Berlin protest denounces Israeli annexation, urges liberation for Palestine

3 July 2020

Palestinian youth in Berlin led a demonstration on Friday, 3 July outside the Bundestag, the German parliament, denouncing Israeli annexation plans and calling for justice and liberation for Palestine. The rally was organized by Palästina Spricht Palestine Speaks, HIRAK (the Palestinian Youth Mobilization in Berlin) and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. Many organizations joined the protest, including Jewish Voices for a Just Peace, a range of Palestinian community groups and solidarity and social justice organizers.

The large demonstration filled the area in front of the Bundestag with Palestinian flags and calls for justice and liberation, making clear that despite the various repressive attacks undertaken against Palestinian community and Palestine solidarity organizing by the German state, the voice of Palestine continues to be heard.

In the speech on behalf of HIRAK and Samidoun, Ali emphasized that Zionist colonization and its expansionist settler colonial nature continue to attack the Palestinian land and people, fully supported by U.S. and European imperialism.

He urged Palestinians and Arabs inside outside Palestine to organize and take part in the liberation struggle against Zionism, imperialism and reactionary regimes.

Speakers in German, English and Arabic emphasized their commitment to justice for Palestine and rejection of all attempts to annex the Jordan Valley and illegal Israeli settlements, as well as their recognition that the most recent annexation threats are only the latest incarnation of over 72 years of crimes and displacement against the Palestinian people. Protesters also urged the boycott of Israel and meaningful international sanctions for Israel’s ongoing violations of Palestinian rights.

The Yafa Dabkeh Troupe performed traditional Palestinian dances to national songs, highlighting cultural resistance in the struggle for the return of Palestinian refugees and the liberation of Palestine.

As the demonstration concluded, participants joined in a collective dabkeh circle, waving the Palestinian flag high in front of the Bundestag.

The protest in Berlin came as part of a series of actions in nearly 100 cities in Palestine and around the world, confronting annexation and the Zionist settler colonial project in Palestine and calling for the liberation of the land and people of Palestine.

Signs and banners at the protest denounced annexation and Israeli colonization, while highlighting the struggles of Palestinians for liberation.

Banners focused on the call to liberate Palestinian political prisoners, including the 5,000 Palestinians jailed in Israeli occupation prisons and Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for 35 years.

Protests were organized in, among others, occupied Palestine, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Toulouse, San Diego, Salt Lake City, Baltimore, Albuquerque, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Toledo, Columbus, Rancho Cucamonga, Claremont, Halifax, St. Catherines, San Jose, Costa Rica, Oldham, Bedford, Saint-Denis, Amsterdam, The Hague, Frankfurt, Madrid, Frankfurt, Granada, Valencia, Valladolid, Bilbao, Athens, Sevilla, Istanbul, Johannesburg and Seoul.

Many more were organized the prior weekend and more to come in the following days, including upcoming actions in Berlin, North Bergen, Amman, Toronto, Copenhagen, Mississauga, Dublin, Derry, Lyon, London, Nelson, Auckland, Detroit, Cleveland, Hamilton, Lisbon and more.

Massive Brooklyn march demands justice and liberation for Palestine

3 July 2020

Thousands of people joined a massive rally and march for Palestine in Brooklyn, New York, as part of the “Day of Rage” against Israeli annexation, colonization and Zionism in Palestine on Wednesday, 1 July. The rally was led by Within our Lifetime • United for Palestine and organized by the NY4Palestine coalition, of which Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is a member alongside WOL, Al-Awda NY, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition; American Muslims for Palestine – NJ; and several Students for Justice for Palestine chapters throughout New York City.

The rally gathered in Bay Ridge, a major center for the Palestinian and Arab community in New York, at the corner of 5th Avenue and 72nd Street. Over 40 speakers representing a wide range of community organizations and movements, including Dequi Kioni-Sadiki, longtime fighter for the freedom of U.S. political prisoners; representatives of Bayan, the Filipino community organization; a recorded message from political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal; and many more.

Speakers from The Red Nation, Decolonize this Place, Struggle La Lucha, NY Boricua Resistance, Stand With Kashmir, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and many more, as well as the Neturei Karta religious Jewish anti-Zionist organization also participated in the protest.

“Thanks to the initiative of our comrades in the Samidoun Network in occupied Palestine, as well as the hard work of our partners in Within our Lifetime • United for Palestine and the rest of the NY4Palestine coalition, New York held the strongest, most energetic demonstration for Palestine I’ve seen here in years,” said Joe Catron, U.S. coordinator of Samidoun.

Multiple speakers highlighted the necessity of common struggle to fight for Black liberation and the liberation of all oppressed nations and communities alongside the struggle for justice, liberation and return in Palestine. The lead banner of the protest read, “NYPD=KKK=IDF: One Struggle for Liberation.” Indeed, many speakers focused on the centrality of struggling for Black liberation as a necessary condition for the liberation of Palestine.

The rally lasted for nearly two hours as the crowd continued to grow, full of energy and militant spirit to struggle for Palestine. The march was widely attended by young people and by the Palestinian community in New York, and slogans like “Not just annexation – Not just occupation, Palestine won’t take it, Bring the whole thing down!” “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and “There is only one solution! Intifada revolution!” filled the air.

“Yesterday’s action was one of the most militant inspiring actions i have ever been to. It was full of youth and community who thought there could never be this many people in a Palestinian community chanting for full liberation, for all Palestinians’ land, and not just against occupation. This is the kind of empowerment that makes us and all those who attended believe we will truly free Palestine within our lifetime!” said Nerdeen Kiswani, co-founder and chair of Within our Lifetime • United for Palestine.

After the rally, a lengthy march continued for hours through Brooklyn, with chants for Black lives and Palestinian liberation reverberating through the streets before finally coming to an end in front of Barclays’ Center with dabkeh and chants, the militant mood of the day never faded.

The Day of Rage protest came alongside protests in occupied Palestine, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Toulouse, San Diego, Salt Lake City, Baltimore, Albuquerque, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Toledo, Columbus, Rancho Cucamonga, Claremont, Halifax, St. Catherines, San Jose, Costa Rica, Oldham, Bedford, Saint-Denis, Amsterdam, The Hague, Frankfurt, Madrid, Berlin, Granada, Valencia, Valladolid, Bilbao, Athens, Sevilla, Istanbul, Johannesburg and Seoul.

Many more were organized the prior weekend and more to come in the following days, including upcoming actions in Berlin, North Bergen, Amman, Toronto, Copenhagen, Mississauga, Dublin, Derry, Lyon, London, Nelson, Auckland, Detroit, Cleveland, Hamilton, Lisbon and more.

Videos from the demonstration:

Barakat: The “two-state solution” is a crime against the Palestinian people

2 July 2020

*Photo credits: Arbejderen and Joe Catron*

As Palestinian community and solidarity organizers launched mobilizations in over 100 cities and towns around the world to confront Israeli annexation plans and resist over 72 years of Zionist colonization in Palestine, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network spoke with Palestinian writer and organizer Khaled Barakat about the political moment and our next steps to build on the 1 July Day of Rage and the thousands of people who took to the streets to defend Palestine, its land and its people, against Zionism, imperialism, settler colonialism and racism.

