Every year on November 29 the Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine holds a demonstration to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Why November 29? It was on November 29, 1947 that the General Assembly passed Resolution 181, with the intention of partitioning Palestine into an Arab and a Jewish State. What followed was the tragedy of the Nakba, in which some 750,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes.
In 1977 the UN General Assembly set aside November 29 as a day of solidarity with Palestinians to remind the world that the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination was still unmet.
Today, with the Trump administration giving Israel the green light to accelerate its settlement expansion, the fulfillment of that right appears further away than ever, and the ‘two state solution’ envisaged by Resolution 181 appears defunct.
But judging from the overwhelmingly positive reaction we received as we took a stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the heart of Boston’s shopping district this November 29, people on the street are increasingly out of step with elective representatives who continue to turn a blind eye to the terrible injustices Palestinians are forced to endure.
Our solidarity message to Palestine: the American people are waking up!
Nancy Murray
