Rabat – Activists, well being staff, and on a regular basis residents from world wide are getting ready for an enormous peaceable march to the Rafah border crossing in Egypt on June 15.
Their aim is to demand pressing humanitarian entry to Gaza, the place assist has been blocked for over three months.
Referred to as the Global March to Gaza, the motion brings collectively individuals from greater than 35 nations. Delegations will start gathering in Cairo on June 12, earlier than touring to the city of al-Arish in northern Sinai. From there, they are going to march to Rafah, simply throughout the border from Gaza.
The organizers say the motion is totally peaceable, civilian-led, and non-political. It’s supported by over 150 NGOs, medical doctors, legal professionals, and volunteers. Individuals embrace individuals of all ages and backgrounds, from youth to elders.
“You aren’t forgotten. We’re coming. From everywhere in the world, we stroll for you,” say the organizers.
The marchers have 5 key calls for: A right away ceasefire, the opening of the Gaza borders completely, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, full reconstruction of Gaza, and an finish to Israeli colonization of the West Financial institution.
According to Huseyin Durmaz, a Turkish doctor concerned within the marketing campaign, the march is a direct response to the intense well being and humanitarian disaster in Gaza due to Israel’s relentless genocide. He criticized worldwide organizations for failing to make sure the supply of life-saving assist.
“This time we are going to march to the Rafah border crossing to remind worldwide establishments of their duties and to put strain on them in order that the state of affairs in Gaza can finish and be opened to humanitarian assist,” Durmaz mentioned.
The march is about to unfold over a number of days, with contributors arriving in Cairo and touring to al-Arish on June 12. The next day, the march to Rafah would start, with rallies and a serious protest on the border on June 14 and 15.
June 15 would be the principal day of worldwide motion and media protection, with peaceable tent protests persevering with close to Rafah on June 16 and 20.
The organizers have reached out to Egyptian authorities to request formal permission, however it’s unclear if they’ve obtained a response.
Regardless of that, they emphasize that they don’t plan to pressure the border, as some rumors have claimed. “Opposite to rumors, the organizers clearly reject any concept of ‘forcing the border.’ The march is explicitly non-violent and goals to strain governments by way of worldwide visibility,” organizers mentioned.
(*15*)North African solidarity in focus
Tunisia and Algeria particularly have voiced that they’re deploying giant delegations and caravans to traverse North Africa to arrive in Cairo. The Tunisian caravan has already left with the Algerian contributors in tow, and a Moroccan delegation has additionally voiced their assist.
Individuals are gathering and speaking on Telegram channels to set up every little thing from passports, visas to lodging for this world mass gathering of solidarity.
Since March 2, all border crossings into Gaza have been utterly shut, blocking the supply of meals, water, and medication. Assist businesses say this has created a famine and worsened the struggling of civilians, particularly kids and the aged.
Although Israel has just lately allowed restricted assist to enter Gaza, it’s nowhere close to sufficient to cowl the wants of the inhabitants.
