All Out! March/Rally on May 20th
John Leslie
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At least 15 Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops yesterday as they approached the borders in commemoration of the Nakba.It is critical that we protest the Israeli bloodshed and to show active solidarity with the Palestinian Nakba protesters.
As tens of thousands of Palestinian Nakba protesters converged on Israeli border stations, Israeli troops -- on high-level government orders -- shot them down in cold blood!
With Palestinian people in the news being shot as they join in the struggle for democracy in the Arab Spring, it is time for us to come together and call for an end to the 63 year old Nakba that they are experiencing. As has been the case historically and remains the case today, the injustices suffered by the people of the Middle East would not be happening were it not for the support given by the United States with truly enormous funding desperately needed at home.
Emergency protest! All out!
May 20, 2011, Assemble @ 4:30 pm at
March from Israeli Consulate (19th & JFK) to City Hall
March starts at 5 pm, Rally at City Hall
Al-Nakba: 63 years and counting
This spring marks the 63rd year of the formal existence of Israel----63 years since the state of Israel was founded on stolen land that was ethnically cleansed of its native population. Palestinians term the occasion the 'Nakba' or 'catastrophe.' After all this time, they are still unable to return to their homeland, and are forced to remain under Israeli occupation where they are stripped of all basic human rights. In reality, the Nakba never ended, and continues to this very minute, to the seconds that pass as I type this letter.
While Zionists celebrate Israel's "Independence Day," we will be mourning the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who were forced from their homes, who were massacred, and who still suffer as a result of Israel's brutal policies. The Nakba continues because of US taxpayer funding of Israeli Apartheid.
For the rest of the world, Palestine is the key issue. It is the icon of the struggle for freedom and justice, as well as the icon of America's hypocrisy and imperialist policy. For Americans who are bewildered by hatred around the world towards the United States, the answers are obvious in Palestine.
The daily suffering of the Palestinian people is hardly ever front page news. If you tried to learn about the Israel-Palestine conflict through Western news only, you'd have no idea that the foremost issue is the illegal military occupation, which suffocates virtually every aspect of life for Palestinians. You’d have no idea that Israel turned Gaza into a humanitarian crisis through its illegal siege.
Sponsored by
Philadelphia Against War
Also endorsed by
Brandywine Peace Community
Build Bridges Not Walls, Bubbies and Zaydes for Peace in the Middle East
Delaware Valley Veterans for America
Philadelphia BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions)
ANSWER Philadelphia
Philadelphia International Action Center
Party for Socialism and Liberation
International Socialist Organization
PRAWN (Philadelphia Regional Antiwar Network)
Socialist Action
Workers World Party