The International Movement for a Just World (JUST) expresses its solidarity with the Global March to Jerusalem on 30th March 2012. The March will “demand freedom for Jerusalem and its people and to put an end to the Apartheid, ethnic cleansing and Judaisation policies affecting the people, land and sanctity of Jerusalem.” The organisers of the March also seek “to highlight the cause of Jerusalem (the City of Peace) which is considered the key to peace and war in the region and the world. The March will confirm that the policies and practices of the racist Zionist state of Israel against Jerusalem and its people are a crime not only against Palestinians but against all humanity.”
People from all over the world, of different religious and cultural backgrounds are expected to join the March. The diversity itself will signal the commitment of the world’s citizens to the Palestinian struggle for justice and freedom. It will help convince everyone that there will be no peace on earth unless the dignity of Jerusalem and the people of Palestine is respected and restored to the fullest. At the core of Jerusalem’s dignity is its character as a truly multi-religious city that embodies the diversity of the human family.
Whatever the size of the March, and regardless of whether the Marchers get anywhere close to Jerusalem, the Global March to Jerusalem marks an important turning-point in the peaceful, global mobilization of the citizens of the world for justice in Palestine and the world. This is why all human beings who cherish peace should support it wholeheartedly.
The Executive Committee,
International Movement for a Just World (JUST).
29 March 2012.
Malaysia.