The following interview addresses some of the key questions of this historically significant moment for the Palestinian liberation struggle.

Samidoun: Today and in the preceding days, we have seen dozens of mobilizations in cities and towns around the world, from the march in Ramallah organized by Samidoun Palestine to thousands on the streets in Paris and New York, to small activities in local towns where people feel compelled to come out to resist this latest injustice. We saw a massive turnout in Gaza, we saw car caravans, people marching and all kinds of actions. What do you think this means?

Khaled Barakat: Palestinians are waking up from the great deception of the so-called “peace process” and the Oslo agreements. This is, in fact, a path of treason led by Mahmoud Abbas. Palestinians have continuously realized since the Oslo agreements, over the past 30 years, that there is no hope for this path to achieve their rights. A new Palestinian generation was born after the signing of the Oslo agreements and the creation of the Palestinian Authority, inside and outside Palestine.

Today, this generation is raising its voice. It has the historic task of taking on its rightful role in leading the Palestinian liberation movement, by force and by mobilization, by providing an alternative vision. All of these mobilizations come not only to say that they are against the colonization and annexation of the Jordan Valley or the theft of Palestinian land in the West Bank.

The major political force that is propelling this resistance is the conviction of the Palestinian people that the entire project of Israel and its existence is the problem. Our actions moving forward must proceed on this basis: confronting the entire system and working to dismantle it completely, for the total liberation of the land and people of Palestine.

Samidoun: What do you think are the next steps for the movement?

Khaled Barakat: Our people have no other alternative but to be united. This unity must be on the path of liberation and return. The real division is not between Hamas and Fateh but between the path of the “self-rule” government that serves only the 1% of Palestinian capitalists – and the path of the Palestinian masses, the popular classes, who want the liberation of Palestine.

The PLO has been confiscated from the popular classes by the 1% of Palestinian capitalists and its tools, and it must be liberated and returned to the people. You are either with the self-rule government or the liberation of Palestine, supporting the 1% of collaborators or the 99% of our people engaged in comprehensive resistance.

Today, our people realize that no one can deceive them with the so-called “two-state solution.” In fact, adopting and promoting the two-state solution is a crime against the Palestinian people.

At this moment, this movement to confront annexation is not only important as a defense of Palestinian land, although this is critical. It is also a movement to defend the workers and the farmers of the Jordan Valley. When we speak about steadfastness, we are talking about fishers, workers and farmers. These are the people who carry our cause on their shoulders. Every time a Palestinian fisher goes into the Gaza sea to feed their family, they are a fedayee – a freedom fighter. Sometimes they do not come back. Israel may kill them, arrest them or destroy their boats. When Palestinian farmers in Gaza today go to plant their land, they may face shelling with Israeli tanks and U.S.-made weapons. Supporting the Palestinian people is supporting the popular classes.

This, of course, also means fighting for the liberation of all Palestinian prisoners. Every day, those who are struggling in any means – by organizing their communities, organizing their campuses and building the resistance – are targeted for Israeli abduction, torture, interrogation and imprisonment. The Palestinian prisoners’ movement reflects the leaders of our struggle. The Palestinian refugees in the camps in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria and everywhere in exile and diaspora face various circumstances of siege and repression, at their core the denial of their right to return. These are the Palestinian masses, the Palestinian people, for and with whom this global movement struggles.

Samidoun: Now, everyone is saying that they are against annexation, even the Palestinian right-wing forces responsible for signing the Oslo accords. What is your view of the current political scene for Palestinians, and how can the Palestinian liberation movement truly rise to present a popular course of struggle?

Khaled Barakat: Our task today is to form a unified national front based on the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people, defined by our people themselves. They are systematically denied and violated by the United States and Israel. The priority of the Palestinian people today is to protect their land, protect their rights and accumulate their strength in a comprehensive way.

At the same time, building for a united front should not hold us back or become a condition that prevents us from pushing the movement forward.

The resistance must become stronger and stronger. The popular movements must become stronger and stronger, including labor, women’s and student movements. Movements like Tal’at represent the aspirations of the Palestinian people. Movements like the Al-Awda coalitions and committees defending the right of return of Palestinian refugees everywhere. Organizations and networks like Samidoun are mobilizing people around the world to defend Palestinian rights, the Palestinian prisoners and the liberation of Palestine. Palestinian youth are taking the lead. Organizations like Within Our Lifetime – United for Palestine, the Hirak Shebabi (Palestinian Youth Mobilization) in Berlin, the Palestinian women’s organization Al- Karama in Spain, Hirak Haifa in occupied Palestine ‘48, the student and youth movement, and many more, are presenting a way forward.

These are the forces that led the mobilizations today, not only outside Palestine, but also inside Palestine, along with the Palestinian resistance in Gaza. These are the forces that do not rely on NGO funding from the European Union. Therefore, they dare to confront the Palestinian Authority, Israel and the United States, and adopt a necessary yet revolutionary vision for Palestinian liberation that focuses on the struggles of the popular classes, women’s struggles, national and social liberation.

Samidoun: In terms of this question of unity, there has been a lot of publicity in Palestinian media about this joint press conference of Jibril Rajoub from Fateh and Saleh al-Arouri of Hamas. Do you think this presents a real opportunity for Palestinian unity in struggle, or is this something else?

Khaled Barakat: It is not possible to unite two opposing paths – one of a program of resistance, and one of a program of concessions, negotiations and the devastation of Oslo – under the guise of “national reconciliation,” even amid the annexation project. The promotion of such meetings and conferences as a hope for unity for Palestinians promotes only illusion, especially when there remains no meaningful sign that the Palestinian Authority has truly diverged in any way from its failed path of surrender to the U.S. and Israel while repressing the Palestinian resistance through security coordination.

It is also an attempt to clean the image of Jibril Rajoub, previously the head of the Palestinian Authority’s Preventive Security Service in the West Bank. In that capacity, he practiced all kinds of repression, surveillance and detention of resistance fighters and organizations. We cannot wash away that history and present with the mere appearance of a joint online press conference. Such a media display also seeks to limit the terms of Palestinian unity to that of the Palestinian Authority: namely, the “two-state solution.” The Palestinian people have confidence only in the unity of resistance in struggle. Anything else must be met with a high level of skepticism.

National unity must be based on the principles of the Palestinian people and a program of struggle that cuts all ties with the devastating path and program of Oslo. It must not be used to burnish the appearance of the same “self-rule” Authority in the West Bank that continues, in practice, security coordination with Israel and the political repression of Palestinian resistance.

Samidoun: Many people around the world are mobilizing for Palestine by organizing campaigns for boycott, divestment and sanctions, for the boycott of Israel and of complicit corporations that are profiting from the oppression of the Palestinian people. Many of these same forces are responsible for crimes against oppressed communities around the world, the private prisons and security companies and official alliances that also attack Black communities in the U.S. and Indigenous peoples in Canada. How do you view the tasks of the boycott movement today?

