Partnership for Peace protesters, among them Hadash and Communist Party of Israel activists, gathered across Israel against war and occupation on Friday, November 29, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. They reaffirmed the organization’s commitment to supporting the Palestinian people and their inalienable rights, including the right to live in peace, security, and dignity. Demonstrators held banners with messages such as “Stop the War,” “Stop the Genocide,” and “Stop the Massacre.” The protesters said: “Just as the Israeli government stopped its fire in Lebanon, it can also stop the fire in Gaza.”
Demostrators gathering against the war in Gaza and for the Palestinians rights at the UNESCO Square in Haifa, Friday, November 29, 2024 (Photo: Zo Haderech)
The International Day of Solidarity was established by the United Nations in 1977, following a resolution passed by the UN General Assembly on November 29, 1947, to remind the world of the historic decision to partition Palestine in two states. Protests were held Friday in Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beer Sheva, Nazareth, Ramleh, Jaffa, Tira, Taybe, Sakhnin, Modi’in, Kiryat Tivon, Kfar Yassif, Kaboul, Arabeh, Acre, Raanana Junction and other locations.
In Jerusalem, cops brutally attacked the demonstrators. According to Free Jerusalem, “This is the response we get in so called democratic Israel for calling to end this genocidal war, to bring back the hostages, and to create a just and safe future. Wherever you are around the world, help us stop these crimes.” Also in Jaffa, police officers tried to confiscate banners against starvation in Gaza.
In Nazareth at the Mary’s Well (The spring of the Virgin Mary, in Arabic), a popular square and meeting place for the Palestinian community in Nazareth until the Nakba who has become a symbol of the city of, demonstrators put a sign with the inscription: “We don’t want to spoil your holiday joy, but we want you to tell your children that children are being killed in Gaza.” In Beit Jala, a town in the Bethlehem Governorate in the occupied West Bank, a common Palestinian-Israeli demonstration was held by “Combatants for Peace”.
In a separate demonstration, hundreds of Israeli women, including relatives of hostages held in Gaza, blocked for hours King George Street and staged Friday morning a silent protest outside the Likud Party headquarters in Tel Aviv. The demonstration was held by the Shift 101 protest group demanding the far-right government the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza.
Shift 101 is a group led by mothers of hostages advocating for their liberation through non-violent protest. After weeks of the group hosting protests near government institutions in Jerusalem, this is the first time they’ve done it in Tel Aviv. The protesters, whom were mostly women, were all dressed in white at the demonstration and sat alongside families of hostages still held captive.
Related: https://maki.org.il/en/?p=32277
