Palestine will win!
May 16 — A thousand people marched through the streets of the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, to mark 78 years since the Palestinian Nakba, the Arabic word for catastrophe. The Nakba is marked on May 15, 1948, the day the British Mandate ended and the Zionist state was proclaimed. The mass expulsion of Palestinians had begun months earlier.
Nearly a million people were driven out of their homes as over 500 Palestinian villages were destroyed by terrorist gangs. At Deir Yassin, 140 Palestinian women, men and children were slaughtered. Bodies were thrown down a well by killers who included the Irgun gang, which was led by Menachem Begin, a future prime minister of the Zionist state.
Saturday’s protest began with a rally on Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue, the “main street” of Bay Ridge that’s lined with Arab restaurants and shops. For decades, Bay Ridge has been home to a large Palestinian community.
The rally and march were organized by PAL-Awda NY/NJ and the Palestinian Youth Movement.
“From the river to sea, Palestine will be free!” was chanted. Speakers from PAL-Awda, PYM, Mamas 4 a Free Palestine, the Free Tarek Campaign, CUNY Students for Justice in Palestine, Palestine Solidarity Working Group and the Party for Socialism and Liberation denounced the genocide in Gaza and Lebanon. They pointed out that behind the Zionist apartheid regime was U.S. imperialism.
Many Orthodox Jews belonging to the Neturei Karta community came, holding Palestinian flags and carrying banners denouncing “Israel.” Always welcomed, their representative didn’t speak because it was the Jewish sabbath and they couldn’t use a loudspeaker.
Despite police harassment, people marched through the neighborhood led by a truck covered with artwork and slogans supporting Palestinian liberation. A musician played a tuba with slogans saying “Free Palestine” and attacking ICE painted on the horn.
After winding through different streets, the march ended with a short rally at Owl’s Head Park. Just as the apartheid regime in South Africa was overthrown, so will the Zionist state fall.
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