Khaled Barakat: The tactic of boycott has a long history in the Palestinian movement. We boycotted British products in the 1930s. One of the first Palestinian and Arab organizations that was mobilizing in 1951 after the Nakba was the Assembly to Reject Reconciliation with Israel. This organization was founded by George Habash [the Palestinian leftist leader who later co-founded and led the Arab Nationalist Movement and then the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.] Of course, we also have the rich lessons of Palestinian boycott from the first Intifada. Boycott is an ongoing tool of Palestinian resistance, inside and outside Palestine.

The BDS campaign and boycott initiatives are an important part of the Palestine solidarity movement. When we look at BDS, we see it from a national liberation perspective. This is an important internationalist tool that can mobilize direct participation in the struggle to support the Palestinian people.

The BDS campaign includes many international organizations and initiatives that have responded to a Palestinian call to the world. It is an important part of the Palestinian solidarity movement. It is a key tool and tactic. At the same time, it is not an alternative to the Palestinian liberation movement.

We also cannot say that key political questions may be put off for the future. In reality, as I mentioned earlier, the two-state solution is a crime against the Palestinian people. It is time to be clear about the nature of the Zionist project and the necessity of total liberation, including the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to resist occupation.

Samidoun: How do you think the anger and commitment reflected in this Day of Rage can continue to build and move forward and fight back?

Khaled Barakat: The Palestinian national liberation movement is an anti-imperialist movement in its nature. The Palestinian struggle is part of the global struggle, those that confront U.S. imperialism, the capitalist system. The system that is plundering the resources of the people of the world, the system that has enslaved, exploited and continues to brutally oppress Black communities and people, the system that stole the land and commits genocide against Indigenous people. The system that sucks up the resources of the people of the world, that destroys lives and nations for profit.

Palestine is part of the camp of the world revolution. It will never change its position as an anti-imperialist, anti-racist movement. When we are building our movement, we are building that movement. When this global movement is victorious anywhere in the world, we feel it immediately in Palestine. When there are setbacks or attacks on that movement anywhere in the world, from a coup in Bolivia to U.S. economic war on Cuba, Zimbabwe, Venezuela and Iran, we also feel it immediately.

We are also part of an Arab progressive and revolutionary struggle. Palestinians have the task today to rebuild the Arab revolutionary, national liberation vision. We must be up to the task with the Arab people and the people of the region – and the people of the world – to stand as Palestinians on the front lines, confronting Zionism, imperialism and the Arab reactionary regimes that collaborate with them.

Israeli occupation arrest raids, closures target resistance to annexation: Call to mobilize throughout Palestine

1 July 2020

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, 1 July, as organizers in Palestine prepare for demonstrations in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Wadi Ara, Gaza and elsewhere to confront Israeli annexation schemes targeting Palestinian land, Israeli occupation forces launched a series of arrest raids and enforced closures upon Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank of Palestine.

Israeli occupation forces invaded a number of Palestinian cities, including Ramallah, Nablus, Tulkarem and Salfit, attempting to impose a closure throughout the West Bank and lock down even further Palestinians’ already-denied right to free movement.

In response, Samidoun Network in occupied Palestine emphasized in a statement that these widespread arrest raids and invasions will not terrorize the Palestinian people and reflect instead the confusion in the ranks of the occupation forces. Samidoun Palestine urged the need to respond to the closures by organizing local actions in villages, refugee camps and cities as well as participating broadly in the mass actions in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Wadi Ara and the Gaza Strip.

Among those targeted for Israeli abduction are Palestinian students. Alia Abu Hajla, a student at Bir Zeit University, was seized from her family home in occupied Ramallah in the pre-dawn hours of the morning.

*Palestinian student Alia Abu Hajla, seized by occupation forces on 1 July*

Fellow Bir Zeit University student, Amjad Ahed Samhan, a former political prisoner for his student activities, was also seized by Israeli occupation forces.

This came shortly after Israeli occupation forces abducted Hanin Nassar, campaigner for Palestinian political prisoners and the wife of imprisoned Palestinian Rami Fadayel, also in the dawn hours of Wednesday, 1 July. They were three of at least 24 Palestinians seized by occupation forces throughout occupied Palestine.

*Hanin Nassar, campaigner for Palestinian prisoners, seized by occupation forces on 1 July*

These arrest raids came less than a day after Salah Hamouri, French-Palestinian lawyer and former political prisoner who has faced repeated attacks and continued repression – including the forced separation of his family through the exclusion of his wife and child from Palestine – was abducted by Israeli occupation forces on 30 June in Jerusalem. He was seized from a medical center, which he had visited to receive a mandatory coronavirus test in preparation to travel to France. His flight to France was booked for Saturday, 4 July.

*French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri*

The Committee of Support for Salah Hamouri issued an urgent call for action for his release, demanding the French government take action to free their citizen from further political detention by the Israeli regime. In 2017, he was seized and held for 13 months in administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial. This also took place just days before a planned trip to France to see his wife and son.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network echoes the call of our comrades in Palestine to meet this repression with greater action and mobilization. Over 100 cities are organizing events and actions as part of the call to resist annexation and colonization in Palestine, especially on the 1 July Day of Rage. We urge the immediate release of Alia Abu Hajla, Amjad Samhan, Hanin Nassar, Salah Hamouri and all Palestinian prisoners detained by the Israeli occupation. These arrest raids and closures highlight – perhaps, more than ever – the urgency of widespread participation in all of these events and actions, from New York to Los Angeles to Boston, Toronto, Madrid, Amsterdam, Athens, Istanbul, Berlin and elsewhere.

No to annexation, no to Zionism! Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea!

Day of Rage: Join the actions around the world to say, “No to annexation! No to Zionism!” – 1 July and onwards

30 June 2020

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all supporters of Palestinian liberation to join the events and actions on the global Day of Rage for Palestine, 1 July, and the following days. Already, thousands of people around the world have rallied and marched for Palestine and against Israeli annexation, and more actions continue to be organized everywhere, from Ramallah to New York to Toronto to Johannesburg to San Jose to Berlin, Madrid, Los Angeles and Amsterdam.

1 July marks the date when the Israeli state threatens to escalate its ongoing project of colonialism, dispossession and ethnic cleansing. For 72 years, Palestinians have been struggling for liberation and return against the racist, Zionist project of Israel – backed to the hilt in its crimes by U.S., European and other colonial powers’ imperialism. By taking to the streets, we can make clear that we say: No to Annexation, No to Zionism! At the same time, we say: Yes to Palestinian Resistance, Yes to Liberation!

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Here are just a few of the major calls to action for 1 July and the surrounding days:

Join us at the following actions around the world! These actions and events are organized in response to multiple calls to action. We urge you to attend these events in your city. If you are organizing an event and it is not listed, please contact us and we will include it!

