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UK charity gala raises £15,000 for Palestinian medical aid
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LONDON, 11 July 2022, (TON): Organizers have said “a UK-based pro-Palestinian humanitarian charity has raised £15,000 to provide medical aid for Palestinian communities at a gala dinner.”
About 250 guests attended the “Come Dine for Palestine” event hosted by Medical Aid for Palestine, in Walthamstow, London, and organizers said that they had exceeded their target of £10,000.
Organized by human rights activist, Arifa Nasim, the event was in memory of Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot and killed while wearing a press jacket by Israeli forces as she covered a raid in the West Bank town of Jenin last month.
The organizers said “Shireen’s fearlessness and courage in the face of an unbearable reality inspired Arifa to hold another fundraising dinner in support of Medical Aid for Palestine.”
They added “we are so grateful to live in a generous and compassionate community, where people will turn up to express their solidarity and their care for the plight of the Palestinian people.”
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