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Al Nakba March
May 20, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Al Nakba March and Protest
Saturday, May 20th @ 2pm – gather at Bryant Square Park (3101 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis) followed by a march through Uptown
For Palestinians, May 15 marks Al Nakba, Arabic for The Catastrophe. During the 1948 war, at least 750,000 Palestinians were ruthlessly attacked, massacred, and driven from their homes by Zionist terror groups, and have never been allowed to return, in violation of international law. 2023 marks 75 years of Israeli land theft, occupation, and apartheid. The U.S. has provided over $50 billion in aid to Israel since 1949, more than to any other country. Our tax dollars are paying for Israel’s occupation.
We are not talking about Al-Nakba as a historic event but one that is ongoing. We need to raise our voices and march to denounce the Israeli attacks on the Al Aqsa Mosque where worshipers were violating attacked with rubber-coated bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades during Ramadan and to denounce bombing attacks on Gaza. We must protest the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank and Jerusalem by Israel.
Join us for our annual Al-Nakba protest to demand:
- End U.S. aid to Israel
- The state of MN must divest its over 800 million in state pension funds from Israeli companies and bonds
- Speaking out for Palestine is not a crime!
Activists from MN will attend the national protest in DC on May 13th so we will have our local action the next weekend on May 20th.
Organized by the Anti-War Committee & American Muslims for Palestine – MN