A father wakes up at night, sees
the random colors on the walls
drawn by his four year old son.
But he’s dead after an airstrike.

The colours are about 4 feet high.
Next year, they would be 5 or 6.
But the painter is dead and the
museum has no new
paintings to show.

Untitled poem by Mosab Abu Toha 

Peace campaigners in Orkney invite all those who wish to see an end to the Genocide in Gaza, the killings and demolitions in The West Bank, to join with them on the Kirk Green, Broad Street, Kirkwall between 1 and 2pm, today, Saturday 20 December.

Between 7 October 2023 and 10 December 2025, according to the MoH in Gaza, as stated by OCHA, 70,369 Palestinians reportedly have been killed in the Gaza Strip and another 170,999 have been injured.

According to OCHA, between 7 October 2023 and 7 December 2025, 1,039 Palestinians – at least 225 of them children – were killed in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Among them, 233 Palestinians, including at least 52 children, were killed since the beginning of this year alone.

Nearly 101,000 children aged six to 59 months are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition through mid-October 2026, including more than 31,000 severe cases. An estimated 37,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women are also projected to require treatment.  GAZA STRIP: Famine conditions offset, but situation remains critical

20 December is International Human Solidarity Day “an opportunity to reaffirm a simple truth: our shared future depends on how well we act together. Solidarity is woven through the United Nations Charter and the Organization’s daily work—uniting countries and communities to advance peace, human rights, and social and economic development.”

Fiona Grahame