In February, we reported on an action by longtime peace activist Rosy Bremer, who painted a message on the outside of Portsmouth naval base: 'Love Rafah, Love Gaza, Love Peace'. Rosy has written to us that she was visited by two police officers in March, a PC and a WPC: 'They had come to tell me the Inspector had decided to offer me community resolution, instead of making me pay £280 to clean the naval base walls. They said if I wrote to the base commander and said sorry, that would draw a line under the matter.' Below is the message that Rosy wrote in response. The original 'Love Rafah, Love Gaza, Love Peace' message was still on the wall of the base as of 5 April.
Sorry For The People Not The Wall
I am sorry for
The people
Not the wall;
The wall is solid
And brick
But people
Are soft
And bleed;
Bleed from BAE bombs
And Elbit
Drones.
They bleed
And they
Starve;
People get shot
When they
Queue
For food.
The wall
Stands silent;
Indifferent to
Suffering,
A defence we
Cannot breach,
Unlike the everyday,…