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Wednesday, 1 July

Palestine

Ramallah:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm Palestine time
Manara Square
Ramallah, Palestine
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/569188620463846/

Bethlehem:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm
Entrance to the cinema
Bethlehem, Occupied Palestine
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/265195757903784/

Wadi Ara:
Wednesday, 1 July
7:00 pm
Arara Junction
Wadi Ara, Palestine
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/273497260406261/

United States

Brooklyn – New York City:
Wednesday, 1 July
4:00 pm
72nd St and 5th Avenue
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1107930479593958/

Los Angeles:
Wednesday, 1 July
10:30 am
***Car Caravan Only: Meet at: Westwood Federal Building’s Parking Lot, 11000 Wilshire (at Veteran Ave) at 10:30AM on Wednesday, July 1st, we will drive as a car caravan to the Zionist Consulate,11766 Wilshire Blvd (at Granville.)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2839968346235070/

San Francisco:
Wednesday, 1 July
4:00 pm
Gather at Civic Center for Car Caravan to Israeli Consulate
San Francisco, CA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/202959654233254/

San Diego:
Wednesday, 1 July
12:00 pm
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Parking Lot
San Diego, California
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1173424356338247/

Chicago:
Wednesday, 1 July
4:00 pm
Altman Park
11500 S Beloit Ave,
Worth, IL
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1744112932379543/

Salt Lake City:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:30 pm
Wallace Bennett Federal Building
125 South State Street
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2370894586549090/

Albuquerque:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm
San Mateo/Central
Albuquerque, New Mexico (Car Caravan)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2709903869298681/

Portland:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm
Terry Schrunk Plaza
Portland, OR, US
More info: https://www.instagram.com/p/CB_2hozAIMF/

Seattle:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:30 pm
810 Virginia St
Seattle, WA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/308520560288973/

Boston:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm
Massachussetts State House
24 Beacon St
Boston, MA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1573167912857399/

Philadelphia:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm
400 N Broad St
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2670651379869614/

Wednesday, 1 July
10:00 am
Sen. Bob Casey’s Office
2000 Market St
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/357333312376358/

Toledo:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:00 pm
Secor and Central
Toledo, OH, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/770388553703201/

Baltimore:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:00 pm
Howard St and Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Baltimore, MD, US
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/720060222061073/

Columbus:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:00 pm
Goodale Park
Columbus, OH, US
More info: https://www.facebook.com/SJPOSU/photos/a.237006683173545/1400766433464225/

Rancho Cucamonga:
Wednesday, 1 July
4:00 pm
Foothill and Day Creek (Across from Victoria Gardens)
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
More info: https://www.facebook.com/stgeorgeupland/photos/a.108165724207726/153960162961615/

Claremont:
Wednesday, 1 July
3:30 pm
Memorial Park
Claremont, California, USA

Canada

St. Catharines:
Wednesday, 1 July
2:00 pm
St. Catharines City Hall
50 Church St.
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
More Details: praxis1871@gmail.com

Halifax:
Wednesday, 1 July
12:00 pm
The Wave
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3001826806560181/

Costa Rica

San Jose
Wednesday, 1 July
10:30 am
Cancilleria
San Jose, Costa Rica
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/704067473766120/

Britain

Oldham:
Wednesday, 1 July
3:00 pm
Ferranti Technologies
Oldham, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2727183417607511/

Bedford:
Wednesday, 1 July
11:00 am
Trevor Huddleston Statue
Silver Street
Bedford, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1151164508577318/

France

Toulouse:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:30 pm
Metro Capitole
Toulouse, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/267156387703296/

Brest:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:00 pm
Place de la Liberte
Brest, France
More info: https://www.france-palestine.org/Action-StopAnnexion-a-Brest

Lorient:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:00 pm
Place Aristide Briand
Lorient, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/287642245758568/

Vannes:
Wednesday, 1 July
11:00 am
Prefecture du Morbihan
Vannes, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/287642245758568/

Réunion

Saint-Denis:

Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm
Champs Fleuri
Saint-Denis, Réunion
More info: https://www.temoignages.re/politique/sante/mouvement-reunionnais-pour-la-paix-stoppez-la-colonisation-de-la-palestine,98506

Netherlands

Amsterdam:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:30 pm
Museumplein
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/866747283815857/

Den Haag (The Hague):
Wednesday, 1 July
3:00 pm
Israeli embassy in Netherlands
Buitenhof
Den Haag, Netherlands
More info: https://www.facebook.com/Palestijnsegemeenschap.nl/photos/a.1543218865982730/2339493143021961/?type=3&theater

Austria

Vienna:
Wednesday, 1 July
1:00 pm
Israeli embassy
Anton-Frank-Gasse 20
Vienna, Austria
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/271250943949785/

Germany

Frankfurt:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:00 pm
US Consulate
Giessener Str 30
Frankfurt, Germany
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/189312392518178/

Berlin:
Wednesday, 1 July
12:00 pm
Wittenbergplatz
Berlin, Germany

Spanish State

Madrid:
Wednesday, 1 July
7:00 pm
Plaza de la Provincia
Outside the Foreign Ministry
Madrid, Spanish State
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/277827043420796/

Granada:
Wednesday, 1 July
7:00 pm
Plaza Nueva
Granada, Spanish State
More info: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=933487040433083

Valencia:
Wednesday, 1 July
7:30 pm
Placa de la Verge
Valencia, Spanish state
Info: https://samidoun.net/event/valencia-palestine-is-not-for-sale/

Valladolid:
Wednesday, 1 July
8:00 pm
Plaza Fuente Dorada
Valladolid, Spanish State
Info: https://samidoun.net/event/valladolid-palestine-is-not-for-sale/

Bilbao:
Wednesday, 1 July
7:30 pm
Elkarretaratzea
Bilboko Areatza

Sevilla:
Wednesday, 1 July
8:00 pm
Plaza Nueva
Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain

Greece

Athens:
Wednesday, 1 July
7:00 pm
Israeli Embassy
Marathonodromon 1
Athens, Greece
More info: https://www.facebook.com/1114054352135500/photos/a.1114439372096998/1451576105049988/

Turkey

Istanbul:
Wednesday, 1 July
12:30 pm
Israeli Consulate
Yapikredi Plaza
Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey
More info: https://www.facebook.com/filistinindostlari/photos/a.2009958169331480/2639390403054917/

South Africa

Johannesburg:
Wednesday, 1 July
1:00 pm
US Consulate
1 Sandton Drive
Johannesburg, South Africa
More info: https://ymlp.com/z5nA5h

South Korea

Seoul:
Wednesday, 1 July
10:00 am
Israeli Embassy to South Korea
Seoul, South Korea
More info: https://www.facebook.com/palestinekorea

Thursday, 2 July

United States

Miami:
Thursday, 2 July
4:00 pm
Torch of Friendship
301 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/197585221570009/

Honolulu:
Thursday, 2 July
12:00 pm
Ala Moana Boulevard and Atkinson Drive
Honolulu, Hawai’i
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/268447941056108/

