Gaza pounded again by Israeli forces

MEDIA RELEASE 26.03.2019

Palestine Solidarity Network

Gaza pounded again by Israeli forces

Palestinians have a right to resist the Israeli occupation, including the illegal and brutal 11-year blockade of Gaza. The living situation for the 2 million Palestinians in Gaza is terrible and getting worse as Gaza is again pounded by Israeli forces.

We stand in solidarity with the Great March of Return protestors who every Friday assemble at the fence and demand equal human rights with the Israelis on the other side. While much of the world connives these young people refuse to be trapped in the open air prison created by the Israeli government and abetted by the Egyptian dictatorship.

They refuse to be refugees forever.

Rocket attacks against civilians are illegal and ineffective. There is no military solution for Palestinians. Israel - backed by massive funding from the USA - has overwhelming conventional dominance. Israeli civilians - like Palestinian civilians - must never be targeted. Despite this legal prohibition, civilians in Gaza have repeatedly been attacked by the Israeli army, with about 1,500 killed in Israel’s 7-week bombardment of Gaza in 2014.

The refusal of Palestinians to meekly play the part of the conquered, by protesting for equality and dignity, whether in Gaza, the West Bank or increasingly within Israel, is inevitable. Palestinians have never accepted the cruel deal imposed on them in 1947-48. They have always resisted the occupation and the stunting of their lives and those of their children.

Through peaceful, targeted, determined worldwide BDS campaigning is removing the cloak of legitimacy that once allowed the Israeli state to promote the myth that Palestinians did not exist and that Israel was a normal society. Social media allows Palestinians at home and throughout the diaspora to speak for themselves.

With Israeli elections just weeks away it suits Netanyahu to be seen as a strong man. But whichever chauvinist wins the election the situation for Palestinians will remain desperate and international solidarity remains vital.

Saturday 30 March commemorates the first anniversary of the beginning of the Great March of Return actions in Gaza.

PHRC Hamilton is holding a rally at 2.00 on Saturday 30th at the end of Wairere Dve, Naylor st/Cambridge Rd Opposite Flynn Park. Hamilton – See here for further details -https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1/r?tab=oc

Support Palestine Solidarity Network rally in Auckland at Aotea Square April 6th 2pm -3pm and first Saturday of every month as we have since the first Intifada 19 years ago.

Note also an Auckland meeting to build the local BDS campaign and movement for justice in Palestine April 9th St Columba Centre 40 Vermont Street 7-9pm

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