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DESCRIPTION:San Francisco Bay Area: Nakba 73 – We Will Return; Saturday, 15 May; 1 pm 
 – 3 pm Community Art Event; 3 pm Community Rally to commemorate the 
 Nakba; Valencia and Liberty; San Francisco, California, US\n\nSee also:\n 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/294729132357416/\nFrom:\nhttps://samidoun.net/event/san-francisco-nakba-73-we-will-return/\nSaturday, 
 15 May\n1 pm – 3 pm Community Art Event\n3 pm Community Rally to 
 commemorate the Nakba\n24th and Mission, San Francisco, CA\n\n"Calling on 
 beloved community, all people of conscience, organizations, activists, 
 social movements and friends of Palestine to join us in taking action to 
 commemorate the 73rd year of the Palestinian catastrophe, Al Nakba."\n\n"As 
 we approach the anniversary of the Nakba, the colonization of Palestine and 
 forced expulsion of Palestinians continues. This is apparent everywhere in 
 occupied territories, its most clear in the heart of Jerusalem, 
 Palestine’s capital: in a town called Sheikh Jarrah, where Palestinian 
 families are being expelled from their homes by the Israeli regime and its 
 colonial settlers."\n\n"As we mark 73 years of Nakba, we also celebrate 73 
 years of resistance and struggle for liberation."\n\n"Sanitizers and masks 
 will be available, and we will be following CDC 
 guidelines."\n\nhttps://mondoweiss.net/2021/05/all-out-for-palestine-global-emergency-actions-planned-for-palestine-find-one-near-you/\n\nFrom:\nhttps://mondoweiss.net/2021/05/joint-statement-by-palestinians-in-north-america-on-nakba-day/\n"Editor’s 
 Note: The following is a statement from 50 organizations across North 
 America calling on Palestinian communities in the diaspora and supporters 
 to join a week of actions in commemoration of the 73rd anniversary of the 
 Nakba, and in protest of the ongoing Nakba in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, and 
 throughout Palestine."\n\n"May 15, 2021\nAs we mark the 73rd anniversary of 
 the Nakba, we, the undersigned, join together to reaffirm our commitment to 
 the Palestinian people’s struggle for justice, return, and liberation. We 
 commemorate the loss experienced by Palestinians in 1948 when hundreds of 
 thousands of our people were forced into exile and saw their homes and 
 villages stolen or destroyed by Zionist militias. To this day, colonization 
 and dispossession remain ongoing processes, where Palestinians continue to 
 endure land theft and encroachments on their basic rights. Despite the 
 multiple decades of Zionist brutality, our resilient people remain 
 committed to resisting Zionist settler-colonialism and to the liberation of 
 Palestine."\n\n"We continue to witness the bravery of the Palestinian 
 people as they resist attacks on our neighborhoods and holy sites. We have 
 witnessed the courageous families of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan continue to 
 organize against the theft of their homes by Zionist colonist organizations 
 who march through the streets of Jerusalem chanting “Death to Arabs.” 
 We have further witnessed the occupation’s continued encroachment on our 
 people’s holy sites, including the imposition of restrictions on Muslim 
 worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan as well as 
 the attacks on Christian worshipers as they make their way to the Church of 
 the Holy Sepulcher for Orthodox Easter celebrations. We salute the heroic 
 resistance of our people all over Palestine, from Jerusalem to Umm al-Fahm, 
 who have taken to the streets to protect Palestinian homes, rights, and our 
 cultural and religious sites."\n\n"As Palestinians have experienced 
 first-hand for decades, Zionist settler-colonialism is predicated on the 
 destruction of Palestinian political, economic, and social life. It is a 
 project that requires the complete domination of Palestinians through 
 policies of collective punishment and siege. Palestinian workers, 
 activists, students, civil society actors, political leaders, youth and 
 children are subject to policies exploitation, arbitrary imprisonment, and 
 political violence, which are meant to break the spirit of future 
 generations and force them to accept the permanence of Zionist supremacy 
 over every aspect of their lives. The Palestinian prisoners, today 
 numbering nearly 4,500, are now and have always remained on the front lines 
 of resistance and confrontation of Zionism. As we march for return and 
 liberation, we march for the freedom of all imprisoned strugglers for 
 Palestine.\n\nFor too long, Western governments have played an active role 
 in the perpetuation of military occupation and ethnic cleansing of the 
 Palestinian people. The U.S. government provides more than $3.8 billion 