Greensboro:
Thursday, 2 July
12:30 pm
Wendover Village
Greensboro, NC, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/264322984668059/

Friday, 3 July

United States

North Bergen, New Jersey:
Friday, 3 July
4:00 pm
80th St and Bergenline Avenue
North Bergen, NJ
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AMPNJChapter/photos/a.659525074069970/3417138988308551/

Washington, D.C.:
Friday, 3 July
12:30 pm
Israeli embassy
3514 International Drive NW
Washington, DC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/267895674491849/

Philadelphia:
Friday, 3 July
4:00 pm
Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2896644663896530/

St. Louis:
Friday, 3 July
3:00 pm
Kiener Plaza (Broadway and Market)
St. Louis, MO, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2865551030391677/

Germany

Berlin:
Friday, 3 July
6:00 pm
Platz der Republik 1
Berlin, Germany
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/607135923573332/

Austria

Vienna:
Friday, 3 July
4:00 pm
Mariahilfer Strasse 69
Vienna, Austria
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/260680235363115/

Spanish State

Gijon:
Friday, 3 July
7:00 pm
Plaza del Parchis
Gijon, Spain

Saturday, 4 July

Jordan

Amman:
Saturday, 4 July
4:00 pm
Al-Kalouty Mosque, Rabieh
Amman, Jordan
More info: https://www.facebook.com/aya.ghanameh/posts/551906545686333

Canada

Toronto:
Saturday, 4 July
3:00 pm
Israeli Consulate
20 Bloor St East
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/297741364695915/

Misssissauga:
Saturday, 4 July
3:00 pm
Celebration Square
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/691671411684837/

Denmark

Copenhagen:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Palæstinas Plads
Linnésgade 3
1361 København K
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2504207779890011/

Netherlands

Maastricht:
Saturday, 4 July
3:00 pm
Vrijthof
Maastricht, Netherlands
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/919680248512543/

Ireland

Dublin:
Saturday, 4 July
1:00 pm
Spire of Dublin
O’Connell Street
Dublin, Ireland
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2700464616867634/

Derry:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Free Derry Corner
Derry, Ireland
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/197641014921824/

France

Lyon:
Saturday, 4 July
3:00 pm
Place Bellecour
Lyon, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/manifestation-contre-lannexion/4044013759006850/

Montpellier:
Saturday, 4 July
4:30 pm
Place de la Comedie
Montpellier, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/301989077596018/

Britain/UK

National call:
Saturday, 4 July
UK-wide
Day of Action
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3044471022302907/

London:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Mile End Park
London, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/654510931802373/

Sheffield:
Saturday, 4 July
12:00 pm
Sheffield Town Hall
Sheffield, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/562433421114644/

Southampton:
Saturday, 4 July
11:00 am
West Quay Above Bar
Southampton, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/603099827255624/

Nottingham:
Saturday, 4 July
12:00 pm
Market Square
Nottingham, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/368384237475343/

London:
Saturday, 4 July
12:00 pm
Hyde Park
London, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2512169635666953/

Whalley:
Saturday, 4 July
Brooks Bar
180 Chorlton Road
Whalley, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3081097945305400/

Bristol:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Water Fountains
The Centre
Bristol, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/328393231497424/

Abergavenny:
Saturday, 4 July
11:00 am
Waterstones
Abergavenny, Wales
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/560650747951519/

Watford:
Saturday, 4 July
10:30 am
100 High St
Watford, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/406243646998449/

Oxford:
Saturday, 4 July
10:30 am
Bonn Square
Queen Street
Oxford, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/220399385643105/

York:
Saturday, 4 July
11:00 am
Parliament Street
York, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/730439487733114/

Richmond:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
The Quadrant
Richmond, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3044471022302907/

Reading:
Saturday, 4 July
1:00 pm
Town Hall
Reading, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3044471022302907/

Orkney:
Saturday, 4 July
11:00 am
Kirkwall St Magnus Cathedral
Orkney, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3044471022302907/

Lambeth and Wandsworth:
Saturday, 4 July
4:00 pm
Herne Hill Precinct and Brockwell Park Entrance
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3044471022302907/

Bangor:
Saturday, 4 July
1:00 pm
Glanrafon Car Park
Bangor, UK
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/events/3044471022302907/

Brighton:
Saturday, 4 July
12 pm
Clocktower
Brighton, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3044471022302907/

Dundee:
Saturday, 4 July
1:00 pm
City Square
Dundee, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3044471022302907/

Hastings:
Saturday, 4 July
12:00 pm
Debenhams
Hastings, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3044471022302907/

Hackney:
Saturday, 4 July
1:00 pm
Narrow Way
Hackney, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3044471022302907/

Chichester:
Saturday, 4 July
1:00 pm
Market Cross
Chichester, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/386907725603036/

Exeter:
Saturday, 4 July
12:30 pm
Bedford Square
Exeter, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/688774815033210/

Kingston:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Bentalls
Kingston, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3044471022302907/

Northampton:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Abington Park Bandstand
Northampton, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/643582986239404/

Norwich:
Saturday, 4 July
1:00 pm
Tesco Metro
Norwich, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/300850524631832/

Plymouth:
Saturday, 4 July
11:00 am
Sundial
Plymouth, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3674702279223073/

New Zealand

Nelson:
Saturday, 4 July
11:00 am
Corner of Trafalgar St and Selwyn Place
Nelson, New Zealand
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/951012965348135/

Christchurch:
Saturday, 4 July
12:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance
Cashel Street
Christchurch, New Zealand
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/279011760122729/

Auckland:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Aotea Square
291-297 Queen Street
Auckland, New Zealand
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/608137599811273/

Hamilton:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Corner Wairere Drive and Cambridge Road/Naylor Street
Hamilton, New Zealand
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1583304435184731/

Sunday, 5 July

United States

Detroit:
Sunday, 5 July
2:00 pm
*Note – Farm Work Day*
5800 Ogden St.
Detroit, MI, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/873085639879881/

Cleveland:
Sunday, 5 July
4:00 pm
Public Square
Cleveland, OH
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/272667717301982/

Tallahassee:
Sunday, 5 July
12:00 pm
Westcott Building
Tallahassee, FL, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/721309378433908/

Orlando:
Sunday, 5 July
12:00 pm
8375 International Drive
Orlando, FL, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2794207217532454/

Gainesville:
Sunday, 5 July
6:00 pm
13th St and University Ave
Gainesville, FL, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/601423820350565/

Ft. Lauderdale:
Sunday, 5 July
5:00 pm
Huizenga Plaxa
32 E. Las Olas Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/702631490558979/

Tampa:
Sunday, 5 July
5:00 pm
N. 50th St and E. Fowler Ave
Tampa, FL, USA

Canada

Hamilton:
Sunday, 5 July
3:00 pm
Hamilton City Hall
71 Main St. West
Hamilton, ON, Canada
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/367395084222225/

Monday, 6 July

Portugal

Lisbon:
Monday, 6 July
6:30 pm
Largo de Martim Moniz
Lisbon, Portugal
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1387754484947197/

Tuesday, 7 July

United States

Washington, DC:
Tuesday, 7 July
7:00 am
Mitchell Park
Washington, DC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/310511349987815/

Wednesday, 8 July

United States

Las Vegas:
Wednesday, 8 July
6:00 pm
CAR CARAVAN: Gather at 25 Four Seasons Drive
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/589382958674778/

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We also urge you to endorse the call to action by Samidoun Network in occupied Palestine and in the diaspora, originally released in Arabic, against the prospect of Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank, and in support of Palestinian liberation.

