Jewish people in Manchester mark Holocaust Memorial Day with 'solemn gathering'

Jewish people in Manchester mark Holocaust Memorial Day with ‘solemn gathering’

Greater Manchester Jewish Action for Palestine is marking Holocaust Memorial Day. Ahead of what it describes as a “solemn gathering”, the group issued the following statement:

Statement on commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day, 27 January 2026

It is with great sadness that Greater Manchester Jewish Action for Palestine will be commemorating the genocidal destruction of the Jewish communities in Europe and the loss of millions of lives, mostly of Jews but also of Romany and other minority ethnic and oppressed groups, in the ethnic cleansing of mainland Europe in the 1930s and 1940s.

As Jews, we seek to uphold the commitment of those who perished and of the survivors of the Holocaust to “Never Again” allow the genocide of a people by military occupation nor by domestic oppressive states.

On Holocaust Memorial Day, as well as commemorating those victims, we will challenge the present genocide of the Palestinian people:

In Gaza,
where at least 70,000 men, women and children have been killed
where Palestinians have been forced into ghettos and left to starve
where schools, hospitals and the basics of Palestinian society have been systematically
destroyed
where aid agencies bringing food and basic necessities have been banned by the State
of Israel with the support of many of its Jewish citizens
and where archives and archaeological remains of a thriving Palestinian culture are
being systematically destroyed.

And in the ethnic cleansing of the “West Bank” of the Jordan River, in Occupied Palestinian Territories:

where Palestinians are being forced off their land by systematic house demolitions and
vigilante attacks, supported by the Israeli government
and forced to flee to neighbouring countries or enforced Palestinian ghettos.

These genocidal actions are perpetrated by the State of Israel but are supported by zionist and pro-zionist governments in North America and in Europe, including in the UK.

We, as Jews, in commemoration of the victims and of those who survived the Holocaust, say we have to oppose and end the genocide of the Palestinian people from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River, from Lebanon to the Egyptian borders.

We, Jewish Action for Palestine commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, Tuesday, 27 January 2026, in a solemn gathering at the Cenotaph, St Peter’s Square, Manchester at 6pm.

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