After much pressure on the Gaza Freedom March organizing committee,
they altered their statement to acknowledge BDS, israeli military occupation
& palestinian civil resistance not apparent in their previous statement. A note: the organizing committee in addition to barghouti & eid are receiving many aggressive emails from zionists due to this 6 out of 14 members of the organizing committee voted against the change of statment of context that did NOT previously include the most basic of rights of the Palestinians one of them was norman finkelstein, who resigned from the organizing committee
Message from Barghouti & Eid
"Dear all,
We were just informed that the organizing committee of the Gaza Freedom March has finally adopted the statement of context that takes into consideration the key constructive suggestions expressed by both of us ( Omar Barghouti and Haidar Eid) weeks ago. We and the organizers of the March have reached an agreement whereby the Call will be posted with a clear reference to the statement of context, which clearly acknowledges that Palestinians have for over six decades been denied their basic rights that they are entitled to under international law, including the right of return, and the fact that Palestinian civil society has adopted Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as one of its main civil resistance strategies against Israel’s occupation and other injustices.
Accordingly, we fully endorse the Gaza Freedom March call to action and statement of context, and we call on all supporters of international law, just peace and Palestinian rights to endorse them as well and to do whatever is possible to make this March a success.
A lot of work still needs to be done, clearly, to iron out organizational and logistical details, particularly to minimize the risks to the Palestinians in Gaza who will participate in this form of civil resistance; but these challenges can best be met by a wide coalition of enthusiastic, principled and well organized networks across the world, all coming together to make this happen. It can also happen if we all manage to convince world renowned figures to lead the March, as initially planned.
Omar Barghouti (Jerusalem)
Haidar Eid (Gaza) "
Now, I have become an endorser
Please send the organizers messages of support so to outweigh the threats from Zionists that they are receiving
Pictures taken by the bloggers in Gaza
