Back Home In Derry (Cover) ~ eyes on Palestine

Back Home In Derry by Bobby Sands (Cover) by Seth Staton Watkins This song was written by Bobby Sands as he languished in Long Kesh prison during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. I sing it now for those currently under siege in Gaza. I am wearing my Irish flag keffiyeh to honor the unwavering, vehement Irish support for Palestinian liberation. In Gaza, the Israeli government is bombing schools, hospitals, mosques, supermarkets, and residential buildings. 7,000 Civilians have been killed since Oct. 7th, 2,900 of them children. Countless more are still beneath the rubble. There are 2.3 million people in Gaza. More than half of whom are children. Despite this, the Israeli military has made it clear that their goal is not accuracy, but rampant indiscriminate destruction, all while withholding vital resources and humanitarian aid. These war crimes must be condemned, and we must demand an immediate ceasefire. The atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7th, though utterly despicable, did not occur in a vacuu