Despite widespread participation in a general strike protesting the genocide in Gaza, organized Palestinian forces in the West Bank are experiencing a “moment of weakness,” civil society activists say, due to Israel’s campaign of terror.
Yoav Haifawi reports on how the “Strike for Unity,” the general strike that was observed throughout historic Palestine on May 18, unfolded in Haifa. He says it was a defiant display of unity across all sectors of the Palestinian community, even as ongoing governmental repression intensifies.
On May 18, Palestinians in Bethlehem joined millions across the West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem, Israel, and surrounding regions in the historic “Strike for Dignity”, which called for an end to Israel’s “campaign of violence and ethnic cleansing against our people.”
Palestinians are staging the first general strike across all of historic Palestine since 1936 to protest Israeli strikes in Gaza and aggression in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, the death toll in Gaza is up to 213 as Israeli attacks continue.
Long Live a United Palestine, Long Live the Intifada of Unity! — Read the The Dignity and Hope Manifesto on the goals and vision of the current uprising in Palestine.
Palestinians in Jerusalem and across Historic Palestine are observing tomorrow a General Strike to protest Israel’s massacres in Gaza and settler-colonial and apartheid repression and ethnic cleansing against Palestinian communities everywhere. Here are 5 actions you can do to show that dismantling Israel’s regime of oppression is also in your hands.
On this 73rd anniversary of Nakba Day, as Palestinians courageously resist brutal Israeli attack, we urge the labor movement to respect the BDS picket line