Click here to send your organizational endorsement.

Endorsers:

Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition
AFPS (Association France-Palestine Solidarite) 63
Alkarama Palestinian Women’s Movement
Al-Quds Day Committee of New York
American Muslims for Palestine – NJ
Australia Solidarity with Latin America
Bay Area Women in Black
BDS Netherlands – DocP
BDS Vancouver – Coast Salish Territories
Brno for Palestine
Campaign to Bring Mumia Home
Canada Palestine Association
Canadian Union Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3902 Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) Committee
Collectif Palestine Vaincra
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
Finnish-Arab Friendship Society
Freedom Road Socialist Organizaiton
Grupo De Tecnologia Alternativa S.C.
Hilton Head for Peace
Ibriq per la cultura e la causa palestinese
Internaional League of Peoples’ Struggle Commission 1
International Action Center
International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
Jews for Palestinian Right of Return
KARAMA
L’avenir Palestinien Belgique
LA4Palestine
MA Korea Peace Campaign
Merdeka West Papua Support Network
Miranda Rights Alliance for Human Rights
MOVE Organization
National Lawyers Guild – International Committee
New York City Jericho Amnesty Movement
No More Silence
NY4Palestine
Palaestina Solidaritaet Steiermark; Friedensplattform Steiermark
Palestine Network South Asia
Palestine Peace and Solidarity in South Korea
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
Queer Palestinian Empowerment Network
Queers United for Palestinian
Red de Solidaridad con Palestina – Costa Rica
Revolutionaire Eenheid
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
San Diego County Central Committee of the Peace and Freedom Party of California
Single Mothers Asociation of Kenya
Struggle/La Lucha for Socialism
Students Against Israeli Apartheid – U of Toronto
Students for Justice in Palestine – Netherlands
Students for Justice in Palestine SDSU
The Campaign to Bring Mumia Home
UofT’s Graduate Student Union’s BDS Committee
US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Vrije Bond Utrecht
Within Our Lifetime – United for Palestine
Women in Black – New York
Women in Black Vienna
Workers World Party
Youth Against War and Racism

Amman, Jordan: Photo campaign rejects Zionism, annexation and colonization in Palestine

29 June 2020

*“Down with occupation…Down with the U.S.-Zionist plan (The U.S.-Zionist annexation project will not pass!)”*

People in Amman, Jordan, including youth, women, workers and supporters of Samidoun, participated in a photo campaign to express their rejection of the Israeli annexation plan targeting the Jordan Valley and colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank of Palestine. The Netanyahu regime, with the backing of U.S. imperialism and the complicity of European and other colonial powers, declared its intention to openly annex major Palestinian agricultural land and resources, further forcing Palestinians from their homes and lands as part of the continuing Nakba.

Among other participants in the photo project is Kamal Khalil, artist and singer, the founder of Baladna band:

*“(Zionist annexation plan will not pass) All of Palestine and the revolution continues”*

Protests and actions have been organized around the world and inside occupied Palestine on and around 1 July, the announced date for the annexation plan. In Amman, people carried signs declaring their rejection of the scheme and their commitment to Palestine in both Arabic and English, including:

“No to Annexation – No to Zionism!”

“Down with occupation…Down with the U.S.-Zionist plan (The U.S.-Zionist annexation project will not pass!)”

“The Arab popular response to the Zionist annexation plan is: Scrap Camp David, Wadi Araba and Oslo agreements!”

“Palestine from the river to the sea – your colonialist projects will not pass!”

“(Zionist annexation plan will not pass) All of Palestine and the revolution continues”

“Our people are stronger than the schemes – racist colonialist projects will not pass”

Over 100 cities around the world are holding protests and actions in the coming days, organized by many different Palestinian community and Palestine solidarity organizations. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all supporters of Palestine to attend these events in your city. If you are organizing an event and it is not listed at this schedule, contact us to include it: Fill out the form, message us on Facebook, or e-mail us at samidoun@samidoun.net.

Photo gallery:

“Down with occupation…Down with the U.S.-Zionist plan (The U.S.-Zionist annexation project will not pass!)” “No to Annexation – No to Zionism!” “The Arab popular response to the Zionist annexation plan is: Scrap Camp David, Wadi Arabi and Oslo agreements!”

*“The Arab popular response to the Zionist annexation plan is: Scrap Camp David, Wadi Araba, and Oslo agreements!”*

*“Our people are stronger than the schemes – racist colonialist projects will not pass”*

*“Palestine from the river to the sea – your colonialist projects will not pass!”*

Ramallah press conference highlights call to action for 1 July against annexation and colonization

29 June 2020

On Monday, 29 June, Samidoun Network in occupied Palestine organized a press conference in Ramallah at the offices of Wattan TV, urging widespread participation and action in the protests and mobilizations taking place in Palestine and around the world to protest annexation, colonization and Zionism on and around 1 July, including the 5 pm mobilizations in Ramallah and Bethlehem and the 7 pm mobilization in Wadi Ara.

Full video below (in Arabic):

The press conference opened with a statement from Samidoun, presented by Najd Hussam, followed by a presentation by Mohammed Khatib, Samidoun coordinator in Europe, who focused on the mobilizations taking place in Palestinian communities in exile and diaspora and solidarity movements around the world, and emphasized that the cause of the Palestinian people is return and liberation.

Finally, Hamza Zbeidat – of the Jordan Valley – highlighted the history of Zionist colonization in Palestine and ongoing attacks on Palestinian people and land in the Valley, where Palestinian agricultural villages are subjected to encirclement, land confiscation and hostile attacks by occupation military bases and colonial settlements on a daily basis.

The full initial statement from Samidoun is below:

On behalf of Samidoun Network, we welcome you to this special press conference on the demonstrations taking place on Wednesday, 1 July inside Palestine and around the world. We thank you for your presence, your participation with us and your coverage of our press conference and activities.

As we begin this press conference, let us extend our greetings and salutations to the families of the martyrs and the prisoners and to the masses of our Palestinian people confronting siege, blockade and occupation in all forms, who confront projects of liquidation, violations and crimes of the Zionist entity throughout all of occupied Palestine and in exile and diaspora.

We also extend a special greeting of struggle to the Palestinian prisoners’ movement in the occupation prisons, the leadership of our national liberation struggle, the solid core of the Palestinian resistance and the front line of defense for our people.

