This Saturday (December 16) a pro Palestine demonstration will again target the office of Preseli Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb.

The demonstration will take place as part of coordinated local rallies around the UK this weekend following hundreds of such demonstrations since the War on Gaza began.

The protest will aim to apply pressure on local Members of Parliament and the government to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and to urge Israel to lift the siege that has deprived the people of Gaza of essential resources such as medical supplies, food, electricity, and water.

National demonstrations have also attracted numbers of up to one million people at a time in London in recent weeks.

The Pembrokeshire protest will assemble on the Old Bridge in Haverfordwest at 2 pm this Saturday, before marching through Bridge Street and up to Stephen Crabb’s Constituency office on Upper Market Street where further speeches will be heard.

Organisers, Stop The War Pembrokeshire and Solidarity with Palestine Pembrokeshire have stated: “The need to join the ever growing voices of opposition to Israel’s unfolding war crimes against Palestine is becoming more pressing by the day.”

Adam Johannes, a spokesperson for Stop the War Coalition in Wales said: “We are protesting in support of the right of Palestinians to live freely in their own land rather than being subjected to military occupation, siege, refugee camps and exile.

“According to a YouGov poll, 76% of the public favour an immediate ceasefire, but MPs overwhelmingly oppose calling for one. Welsh politics is now at the crossroads with only 5 out of Wales’ 40 MPs supporting a ceasefire now.”

Weekly vigils have been taking place in Haverfordwest at 7 pm every Friday since the attacks on Gaza began and are expected to continue until calls for a ceasefire are answered.