Global march: Solidarity with Palestine grows worldwide!

By Fabio Bosco

Recently, the Freedom Flotilla exposed to the world that the State of Israel has kept Palestinians under a maritime blockade since 1967.

Now, two movements want to expose the land blockade imposed by the State of Israel on the Palestinians.

The Global March to Gaza brings together 3,000 activists from more than 50 countries to walk 50 km from the city of Al-Arish to the Gaza border, where they will camp for two to three days starting June 15.

The resistance convoy, Sumudconvoy, has brought together activists from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya to travel from Tunis to Gaza, joining the Global March.

There are 12 buses and more than 100 cars. Wherever they go, you can see the popular Arab solidarity with Palestine. Today they are passing through Libya, on their way to Gaza.

Situation in Egypt

So far, the Egyptian government has neither authorized nor denied the march or the convoy.

However, conservative political commentators have criticized these pro-Palestinian protests in mainstream Egyptian media. They argue that these movements could jeopardize Egypt’s good relations with the United States. At Cairo airport, some delegations are being prevented from entering the country, as was the case with a group of activists from Australia. If Egyptian President al-Sisi prevents the march and convoy from reaching the Palestinian border, he will become complicit in the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.

The International Workers’ League (Fourth International) unconditionally supports the Palestinian struggle for liberation, from the river to the sea.

We join these initiatives aimed at halting the genocide, allowing unrestricted entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, and ending all Israeli aggression, whether in Gaza, the West Bank, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, or Yemen.

Defeating the Israeli war machine strengthens the struggle for the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea, the only true and just solution for the Palestinian people and for the working class around the world.