In June 2018, the brave youth of #Gaza strip had started a campaign against the siege, under the title “The march of return”. It was not a metaphoric march, they were literally marching to the separation wall, the wall of the largest open-air prison. under a shower of stun grenades, teargas and live armor, they were marching and they were murdered.
Very few responses to this horror show were seen around the world. The occupied territories of 48 of #Palestine were one of the areas that refused to be silenced. The anger on the #massacre and on the collaboration of the #Palestinian Authority was pushing the people to mobilize. In #Haifa, hundreds of people, mostly youth, from Haifa and other places, have responded to the call of #Gaza. Under the slogan “One fate, one blood” they gathered in Paris square, #Haifa, to protest, to show solidarity with our people in #Gaza who were forced to choose between slow death to sniper bullets.
The #police was ready before the first protester arrived. They surrounded the area of the protest from all sides. When the protest started they blocked all entries and exists, leaving no escape to those who thought to avoid troubles and to leave the protest. They attacked, of course, pushing and beating the people. at first, they were pushing us from the square to near a coffee-shop, huddling us together, beating and arresting. All we could do was try standing and chanting “With spirit and blood, we will redeem you, Gaza”. people were crashed into the tables and falling on the ground. The police attacked in waves, huddling more, beating more, arresting more, and the people kept chanting “With spirit and blood, we will redeem you, Gaza”.
A video of the event
in the aftermath, 22 were arrested, almost everyone were beaten, many were injured. one protester's knee was broken by a police officer while sitting handcuffed in the police station. Tough night for us, not so much of a price comparing to the horrors we protested against.
Today, the Israeli massacre machine is huddling the Gazans together and bombing them, murdering them, from the land, from the air and from the sea. They “evacuated” to the south and attacked there. Now they are preparing to invade the overcrowded southern city of #Rafah, which may escalate the bloodshed by an order. It seems like an evil monstrous version of that protest night. I can hardly imagine the tip of the fear, suffer and loss in Gaza. The least we can do is to chant once again:

With spirit and blood we will redeem you Gaza.

One year to Gilboa prison break.

A year ago, at the heroic “Freedom tunnel” operation, 6 Palestinian resistance fighters managed to breakout of Gilboa occupation prison.

The 6 were: – Zakaria Zubeidi – Mahmoud Abdullah Ardah – Mohammed Qassem Ardah – Yaqoub Mahmoud Qadri – Ayham Nayef Kamamji – Monadel Yacoub Nafe’at

The freedom fighters were captured and sentenced to 5 more years in prison, the sad price that Palestinians pay for resisting the occupation.

The Gilboa prison break is undoubtedly the most significant prison-break in the history of #Zionist apartheid regime in Palestine. At the time, it gave a boost of enthusiasm and willingness to our vigils outside of the occupation prisons. Those vigils were taken, at the time, in support for hunger-striking administrative detainees and in support of the women-prisoners at #Damoun prison.

The Zionist authorities did investigate their fiasco. Some embarrassing (for the occupation) flaws in the floor foundation were exposed. It was actually discovered that concrete cylinders were partially made of styrofoam. There was also a gap between the prison floor and the ground... This can serve us as a global lesson:
No matter how high and strong are the walls of the prison, its foundations are unsteady, and people will break out. The foundations of the occupation, as of any oppressive regime, are unsteady, fragile and undoubtedly uneven. The people will break free.

Under the concrete floor of the Zionist prison, the ground is Palestine. One day we will emerge through the gap and we will be free. #Palestine will be free.