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Dear ICC / IEC members,
 
We hope this letter reaches you in the best state of health and spirit.
 
Upon completion of all the events related to this year’s Global March to Jerusalem culminating on Friday, 7 June, we wish to congratulate you all for once again making this movement for Jerusalem and Palestine a success.
 
Given the many challenges that we faced this year, especially the short time frame to organize the march, we are extremely pleased with the outcome.
 
This year’s GMJ included peaceful marches and sit-ins in around 40 countries across the world. Mass demonstrations took place in Gaza, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Mauritania, Morocco, Yemen, Malaysia, and Turkey. In addition, there were large demonstrations in capitals and cities across the world including Europe and North America, some gatherings took place in front of Israeli embassies.
 
Therefore, we would like to express our deepest thanks and appreciation to everybody who made an effort towards the achievements of this year’s march.
 
While we may not have had as many countries mobilizing this year for the GMJ as we had last year, we do wish to stress the following:
 
(1) This year the size of the demonstrations in several key countries was much larger than last year
(2) We received more extensive news coverage of this year’s march than last year, particularly in the Arabic language media
(3) With every march we organize, we are increasing global awareness about the continuing crimes against Palestinians in Jerusalem and the violations against the holy city’s religious sites, both Muslim and Christian
 
These three achievements send a strong message to the Zionist Occupation, as well as to the world, that we are determined to become a force to be reckoned with. As long as the international community remains passive in the face of the Occupation’s increasing violations against Jerusalem and its people, we refuse to remain silent and will insist that our voices be heard.
 
Of course we must also acknowledge the shortcomings of this year’s march and of our global movement in its current form. We are especially aware that the political environment in the Middle East is having a negative impact on our movement, and all of these issues will have to be addressed in our coming meetings. However our problems should not stop our progress. We must build on what we have already achieved to make our movement even stronger. And for that we need your heightened participation and support. Only by working together will we overcome our difficulties as we restructure our movement and devise new plans for organizing even more successful activities in the coming year.
 
Going forward, we must always remember that we do this for Jerusalem, for Palestine.
 
Thank you again for all of your efforts. We are looking forward to continuing our march together towards Jerusalem. Indeed, it is our pledge to you that we will not stop marching until our holy city is liberated.
 
Sincerely,
GMJ International Media Committee
 
Selected English language media coverage of GMJ 2013:
 
Selected Arabic language media coverage of GMJ 2013:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qabo2Dsgw9I



--
Zaher Birawi
Member of the GMJ International Executive Committee
Spokesman for the GMJ,
Mobile number 00447850896057
 
 
عضو اللجنة الدولية للمسيرة العالمية إلى القدس
والناطق الرسمي باسمها
 
 



--
Zaher Birawi
Member of the GMJ International Executive Committee
Spokesman for the GMJ,
Mobile number 00447850896057
 
 
عضو اللجنة الدولية للمسيرة العالمية إلى القدس
والناطق الرسمي باسمها
 
 



Letter to ICC-IEC- GMJ 2013 - final.pdf
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