A pro-Palestinian youth organization, the Young Palestinians of Huntsville, has announced it will be holding a "Week of Action" beginning on October 3 in the downtown area of Huntsville and on the University of Alabama in Huntsville's campus.
The group claimed in a social media post that the initiative is meant to "honor the martyrs, stand with the survivors, and demand justice, freedom, and an end to genocide."
"As we mark two years of genocide, we recall our responsibility to the people of Gaza, who have resisted an all-out war on their lives for over 700 days," a post from the organization said.
"The time is now to link arms, reenergize ourselves and our people, and stop the world for Gaza," the post added. "We will not rest until the genocide is brought to an end, until those who bear responsibility are made to answer for their crimes before an international tribunal, and until Palestine is free."
The organization listed the events scheduled for the week, including a protest in Big Spring Park.
Film Screening and Poster Making
-October 3
-6:00 PM
-UAH Morton Hall 145
The Young Palestinians of Huntsville will be showing a documentary, “Gaza Fights for Freedom." The group said the film centers on the 2018 Great March of Return protests, 'in which hundreds of unarmed protestors from Gaza were killed by Israeli forces.'
Palestine Table @ iFest
-October 4
-11 AM - 4 PM
-Jaycee Community Building
Protest - 'Rise up for Gaza'
-October 5
-3 PM
-Big Spring Park
Let’s Talk Palestine- A 'lesson on the history of the Palestine struggle'
-October 8
-6 PM
-UAH Morton Hall 148
Kite Flying & Palestinian Poetry Reading
-October 11
-11:30 AM
-Big Spring Park
The Young Palestinians of Huntsville has connected sites and resources available here, including a petition dealing with the arrest of Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil.
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