 annually in direct military aid to the Occupation forces. The US and 
 Canadian governments have skirted their responsibility for Zionist crimes 
 by posing as purported arbiters in a conflict they sponsor. Both 
 governments continue to provide diplomatic cover for Zionist crimes, and 
 actively work to clamp down on proponents of Palestinian rights through 
 government repression, anti-BDS measures, and the conflation of 
 anti-Zionism with antisemitism. We demand an end to this complicity. We 
 demand an end to aid to the Israeli occupation forces and an end of the 
 repressive measures against proponents of Palestinian rights. We demand the 
 immediate removal of the US embassy from Jerusalem and reversal of 
 Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.\n\nFinally, we 
 call on Palestinian communities in the diaspora and supporters of our just 
 cause to join the actions and events hosted by the various organizations 
 delineated below. It is the obligation of Palestinians worldwide to raise 
 our banner and confront Zionism, and it is time for the Palestinian 
 diaspora to reclaim our integral role in the struggle for liberation. We 
 must unequivocally reject the path of Oslo, negotiations, and security 
 coordination with the Zionist occupation forces by the Palestinian 
 Authority. We must renew our commitment to our rights: the right to a free 
 and united Palestine from the river to the sea, the right of return, and 
 the right to live in dignity under a just and lasting peace."\n\n"Join us 
 in this call,\n\nPalestinian Youth Movement\nAl-Awda: The Palestine Right 
 to Return Coalition\nFree Democratic Palestine Movement\nUnited States 
 Palestinian Community Network\nAl-Masar Al-Badil – Alternative 
 Palestinian Path Conference\nSamidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity 
 Network\nPalestinian American Women’s Association\nArab Resource and 
 Organizing Center\nCanada Palestine Association\nWithin Our Lifetime – 
 United for Palestine\nNational Students for Justice in Palestine\nLabour 
 for Palestine – Canada\nLabor for Palestine – United States\nKarama – 
 San Diego\nUS Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel\nNew 
 Generation for Palestine\nJust Peace Advocates/Mouvement Pour Une Paix 
 Juste\nThe Canadian Palestinian Foundation of Quebec\nOakville Palestinian 
 Rights Association (OPRA)\nNiagara Movement for Justice in Palestine-Israel 
 (NMJPI)\nSocialist Action / Ligue pour l’Action socialiste\nJews for 
 Palestinian Right of Return\nFire This Time Movement for Social Justice – 
 Canada\nCanadian BDS Coalition\nYemeni Liberation Movement\nMobilization 
 Against War & Occupation (MAWO) Vancouver, Canada\nYemeni Canadian 
 Community Association of Canada\nPalestine Solidarity Committee – Austin, 
 TX\nArizona Palestine Solidarity Alliance\nUniversity of Maryland – 
 Students for Justice in Palestine\nUniversity of Massachusetts – Students 
 for Justice in Palestine\nUniversity of California, Davis – Students for 
 Justice in Palestine\nTufts University – Students for Justice in 
 Palestine\nCarleton University – Students for Justice in Palestine\nRhode 
 Island School of Design – Students for Justice in Palestine\nSan Diego 
 State University – Students for Justice in Palestine\nUniversity of 
 Delaware – Students for Justice in Palestine\nUniversity of British 
 Columbia – Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights\nColumbia University 
 – Students for Justice in Palestine\nColumbia Apartheid Divest\nMount 
 Holyoke College – Palestinian Solidarity Group\nRyerson University – 
 Students for Justice in Palestine\nUniversity of California, Santa Barbara 
 – Students for Justice in Palestine\nUniversity of Houston – Students 
 for Justice in Palestine\nRutgers-New Brunswick – Students for Justice in 
 Palestine\nMacalester College – Students United for Palestinian Equal 
 Rights\nUniversity of Southern California – Students for Justice in 
 Palestine\nUniversity of Texas at Dallas – Students for Justice in 
 Palestine\nUniversity of Michigan – Ann Arbor – Students Allied for 
 Freedom and Equality (SAFE)\nWayne State University – Students for 
 Justice in Palestine\nPalestine Solidarity Alliance of Hunter College 
 CUNY\nUniversity of California, Irvine – Students for Justice in 
 Palestine\nUniversity of Chicago – Students for Justice in 
 Palestine\nJustice For Palestinians – Calgary\nUniversity of Michigan 
 Dearborn – Students for Justice in Palestine"\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/12/18842461.php
SUMMARY:Nakba 73 – We Will Return to Palestine
LOCATION:24th and Mission, 24th St BART and Valencia and Liberty between 20th and 
 21st Streets, San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/12/18842461.php
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