As Israelis head to the polls to determine their next government, Palestinians in Gaza are voicing their political will through another project: weekly Great March of Return protests.
Thousands of people will demonstrate on Israel’s border Friday to demand the end of the 12-year Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip and the right of return for those expelled from their villages in 1948. Launched last March in response to President Trump’s decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem, these weekly protests have become many Gazans’ last resort.
“[We are protesting] to call for our rights,” 21-year-old protester Louai al-Jammal told VICE News at a recent demonstration. “To break the siege Gaza is under. To break the siege the Gaza Strip is suffering from.”
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