The following press release was sent to Mondoweiss regarding two actions in
support of the right of return that were taken by Jewish groups in Israel
today:
At 6 AM today, an anonymous group of Israeli-Jewish activists, calling
themselves "RETURN" hung photos of the martyrs of the Great Return March on
the Gaza Apartheid Fence. The protest was done against Israel's
extrajudicial killings of protesters during the Great Return March,
including journalists, medics and unarmed demonstrators.
The action was inspired by a call from the #GreatReturnMarch in Gaza for
international solidarity. The RETURN activists hung portraits of Gazans
murdered by Israeli forces, including the now-iconic portrait of the young
medic, Razan Al Najjar. Earlier this week, Gazan professor Haider Eid wrote,
"the slogan of the Great March of Return is "I want to go home." Seventy
percent of Palestinians in Gaza are refugees from cities and towns in
Israel. It's time for the world to stand up and act- to impose sanctions on
Israeli industries until Palestinians are granted freedom, civil rights, and
justice.
One of the activists of RETURN stated, "The Palestinians besieged in Gaza
are marching home, back to the villages and cities from which they were
expelled. They are marching out of the desert that Israel has transformed
Gaza into and because of this, the Israeli Occupying army is murdering them
in cold blood. The courage and sacrifice of these people demand of us all to
stand up and ensure an end to Israeli impunity. Apartheid must end and we
are the ones who must end it."
Later this morning "Israeli Jews in Support of Palestinian Return" posted
posters of Akhmad Al-'Adinie whos family was expelled from Bir As-Saba and
'Abd Al-Qadr Al-Khawajry whos family was expelled from Bureir - Both were
murdered by Israeli soldiers as they tried to return to their homes. The
posters where posted near the Mosque of Bir AsSaba, in honor of their
persistence and devotion. The group calls for the return of all the
Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere.
