyone posts their letters on Wednesday, August 20 that both embassies will receive a huge amount of post demonstrating the world-wide anger at the atrocities being committed.
"The aspiration is to flood the embassies and governments complicit with the Gaza genocide with letters.'
"We just have to do something and this is a not in your face campaign but gives people the power to do something to sit down and write.'
Siobhan says it is never too late to take action and this is her way of doing so. She says there are great groups right across the county and nationally playing a part in trying to stop the war and she hopes to follow in their footsteps. She has joined forces with Killarney for Palestine to write letters and she is urging as many people as possible to support the campaign. Details and sample letters are on Instagram under 'Write the Wrong Campaign'.
