To there, they head.
Choosing an unprecedented path, they launched their move. From the close borders with Palestine they are to fulfill a dream and reiterate a vow.
"We're to be back and pray in al-Aqsa Mosque and the Resurrection Church."
Land Day Monument (1976)in Sakhnin, Israel. Photo by Amir Abdi. |
36 years later, freedom and justice seekers from all over the world gathered in a Global March to commemorate the anniversary and to raise a scream against "Israeli" continuous occupation of al-Quds Holy city.
Marching to Reset Priorities
The media coordinator of the Global March to "Jerusalem" in Lebanon, Dr. Abdul Malik Sukaryeh, stated that "the move aims at redirecting the compass towards Occupied Palestine."
In an interview with moqawama.org, Sukaryeh viewed that "amid what our region is witnessing, the Palestinian news have become at the end of our priorities and bulletins; this if Palestine was even mentioned."
"What Palestine is facing, particularly the Holy al-Quds city is much more dangerous than any development in any other Arab country," he added pointing out that "the aim of participants is to draw attention to the systematic discrimination of Palestinians in al-Quds, and to make a concrete effort to end the occupation."
"As the successive "Israeli" governments have created policies with one goal in mind: to get and keep Palestinians out of their homeland as well as to make way for a purely Jewish state; many Arab and Western governments stand idly by and watch as Palestinians endure systematic dispossession and displacement," he elaborated.
Regarding the expectations, moqawama.org learned that "mass rallies will take place in bordering countries (Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan) and inside Occupied Palestine. However, Egyptian rallies are to be held in Liberty Square."
Sukaryeh recalled images from the flotilla "Israeli" massacre and May 2011 martyrs at the borders with Lebanon and Syria, wondering "is "Israel" going to massacre us? What is the international price for such an "Israeli" step? How much would "Israel" massacre, a thousand, or 10,000 civilians. This would be genocide, a real Holocaust not a pretended one."
However, the man quickly answers by sending a clear message: "They are frightened of civilian protests; of people raising the slogan "I want to return to my land and home.""
"The history of the Zionist entity is full of crimes and terrorism. We won't be surprised if "Israel" attacks the peaceful protesters but we aren't afraid and nothing will defeat our will even if the "Israeli" fulfilled its threats of air striking the rally. We are to continue," the media organizer stressed.
Sukaryeh highlighted the peaceful nature of the rallies, noting that "the march is legalized from the covenant authorities in each country."
He further noted that "Israel" fears a 3rd Intifada welcoming "any public movement that redirects the priorities."
"The so-called Madrid peace conference in which 100 countries gathered has achieved nothing along the past 20 years. Oslo offered nothing to the Palestinians. In front of the "Israeli" intransigence, one can see that Palestinians have nothing but to return to confronting the "Israeli" aggressions," he stressed.
Denouncing the International community for backing "Israel", Sukaryeh affirmed "we have no option but to depend on our wills to regain our rights."
What makes this journey meaningful is not only that Palestinians have the oldest and longest running refugee population in the world, but also the fact that their home is at the center of the deeply contentious struggle to liberate al-Quds, the capital of the world's three religions, and quite literally the conscious and soul of humanity.
Source: moqawama.org
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