Al Naqba remembered in NYC

A group of demonstrators, about half of them young students, gathered in New York’s Times Square on May 17 to commemorate the Naqba, or calamity, wreaked upon the Palestinian people. It was on that same date in 1948 that Israel began its occupation of Palestine. Al-Awda (NY) and the Break the Siege on Gaza Coalition called the rally, supported by many anti-imperialist and anti-war groups from the area. After a rally, the demonstrators marched to Union Square.

Many of the participating organizations also support the “Viva Palestina” initiative of George Galloway, a member of the British Parliament, which plans to take $10 million worth of aid from North America to the Gaza Strip, starting out on July 4. (www.vivapalestina.org)