PALESTINE FACTIONS CALL FOR DAY OF RAGE IF FLAG MARCH GOES AHEAD
By Middle East Monitor.
June 15, 2021 | RESIST!
Above Photo: Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images.
Hamas and other Palestinian factions have called for a day of rage tomorrow
after Israel approved the settler Flag March through Jerusalem, local media
reported yesterday.
"Our people in Bayt Al-Maqdis who inspired all nations on earth and taught
them how to stand up against the occupation, we call on you to undermine the
Israeli plans aimed to Judaise Jerusalem and change its identity," Hamas
Spokesman for Jerusalem Mohammad Hamada said in a statement.
Hamas called for the Palestinians to head to Jerusalem to stop the settlers'
Flag March. The Flag March sees far-right Israeli ultra-nationalists
flooding through Muslim areas celebrating the capture of East Jerusalem by
Zionist occupation forces following a second wave of ethnic cleansing in
1967. Chanting "death to Arabs" and singing racist and highly offensive
songs, thousands are seen parading through Muslim areas flying the Israeli
flag.
"We call on you to stand up against the Israeli occupation and gather in the
Sanctuary Yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the streets of Jerusalem's Old City in
order to thwart the settlers' plans," Hamada said.
"We hope that you turn Tuesday into a day of rage against the Israeli
occupation," he added.
The Follow-up Committee for National and Islamic Factions in Palestine made
similar calls, saying: "We call for Palestinians across all Palestinian
territories to move towards Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque in order to protect
them from the settlers' aggression."