It is important for us in the Samidoun Network to confirm that all of these colonial projects, including the most recent Zionist-U.S. annexation project, are not a new policy for our people. They reflect the policies and practices of the occupation and the Zionist entity since before 1948, and the so-called annexation plan targeting the northern Dead Sea, the Jordan Valley and colonial settlements throughout the occupied West Bank, will not be the last such colonial assault. This project is sponsored by the United States and supervised by its Zionist Ambassador David Friedman.

We in Samidoun consider this to be yet another step aimed at perpetuating the system and legal framework of racist settler colonialism throughout occupied Palestine. At the same time, it is a dangerous precedent for yet even more repression and crimes directed against the Palestinian people, especially the farmers and workers in the occupied West Bank in particular.

At the same time, we consider this moment to be a real opportunity for the Palestinian people and our national liberation movement and resistance. It is important to take hold of this opportunity and work to change the course of the relationship that some have pursued with the occupation entity. This means: putting to an end all forms of reliance on the so-called “negotiations” and “peace process” or depending on verbal official positions issued daily by the United Nations and other international institutions, which have no value as our people see no reflection of such statements in their material reality.

This also means that, first: We want to say to the world and to all of Palestine that the project of the so-called “two-state solution” has been destroyed forever and it will not return. All agreements, from Madrid and Wadi Araba to Oslo and the Paris Protocol have fallen with it. Second: We must work to make this period a meaningful moment of struggle in which the Palestinian people will regain their popular unity on the ground and in the fields of struggle and joint action, as a transition to a new stage.

The truth is that this annexation project, from our point of view, is no different in essence and form from the Prawer Project in the occupied Naqab, nor from the land expropriations that occur daily on an incremental basis in order to provide the Zionist settler colonies on our land with control over the land, resources and wealth of the Palestinian people – especially water and the agricultural sources of life and livelihood. It is also similar to the projects taking place every day in occupied Palestine ’48.

Today, we want to present to you and to the masses of the Palestinian people a direct report and call to participation in the popular marches that will start on Wednesday in Ramallah and Bethlehem at 5:00 pm and in Wadi Ara at 7:00 pm in occupied Palestine 48. We appeal to all of the Palestinian people to engage and participate actively and massively in these popular marches so that our voice may be heard in rejection of all colonial projects, confirming that the defeat of the occupation is inevitable, and liberation is inevitable throughout Palestine, from the river to the sea.

We also present popular Palestinian community and solidarity activities around the world. These events and activities were organized by the Samidoun Network and dozens of Palestinian community organizations and solidarity groups. They come to coincide with the declaration of the occupying entity that 1 July will be the date of the official announcement of its step to publicly and unlawfully steal one-third of the occupied West Bank and annex the colonial settlements.

With us today is our colleague Mohammed Khatib, coordinator of Samidoun Network, who will discuss actions and events taking place around the world in the coming days. With us is also our colleague Hamza Zubeidat from the village of Zubeidat in the Jordan Valley, to highlight the situation and the seriousness of these threats of colonial annexation.

27 June, Webinar: The Black Liberation Movement: Centuries of Struggle

26 June 2020

En – Ar.

Join us for a discussion with Black and Palestinian activists and organizers on the history and present of the Black Liberation Movement. The discussion will also address joint struggle with the Palestinian liberation movement, inside and outside the U.S. context.

10 AM Pacific – 1 PM Eastern – 5 PM UTC – 7 pm central Europe – 8 pm Palestine

Register online to attend on Zoom: https://bit.ly/pal4blackliberation

Please note, places on Zoom are limited! The event will also be livestreamed on Facebook at https://facebook.com/SamidounPrisonerSolidarity

SPEAKERS:

Kristian Davis Bailey is a writer, activist and co-founder of Black4Palestine.

Onyesonwu Chatoyer: Onyesonwu is a cadre with the All African People’s Revolutionary Party and the All African Women’s Revolutionary Union. She is also a co-editor of Hood Communist blog.

Murad Odeh: Murad is a Palestinian youth worker and community activist.

الندوة الخامسة عشر (15) من سلسلة البديل الثوري. نبحث هذه المرّة في تاريخ نضال السود وحركة تحررهم من الاستعباد والاستعمار على مدار خمسة 5 قرون في مواجهة الرأسمالية والعنصرية. في حوار مع رفاق ورفيقات من الولايات المتحدة، نحو فهم أعمق للانتفاضة الشعبية المتواصلة ضد العنصرية والاستغلال ومؤسسات القمع, وعن التحديات التاريخية والراهنة التي تواجه حركة تحرر السود وطبيعة العلاقة النضالية مع الفلسطينين والعرب وجموع المهاجرين واللاجئين والفئات المهمشة داخل حدود الإمبراطورية.
رابط التسجيل للمشاركة: https://bit.ly/pal4blackliberation

توجد ترجمة للغتين العربية والإنجليزية.

1. Juli: Aufruf gegen die israelische Annexion, für den Kampf für ein freies Palästina

26 June 2020

Übersetzung dank Free Palestine FFM:

Ein Aufruf an das kämpfende palästinensische Volk im gesamten besetzten Palästina und an die Massen unseres Volkes, die im Exil und in der Diaspora kämpfen…

Wir wissen, dass viele Palästinenser im Exil und Unterstützer Palästinas an den Aufständen und Massenmobilisierungen beteiligt sind, die auf die Straße gehen, um dem anti-schwarzen Rassismus entgegenzutreten und die Verteidigung und Demontage der Polizei und anderer Unterdrückungsstrukturen zu fordern. Die Konfrontation mit den israelischen Annexionsplänen – vollständig vom US-Imperialismus unterstützt und vom zionistischen Rassismus inspiriert – ist auch Teil des globalen Kampfes gegen Rassismus, Kolonialismus und Imperialismus. Israels Verbrechen werden jedes Jahr durch 3,8 Milliarden Dollar an militärischer Hilfe von den USA sowie durch unbegrenzte diplomatische, politische und “Sicherheits”-Unterstützung von Kanada, der Europäischen Union, Großbritannien, Australien und anderen imperialistischen Mächten unterstützt.

Ein Aufruf an Palästinenser, Araber und die Völker der Welt….

Israel, das zionistische Projekt, das von den USA und den reaktionären Kräften in der Region voll und ganz unterstützt wird, setzt den Weg des Versuchs fort, die palästinensische Sache und die Rechte der Palästinenser zu liquidieren. Es zielt darauf ab, sein rassistisches Kolonialregime mit Waffengewalt, durch Unterdrückungssysteme, Gefängnisse und Haftanstalten sowie durch die Verbreitung systematischer Zerstörung, die auf das palästinensische Volk abzielt, durchzusetzen. Israel verweigert nicht nur die nationalen Rechte des palästinensischen Volkes, sondern verletzt auch die grundlegendsten und natürlichsten Rechte der Menschen und des Landes.

