ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – The United States Embassy in Grenada has refused to accept a letter from a group of protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza, and instead recommended that they submit the letter to its office using traditional mailing services.

“We are going to do that sometime soon, maybe as soon as today, and it will be done via registered mail,” said Siddiqui Sylvester, a member of ad hoc group Grenadians for Justice which organised the March for Palestine.

Before reaching the embassy’s security gate, Sylvester publicly read the letter which was addressed to the principal officer at the US embassy in Grenada.

“Your Government has consistently blocked motions at the UN designed to hold Israel accountable, including recent calls for an immediate ceasefire,” the letter noted, urging Frances Herrera, the principal officer at the US Embassy, to convey the group’s concerns and desire to her superiors.

Among the protesters were legislators Andre Lewis and Salim Rahaman, as well as former Senator Rolanda McQueen. They all called for an end to the atrocities which began on October 7 when terrorist group Hamas launched an invasion of Israel, killings hundreds of people and taking several others hostage.

Lewis is also president of the Grenada Trades Union Council (GTUC) that had earlier issued a statement calling for an end to the violence in Palestine.

“The GTUC calls on the international community, in particular the United States of America, to do everything within their power to put an end to the killing by Israel of innocent and unarmed people in Palestine.”

The GTUC said it is very concern that the “continued indiscriminate bombings by Israel will make life very much unbearable for a people who have been held in prison-like conditions for decades upon decades”.

It called called on the United Nations and the United States to ensure that food, water, electricity and medicine be immediately available to the people of Palestine.

Israel estimates 1,200 people were killed in the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, with 239 people still held hostage, the United Nations Security Council calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas, and for urgent and extended humanitarian corridors throughout the enclave to save and protect civilian lives.