Whangarei Palestinian Suhil Musa outside the Old Library, where a peace vigil will be held this evening. Photo / John Stone
Palestine-born Suhil Musa's heart bleeds for the blood-stained children and elderly of Gaza who are suffering Israeli attacks.
The Whangarei-based school teacher hopes a ceasefire is soon reached between Israel and Palestine's leaders.
He has made an impassioned plea for Northlanders to join a candlelight vigil in the Old Library
on Rust Ave, Whangarei, tonight to pray for peace and to remember those who have lost their lives.
The get-together is organised by a group of women in Whangarei in response to a blistering 16-day bombardment of Gaza that has left 630 Palestinians and 29 Israelis dead. Israel claims the attacks are necessary to stop Islamist group Hamas from raining rockets into the country.
Organisers of the peace vigil say it won't be a religious or political event. People are asked to take a candle to light, a cushion to sit on, a short prayer to recite, koha toward room hire, and to take friends and family.
