The Global Campaign to Return to Palestine events anger Israel

The Global Campaign to Return to Palestine events anger Israel. Boycott Israel groups from North America and Europe attend events held in Iran and Palestine. 

According to Jerusalem Post’s report today, Boycott Israel groups in Europe and North America took part in an event with the Iranian regime, leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist groups earlier this year.

The Global Campaign to Return to Palestine events anger Israel

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh praised the organizations in his address at the Tehran event.

He saw it good results to the work of our diaspora in raising awareness, cutting relations with the occupation and delegitimizing it.”

Two related events broadcast simultaneously from Gaza and Tehran, on January 18.

Meanwhile, Gaza event called “Year to Confront Normalization” and the Iranian event called “Together Against Normalization” as well as the same name as the Gaza event.

Both referred to their opposition to the four Arab states that established diplomatic relations with Israel last year.

Moreover, one of the organizers of the Gaza event, Sheikh Yusuf Abbas, declared that their campaign “mainly aims to make everyone understand normalization is treason.”

The Global Campaign to Return to Palestine

Over 60 organizations took part in the Gaza event, organized by The Global Campaign to Return to Palestine, a broad network including many BDS groups.

The participants included Western groups, such as the US Palestinian Community Network, Malcolm X Grassroots effort in the US.

Besides, they included: Collectif Palestine Vaincra, in France, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Sardegna Palestina in Italy.

Moreover, Palestinian Community in Belgium and Luxembourg, and International League of Peoples’ Struggles, based in Australia also joined them.

Haniyeh and Ziyad Nakhala, the head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, addressed the Tehran event, as well as Speaker of the Iranian Islamic Consultive Assembly Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, and speakers of the parliaments of Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and the deputy speaker of Yemens’ legislature.

Palestinian prisoners

Meanwhile, The Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity organization, active in Europe and the US, also took part.

Israel has designated Samidoun as as a terrorist group this year charging it a branch of the Peoples Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Moreover, Israel linked it to that because the PFLP designated terrorist group in the US, Canada, the EU and Australia.

One speaker at the Gaza event was Mahathir Mohamad, the former prime minister of Malaysia.

The JP conducted negative reporting of the event. Particularly it demonized Mahathir.

Because, Mahathir said of Jewish control over the world through proxy.”

Other participants include Aleida Guevara March, Che Guevara’s daughter, Tuhsar Arun Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s great grandson, and Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s grandson.

According to JP report, Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen network aired the Tehran event. Simultaneously, the Gaza event remained on Facebook Live and partly on Al-Mayadeen, in a split screen with the Iranian event.

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