Unser kämpfendes palästinensisches Volk ist sich zusammen mit der arabischen Nation, den Völkern der Region und den fortschrittlichen Kräften und Befreiungsbewegungen in der ganzen Welt mehr denn je des wahren Gesichts der rassistischen, zionistischen kolonialen Entität und ihres expansionistischen Charakters und ihrer Ziele bewusst. Sie sehen auch mit voller Klarheit, wie die Besatzung ihre andauernden Verbrechen und täglichen Angriffe gegen das palästinensische Volk weiterhin umsetzt. Diese Verbrechen und Verstöße lassen keine Stunde lang nach, von Tötung, Belagerung, Massenverhaftungen, Hauszerstörungen und der Beschlagnahme palästinensischen Landes durch Annexions- und Vertreibungsprojekte. Diese täglichen Verbrechen, die von den Besatzungstruppen begangen werden, finden vor den Augen und Ohren der Welt statt, ohne Rechenschaftspflicht, ohne eine sinnvolle Reaktion oder auch nur eine minimale völkerrechtliche Reaktion.

Die Politik des zionistischen Staates und der Trump-Administration, die zusammen mit Netanjahu und Gantz steht, ist die logische Fortsetzung der fortlaufenden Geschichte jeder aufeinander folgenden israelischen Regierung und Führung von vor der Gründung des zionistischen Staates auf unserem palästinensischen Heimatland im Jahre 1948 bis zum heutigen Tag. Dieses rechte Bündnis und die zutiefst fundamental rassistischen Strukturen, die es stützen, sind davon überzeugt, dass es dem palästinensischen Volk aufgrund des Zustands des Zerfalls, der Schwäche und der Desorganisation an der palästinensischen und arabischen Innenfront seinen Willen mit Gewalt aufzwingen kann. Sie nehmen ungestraft die Häuser und die Existenz des palästinensischen Volkes selbst ins Visier, angefangen beim Abriss unserer Häuser im Negev, in Qalansuwa, Jerusalem und im gesamten Westjordanland, über die Fortsetzung der verheerenden Belagerung unseres Volkes im kämpfenden Gazastreifen bis hin zur Verweigerung unseres Rechts auf Rückkehr und Selbstbestimmung im gesamten palästinensischen Land.

Heute bereitet sich die zionistische Rechtsallianz darauf vor, das gesamte palästinensische Land im besetzten Westjordanland auszuplündern und ein System von Ghettos, Kantonen, Erdrosselung und Verarmung zu schaffen, was sie als “Tatsachen vor Ort” bezeichnet, die in erster Linie auf die Rechte und Interessen der palästinensischen Volksklassen im gesamten besetzten Palästina abzielen.

Andererseits wirkt diese israelische Politik auch darauf hin, die gewaltige Niederlage aller Kapitulations- und Illusionsprojekte für Palästina zu beschleunigen, den Weg der Verhandlungen, der mit der Madrider Konferenz von 1991 und den katastrophalen und verheerenden Abkommen von Oslo begann, die die Institutionen und Organisationen des palästinensischen Volkes zerstörten. Diese Politik zerrte die palästinensische Nationalbewegung in einen Zustand der Niederlage, des internen Konflikts und der Desintegration, indem sie die Rolle der palästinensischen Befreiungsorganisation konfiszierte und sie ihrer volksnahen und demokratischen Rolle beraubte.

Heute blicken die Völker der Welt, befreundete wie feindliche Kräfte gleichermaßen, auf die palästinensische Antwort, nicht nur auf dieses jüngste zionistische Verbrechen, sondern auf diese ganze Phase der Zerstörung. Ihre Augen weisen auf die entscheidende Bedeutung einer populären palästinensischen und arabischen Reaktion auf das Annexionsprojekt und die Auferlegung der so genannten “israelischen Gesetze und Souveränität über Judäa und Samaria” hin.

Dementsprechend rufen wir alle nationalen und islamischen Kräfte, Volksorganisationen innerhalb Palästinas und im Exil und in der Diaspora sowie unsere Gewerkschaften, Frauenorganisationen und die Studentenbewegung auf, sich umfassend zu beteiligen und den Volksmarsch anzuführen, der am 1. Juli 2020 in der Stadt Ramallah beginnen wird, wenn wir auf dem Weg eines vereinten palästinensischen Volkes und eines vereinten palästinensischen Kampfes marschieren und für die Rechte und die Würde unseres Volkes eintreten – immer und ausschließlich für die Rechte und die Würde des palästinensischen Volkes.

Wir rufen das palästinensische Volk im gesamten besetzten Palästina, überall im Exil und in der Diaspora, und all diejenigen, die für Gerechtigkeit in Palästina eintreten – alle nationalen Kräfte, Jugendgruppen, Institutionen der Zivilgesellschaft und Volksbewegungen – auf, direkte Aktionen und Volksmobilisierungen in den Flüchtlingslagern, Städten und Dörfern zu organisieren und Pläne für gemeinsame Aktionen und Massenorganisation zu formulieren. Gemeinsam können wir die Macht und das Potenzial des palästinensischen Volkes, des arabischen Volkes und der internationalen Bewegung für Gerechtigkeit mobilisieren, um den Plänen des Besatzers und seiner Kollaborateure entgegenzutreten. Es ist an der Zeit, einen qualitativen Schritt zum Schutz des palästinensischen Volkes zu tun und die Grundlagen der nationalen Befreiungsbewegung wieder aufzubauen.

Unser palästinensisches Volk überall und die nationale Befreiungsbewegung marschieren auf dem Weg zur Befreiung und Rückkehr.

Mit Loyalität gegenüber den Märtyrern und der kämpfenden Gefangenenbewegung, der Führung des palästinensischen Kampfes.

Nieder mit der Besatzung! Die Annexions-, Kolonisierungs- und Siedlungsprojekte werden gescheitert sein. Der Sieg ist mit dem palästinensischen Volk und der palästinensischen Sache!

Juni 2020

26 June, Vancouver: Flash Picket: NO Israeli Annexation, Free Palestine

25 June 2020

Friday, 26 June
5:00 pm
Broadway and Clark
Vancouver, Canada
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/566478430904602/

Join us for a flash picket (with appropriate physical distancing) in Vancouver to show our clear opposition to Israel’s new annexation plans.

Bring your keffiyeh to use as a mask and come out to be part of the cross-Canada and global actions to say NO Israeli annexation, apartheid and occupation!

Free Palestine!

Since the signing of the defunct Oslo Accords, Israel has at least tripled the number of illegal settlers, pushing Palestinians off their lands, crippling Palestinian agriculture and development, and then killing or injuring Palestinians who dare to protest. Palestinians demand justice now, and have issued a call for international sanctions against Israel.

Canadian PM Trudeau recently claimed to “deplore” Israel’s annexation plans and said they “are going to delay any prospect of lasting peace in the Middle East”. If the Canadian government is genuine in this belated expression of opposition to Israel’s illegal policies, then the absolute minimum expected is to impose sanctions on the Israeli government until it respects international law. Actions speak louder than words!

As Palestinian dispossession (Nakba) continues, our struggle will continue!

Organized by Canada Palestine Association, BDS Vancouver-Coast Salish Territories

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