Katy joined protesters at a rally in George Square to protest over the ongoing suffering of the people of the Gaza strip. As one of the invited speakers who addressed the crowd, Katy backed Lib Dem party leader, Nick Clegg‘s call for an end to arms exports to Israel, for an investigation into whether war crimes have been commited during the recent conflict and for the European Union to recognise that withdrawing their prescence on the border between Egypt and Gaza had not helped the situation.
Katy also criticised the BBC for refusing to broadcast the appeal for aid to Gaza, saying:
“I fully support the motion Lib Dem MSP Hugh O’Donnell tabled in the Scottish Parliament this weekend, condemning the BBC’s action. Surely humanitarian tragedy outweighs the somewhat legalistic view of what constitutes impartiality. We all want an impartial BBC, but I can’t see how broadcasting an appeal, supported by the Disasters Emergency Committee, would contravene the BBC’s guidelines. They should think again. We should be doing all we can to help the people of Gaza, and indeed Israel if they need it, to start to rebuild their lives after the awful suffering inflicted over the past months by bombs and rockets.”
