The extreme and exaggerated use of violence against Palestinian unarmed demonstrators in the Gaza Strip has already promoted the immoral image of Israeli occupation forces at the global platforms. It also contributes to their isolation, writes Dr Ibrahim Natil.
ENGAGEMENT OF LOCAL civil society activists in the Great Return marches has been visible since the first day.
Many civil society organisations abroad are active to delegitimise the unjustifiable violence of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinians.
These actions and involvement on various spectrums revive power and active participatory engagement of civil society activists and their network abroad as well.
Active engagement
Responsibility for the murder of more than 117 unarmed demonstrators during the last weeks of the Great Return marches every Friday has revived the questioning of Palestine’s situation. Palestinians’ persistence, patience and endurance to keep the demonstrations peaceful is remarkable and phenomenal, despite the Israeli attempts to drag the Palestinian factions to use armed violence. Groups of young people from various social, political and cultural backgrounds have found in these marches an opportunity to express themselves peacefully by engaging in a number of activities as sport, songs, enchanting anthems, planting, tenting, reporting and folklore dancing.
Read the article by Ibrahim Natil at Independent Australia.