Since the first Cardiff humanitarian crusade in solidarity with Palestine in 2024 took place at the start of the year I’ve found it difficult to write about those that have followed due to sheer frustration that the genocide is still ongoing, now into its 114th day, and because my former employer MediaWales and its Wales On Sunday publication continue to totally ignore the marches against it, something that would have been unthinkable during my 30 years as a journalist.

On Saturday, 20 January, those who were shopping in Cardiff while the bombs were dropping in Gaza had a quiet lunchtime as Newport became the destination to show solidarity for Palestine and draw attention to the fact the Greater Gwent Pension Fund for public-service employees is the largest supporter of Israeli apartheid out of all the councils in Wales, something the Newport Palestine Solidarity Campaign has been focusing on by adopting a new slogan: “No Gwent in genocide.”

The pension fund has come under close scrutiny for investing £110 million in companies that support Israel’s apartheid regime and are sustaining its campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza... FULL STORY