Gli attivisti israeliani appendono le foto degli uccisi palestinesi vicino alla recinzione tra Gaza e Israele

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Gli attivisti israeliani, rispondendo alla  chiamata del comitato direttivo della Great Return March e di altre organizzazioni palestinesi, compresa la Federazione generale dei sindacati palestinesi (PGFTU), hanno  appeso  le foto dei dimostranti palestinesi uccisi durante le proteste  a pochi metri dalla barriera di separazione Gaza-Israele .

"Dall'inizio della Grande Marcia di Ritorno, oltre 135 manifestanti disarmati sono stati uccisi a colpi di arma da fuoco e oltre 14.000 feriti dalle forze di occupazione, compresi bambini, personale medico, giornalisti e disabili."

(Oren Ziv / Activestills.org)

 

Come cittadini israeliani,volevamo mostrare solidarietà ai manifestanti palestinesi che hanno partecipato alle proteste . Volevamo  ricordare che stavano manifestando per la libertà e la giustizia . Siamo andati sul lato israeliano del confine per inviare   questo messaggio alla popolazione di Gaza che ha combattuto l'occupazione e l'assedio per lungo tempo : la loro lotta è visibile,  il loro sacrificio non è stato inutile  . Personalmente spero che un giorno potremo vivere insieme su questa terra, liberi dall'occupazione".
Dopo pochi minuti  i militari hanno chiesto agli attivisti di togliere le immagini. I soldati non sembravano cogliere la natura della protesta.  Uno  degli attivisti ha detto a un soldato:  "Queste sono le persone che hai ucciso negli ultimi mesi" Poi si è allontanato   senza smontare le foto   che sono rimaste attaccate al recinto.
Azioni simili si sono svolte la settimana scorsa. Attivisti israeliani hanno appeso le immagini dei dimostranti palestinesi uccisi davanti alla Knesset e sul Rothschild Boulevard nel cuore di Tel Aviv.

Activists hang photos of Return March dead on Israel-Gaza fence

 

Nearly three months after the Great Return March protests in Gaza began, Israeli and international activists hung pictures of 119 slain Palestinian demonstrators on the barbed wire fence just meters from the Gaza-Israel separation barrier.

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The activists were responding to a call by the Great Return March steering committee and other Palestinian organizations, including the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU), to hang pictures of Palestinian demonstrators killed during the protests in cities around the world to raise awareness about the ongoing crisis in Gaza.
“Following the media coverage of the massacre that Israel carried out against us on the first day of our march, we have been receiving less and less media coverage,” the steering committee said in a statement. “Since the start of the Great March of Return, over 135 unarmed protesters have been shot dead and more than 14,000 wounded by the occupation forces, including children, medical staff, journalists, and the disabled.”

Israeli and international activists hang pictures of slain Palestinian demonstrators on a barbed-wire fence near the Gaza-Israel separation barrier. (Oren Ziv / Activestills.org)

“As Israeli citizens, we wanted to show solidarity with the Palestinian protesters who participated in the Great Return March protests,” said one of the activists, who asked to remain nameless. “We hung pictures in memory of those killed by the [Israeli] army solely because they marched here and to remember that they were demonstrating for freedom and justice for all the people in this land.”
“We went to the Israeli side of the border to send a message to the people in Gaza who have been fighting the occupation and the siege for a long time that their struggle is visible, that their sacrifice was not for nothing,” another activist said. “I personally hope that one day we can live together on this land, free from the occupation.”

It took only a few minutes for a military jeep to arrive carrying soldiers, who demanded the the activists take down the pictures. The soldiers did not seem to grasp the nature of the protest. When one of the activists asked a soldier about the people in the pictures hung on the fence, he did not answer.
“These are the people you murdered over the past months,” the activist answered for the soldier as he departed – without taking down the photos, which remained attached to the fence.
Similar actions took place last week. Israeli activists hung pictures of the slain Palestinian demonstrators in front of the Knesset and on Rothschild Boulevard in the heart of Tel Aviv.
Oren Ziv is a photojournalist with the Activestills collective.

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