Palestinian protest called for March 15th

[Os Cangaceiros]

Thought this may have been posted already, but I didn't see it...



Their movement has no name and no leaders. Just a goal, and a tool.

The goal is to force an end to the political divisions among Palestinians by stirring the youth of Gaza (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gaza) and the West Bank to emulate their brothers and sisters in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.

Their tool – as elsewhere – is the internet, specifically Facebook. "End The Division", a page in both Arabic and English, calls for protests across the Palestinian territories (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/palestinian-territories) and refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon on 15 March. It has already got thousands of supporters, and is growing by the day.

The Gaza students behind the Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/Palestinians.United?ref=ts) refuse to give their real names for fear of arrest. They arrange meetings through trusted intermediaries on neutral ground and send emissaries to sound out public figures and politicians.

"This will become a reality," says one of them, who calls himself Abu Yazan. "It's going to happen. We are spreading the word. The first day will be hard, the next day will be better. It will grow."

Another, Abu Ghassan, says: "For the past month, Palestinians have been spectators. We've watched as youth take the initiative and risk their lives. What happened in Egypt needs to happen here."

They are not demanding the overthrow of the Hamas (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/hamas) government in Gaza nor the Fatah (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/fatah)-dominated Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. What they want is the parties to overcome their bitter rivalries and unite to fight their common enemy: Israel.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/24/palestinian-young-people-protests

[freepalestine]

i think this is maybe organised by leftists(judging by the names mentioned) - also the FYBO youth group of facebook etc.
rather than hamas talk of it being a P.A./fateh sponsored event/etc
there may be trouble -from the hamas pigs








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Rally for change in West Bank
Published today (updated) 25/02/2011 19:48
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RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Palestinians rallied Thursday in the center of Ramallah protesting against both the state of internal political disunity and the Oslo Accords with Israel, leading to brief skirmishes between the sides.

Protesters took to the main streets of the city carrying flags and banners and calling for unity and liberation. Protesters represented every faction, among them Hamas, Fatah, and the leftist parties.

Khalida Jarrar, a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine lawmaker, said it was time to "wipe this page from our history."

Rally organizer Hassen Faraj said the “Palestinian youth want to convey a clear message on the necessity of ending division and to return to unity, enough with division.”

He added: "We must return to unity. We're too complacent with the division. If we unite, we could confront the Israeli occupation and restore our rights and stand behind our leadership."

Authorities in Gaza banned the rally, Faraj said. He considered the move disappointing.

Hamas and Fatah, which dominates the Palestinian Authority, are longstanding rivals, but tensions between them boiled over in 2007, when the Islamist group ousted its Fatah opponent from Gaza.

Successive reconciliation talks between the two sides have failed.

In Nablus, 5,000 people demonstrated against what was the first US veto at the UN since the Obama administration took office: the nixing of a resolution which criticized Jewish settlement activity.

Palestinians waved flags and banners, lashing out at Obama's administration.

"The US veto puts Israel above international law," some chanted during the demonstration in the northern West Bank town.

"We came here today to say no to the US veto, the veto of shame," said Mahmoud Ishtayeh, a local official in the Fatah party of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.

The resolution, drafted by the Palestinian leadership in an attempt to pressure Israel to halt settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, was supported by all 14 other members of the Security Council.

The United States denied its veto should be interpreted as support for settlement construction, but said it did not believe the United Nations was the best place to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Palestinian officials have said they will launch a new bid for UN condemnation of Israeli settlement building, bringing a resolution before the General Assembly.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=363148