The Palestinian Popular Committees of the West Bank are calling for non-violent popular demonstrations throughout the West Bank tomorrow, Thursday, December 31 to mark the one-year anniversary of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead massacre against the people of the Gaza Strip, when more than 1300 people were killed and over 5000 injured during the 23-day assault.
The demonstrations are organized as solidarity actions with the Gaza Freedom March.
“We are calling on the people of Palestine to work together to end the occupation,” says Iyad Burnat, a community organizer with the Bil'in Committee for Popular Resistance Against the Wall and Settlements. “Only by uniting the resistance can we succeed."
The Palestinian Popular Committees of the West Bank are demanding an immediate end to the blockade of Gaza, a form of collective punishment which has essentially turned the Gaza Strip into an open-air prison for its 1.5 million inhabitants, over half to two-thirds of whom are listed as "food insecure" by the United Nations.
For more information about the effect of the siege on the people of Gaza, go here.
Solidarity demonstrations with the Gaza Freedom March will be held in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Tulkarm, Jenin, and Bethlehem. I'll be attending the actions in both Tulkarm and Ramallah tomorrow and will post a report-back with photos and video as soon as I can.
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