In Commemorating Al-Nakba 70, Al-Awda Salutes the Great Return March in Palestine
In light of the recent escalated violence and naked atrocities carried out by the state of Israel against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition, calls on peace-loving, justice-driven people of the world to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people as they heroically continue their Great March of Return, in protest of the illegal opening of the U.S embassy in occupied Jerusalem, and reaffirm their right to return home.
The Great March of Return began on March 30th- Land Day, and culminated on the 70th anniversary of our catastrophe, or Al-Nakba – when Zionist gangs expelled 750,000 Palestinian people from their ancestral land. We condemn in strongest terms, and deeply mourn the grave injustices and mass killings incurred upon our people by the criminal – settler-colonialist state of Israel and all who continue to provide unconscionable cover for its crimes.
During this time, Israel killed 111 unarmed Palestinians and on May 14th alone, occupation snipers targeted and murdered 61 people in cold blood – including 14 children, and maimed and injured a total of over 12,000, including 19 (killing one) medical personnel. Hospitals are overcrowded and overwhelmed, while running out of blood and essential medical supplies, and experiencing a severe shortage of electricity. As Doctor Tarek Loubani who was wounded while on duty in Gaza said, “If this were downtown New York or downtown Toronto or downtown any other metropolis, they would not be able to deal with the devastation that was faced.” As these crimes persist, the international community fails to hold Israel to account or take any meaningful action, meanwhile Palestinians have no means for which to defend themselves.
Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have called for an arms embargo on Israel and accused it of war crimes. Meanwhile the corporate media and the political apparatus in the U.S have defaulted to its usual “blame the victim” storyline by portraying peaceful protesters as “Hamas” or “violent”. Such allegations could not be further from the truth. In fact, the root cause of the unrest stems from an amalgamated incidents of injustices compounded over the past 100 years, and in clear violation of over 60 UN Resolutions.
Al-Awda calls on its members and allies to amplify the cries of Palestinians. We ask that you Take Action by:
Using the hashtag #Nakba70 in social media and send messages to your elected officials.
Organize a rally or vigil for Palestine in your community.
Write letters to the editors in local newspapers and call for protests
Contact elected officials and express your disapproval of U.S. biased policy in the Middle East.
Demand that Israel immediately halt its illegal and inhumane measures, and treat Palestinians with dignity and equality. Hold Israel accountable for its indefensible crimes in Gaza and elsewhere in occupied Palestine. Most importantly- on this 70th anniversary of the Nakba, we must demand to end the illegal occupation – and for the besieged, sequestered and exiled Palestinians to be repatriated back to their homes in all of historic Palestine. May Allah bless our martyrs who gave their lives so we may return, may their sacrifices not be in vain:
1. Laila Anwar Al-Ghandoor, 8 months old
2. Ezz el-din Musa Mohamed Alsamaak, 14 years old
3. Wisaal Fadl Ezzat Alsheikh Khalil, 15 years old
4. Ahmed Adel Musa Alshaer, 16 years old
5. Saeed Mohamed Abu Alkheir, 16 years old
6. Ibrahim Ahmed Alzarqa, 18 years old
7. Eman Ali Sadiq Alsheikh, 19 years old
8. Zayid Mohamed Hasan Omar, 19 years old
9. Motassem Fawzy Abu Louley, 20
10. Anas Hamdan Salim Qadeeh, 21 years old
11. Mohamed Abd Alsalam Harz, 21 years old
12. Yehia Ismail Rajab Aldaqoor, 22 years old
13. Mustafa Mohamed Samir Mahmoud Almasry, 22 years old
14. Ezz Eldeen Nahid Aloyutey, 23 years old
15. Mahmoud Mustafa Ahmed Assaf, 23 years old
16. Ahmed Fayez Harb Shahadah, 23 years old
17. Ahmed Awad Allah, 24 years old
18. Khalil Ismail Khalil Mansor, 25 years old
19. Mohamed Ashraf Abu Sitta, 26 years old
20. Bilal Ahmed Abu Diqah, 26 years old
21. Ahmed Majed Qaasim Ata Allah, 27 years old
22. Mahmoud Rabah Abu Maamar, 28 years old
23.Musab Yousef Abu Leilah, 28 years old
24. Ahmed Fawzy Altetr, 28 years old
25. Mohamed Abdelrahman Meqdad, 28 years old
26. Obaidah Salim Farhan, 30 years old
27. Jihad Mufid Al-Farra, 30 years old
28. Fadi Hassan Abu Salah, 30 years old
29. Motaz Bassam Kamil Al-Nunu, 31 years old
30. Mohammed Riyad Abdulrahman Alamudi, 31 years old
31. Jihad Mohammed Othman Mousa, 31 years old
32. Shahir Mahmoud Mohammed Almadhoon, 32 years old
33. Mousa Jabr Abdulsalam Abu Hasnayn, 35 years old
34. Mohammed Mahmoud Abdulmoti Abdal’al, 39 years old
35. Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Hamdan, 27 years old
36. Ismail Khalil Ramadhan Aldaahuk, 30 years old
37. Ahmed Mahmoud Mohammed Alrantisi, 27 years old
38. Alaa Alnoor Ahmed Alkhatib, 28 years old
39. Mahmoud Yahya Abdawahab Hussain, 24 years old
40. Ahmed Abdullah Aladini, 30 years old
41. Saadi Said Fahmi Abu Salah, 16 years old
42. Ahmed Zahir Hamid Alshawa, 24 years old
43. Mohammed Hani Hosni Alnajjar, 33 years old
44. Fadl Mohamed Ata Habshy, 34 years old
45. Mokhtar Kaamil Salim Abu Khamash, 23 years old
46. Mahmoud Wael Mahmoud Jundeyah, 21 years old
47. Abdulrahman Sami Abu Mattar, 18 years old
48. Ahmed Salim Alyaan Aljarf, 26 years old
49. Mahmoud Sulayman Ibrahim Aql, 32 years old
50. Mohamed Hasan Mustafa Alabadilah, 25 years old
51. Kamil Jihad Kamil Mihna, 19 years old
52. Mahmoud Saber Hamad Abu Taeemah, 23 years old
53. Ali Mohamed Ahmed Khafajah, 21 years old
54. Abdelsalam Yousef Abdelwahab, 39 years old
55. Mohamed Samir Duwedar, 27 years old
56. Talal Adel Ibrahim Mattar, 16 years old
57. Omar Jomaa Abu Ful, 30 years old
58 – 60: Unidentified
Ongoing #Nakba70
Until Return!
Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition
