The marchers belong to organizations and parties such as Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality), the Communist Party of Israel, Banki-Shaviva (Young Communist League of Israel), Meretz, Gush Shalom, and Yesh Gvul. Member of the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) Dov Khenin (Hadash) spoke at the protest. "42 years of occupation are 42 years too many," said MK Khenin. "This year Israel is at a crossroads: Either we move to create a just Israeli-Palestinian peace or dangerous deterioration leads us to terrible regional war."

Head of Hadash, MK Mohammed Barakeh addressed the demonstration. He said "occupation norms" were slowly penetrating Israeli society and threatening democracy with such occurrences as "the Nakba laws, the discrimination against the Arab-Palestinians in Israel, the harming of freedom of speech and politics, and more".

MK Nitzan Horovitz (Meretz) also addressed the crowd, calling on Israel to stop settlement building in the Palestinian occupied territories and restart a "real peace process".