Zionist mayor against the Palestinian community of Haifa

extreme Islamist’s […] coming from out of Haifa […] unlawful pro-Palestinian demonstrations… That’s what Yona Yahav, so called “liberal” mayor of #Haifa, has to say about the Palestinian protests against the genocide in #Gaza. This lie on a lie on a lie is more then “just” an attempt to de-legitimize the protests, and standing behind the police repression. This is a racist denial of the right of the #Haifa #Palestinians to exist as community. There is a subtext to the claim “coming from out of Haifa”, a term that never comes up when talking about Jewish protesters (or bullies). That claim makes every Arab a subject to the question “is he from Haifa” ? The answer to that question can be found in the first paragraph, where Yahav tells a story about his childhood, standing with his mother, shedding a tear about the Arab neighbors who “chose” (his words) to leave. We all know that old #Zionist fantasy story and we all know that the [vast majority of] #Palestinian #refugees were denied from return. The current #Palestinian community of Haifa is built mostly from people who came to Haifa after 48 and made it their home. A home to a diverse and active Palestinian community and a center of cultural and political life, including ,apparently, demonstrations. Yahav attempts to draw a legitimate protest of Haifa (and other places) #Palestinians – as “foreign” and illegitimate. and by-product, to question the roots of the #Palestinian residents of #Haifa, who “came from other places” sometime in the past and are therefor not entitled to own Haifa as a center and exist in it politically.

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.