We, the undersigned Palestinian-led organizations, endorse the General Strike called for by our people across all of colonized Palestine for May 18, 2021, and call on all supporters of Palestinian liberation to join the Day of Action.
The Zionist settler-colonial state of Israel has launched a brutal military assault against our besieged people in the Gaza Strip and is pursuing the ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem, most notably in the neighborhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan. These instances are a continuation of over 73 years of exile, oppression, and violence enacted by the apartheid state and Israeli settler mobs. Yet, our determination to liberate our people and homeland has only increased.
We ask our people and allies in the diaspora, Palestinian/Arab organizations, unions, and social justice movements to heed the call for a day of action in support of the general strike in Palestine on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. We urge you to join Palestinians in this global day of action by organizing actions at Israeli embassies and consulates, holding vigils for Palestinians killed by the apartheid Israel, releasing solidarity statements, and calling on your governments to enact sanctions on the apartheid state of Israel.
Until return and liberation,
Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)
US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)
National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP)
Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
Free Democratic Palestine Movement (FDPM)
Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC)
Palestinian Assembly for Liberation
Union of Palestinian American Women
To add your organizational endorsement, please e-mail [email protected].
LIST OF ACTIONS (local timezones)
*Reminder to wear masks & social distance.- see additional international actions and further days at the Global Calendar of Resistance*
SAN FRANCISCO, BAY AREA: May 18, 4-6 PM, ISRAHELLI CONSULATE 456 MONTGOMERY
WASHINGTON D.C.:
May 18, 3 PM, “ISRAELI” EMBASSY 3514 International Dr NW
May 18, 5:30 PM, War Memorial Plaza, 102 N Holliday St. (Between E. Fayette St & Lexington St), Baltimore MD. Contact: [email protected]
SAN DIEGO, CA: May 18, 4 PM, Federal Buiding, 880 Front St. Federal Plaza, contact [email protected]. Take action at https://linktr.ee/pymsandiego
LOS ANGELES, CA: May 18, 4PM at Israeli Consulate, 11766 Wilshire Blvd, LA
NEW YORK CITY: May 18, 1 PM, 800 2nd Ave, NY. Facebook Event: https://fb.me/e/4bxxp0Ab4
To add action, please e-mail [email protected].
