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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
With an Open Heart: photos & stories from Palestine & Israel: The Global March on Jerusalem–from Bethlehem
Palestinians confront Palestinian police near the Wall and Gate to Jerusalem
More photos & stories HERE
Violence on Land Day as Israeli forces and Palestinians clash
Ammar Awad / Reuters
Israeli border police officers use pepper spray as they detain an injured Palestinian protester during clashes on
Land Day after Friday prayers outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on March 30.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Gema jiwa anak muda dalam MyGMJ
Malam tadi berlangsung satu acara yang penting bagi pencinta kebebasan dan keadilan, khususnya mereka yang menyokong perjuangan membebaskan bumi Palestin daripada cengkaman Zionis Israel.
Acara yang berlangsung di Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam itu dinamakan MyGMJ atau nama penuhnyaMalaysia Global March to Jerusalem. Ia sebenarnya bermula sejak jam lima petang lagi. Ia adalah sambutan GMJ yang diadakan serentak di seluruh dunia, dengan acara kemuncaknya berlaku di Jordan apabila rombongan manusia yang berkumpul di sana dari seluruh dunia memulakan konvoi kemanusiaan ke tanah Palestin.
Penganjuran GMJ ini adalah bersempena dengan Land Day atau 'Hari Tanah' Palestin yang bermula pada 30 Mac, 1977 apabila tentera Zionis menyerang orang awam Palestin yang berdemonstrasi untuk membantah rampasan tanah oleh Israel, menyebabkan enam orang terbunuh dan ratusan lagi cedera. Umat Palestin mengisytiharkan hari tersebut sebagai 'Hari Tanah' untuk mengingati kehilangan tanah mereka kepada peluasan negara haram Israel.
Acara semalam dipenuhi dengan sajian-sajian panas membara yang melaungkan semangat mahu melihat tanah Palestin dikembalikan kepada pemiliknya. Ia bukan hanya isu umat Islam Palestin kerana sejarah mencatatkan bahawa ketika Israel mengusir hampir 800,000 penduduk Palestin pada 1948, 100 ribu daripada mereka adalah orang-orang Kristian.
Perhimpunan di Jordan juga melibatkan rombongan dari seluruh dunia termasuk penganut Yahudi sendiri yang bencikan tindakan melampau puak Zionis.
Selain ucapan-ucapan bersemangat menyokong Palestin, lebih 10,000 hadirin yang membanjiri Stadium Malawati turut disajikan dengan bacaan puisi yang unik oleh Pak Agi (Abdul Ghafar Ibrahim). Antara ucapan lain yang memukau khalayak adalah ucapan Pengerusi MyGMJ Dr Mohd Tahir Abd Rahman, Pengerusi Viva Palestina Malaysia yang juga Naib Pengerusi MyGMJ Dato Dr Musa Nordin, tokoh akademik Dr Maszlee Malik, juga ucapan daripada wakil bukan Islam, Saudara Wee dan Santhira Morgan. Selain itu diselitkan juga rakaman ucapan penghargaan daripada Perdana Menteri Palestin Ismail Haniyeh dan anggota parlimen British George Galloway.
Turut dipancarkan adalah perbualan secara 'live' dengan wakil 23 warga Malaysia yang sedang berada di Jordan iaitu Norazmi Talib, Muadz Ruslan dan Aiman Md Zin.
Acara persembahan daripada artis Yasin, Muadz, Mirwana dan tarian Dabka daripada lima pemuda Palestin turut disajikan. Ia disudahi dengan persembahan flash mob menarik hasil karya mahasiswa institut pengajian tinggi tempatan.
Sesuatu yang ketara sepanjang acara semalam adalah boleh dikatakan 70 peratus kehadiran terdiri daripada anak-anak muda. Hakikat ini mengisyaratkan perkembangan yang sangat sihat buat masa depan umat.
Benar anak muda sekarang sering ditonjolkan sebagai golongan yang bermasalah, rosak dan sebagainya. Tetapi percayalah, di suatu sudut, bahkan dari banyak sudut, telah dan sedang lahir generasi baru yang tulus suci jiwanya, yang cintakan kebenaran dan kedamaian, yang bencikan kejahatan dan penindasan.
Inilah golongan yang sedang kita acu untuk menjadi pemimpin masa hadapan bagi melahirkan negara umat yang sentiasa mendapat kasih sayang Allah dan diberkati-Nya.
Syabas anak muda!
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Malaysian Youths Increasingly Aware Of Palestinian Issue
By Ismail Amsyar Mohd Said
April 03, 2012 17:27 PM
SHAH ALAM, April 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysian youths are increasingly aware of the Palestinian issue, judging from the large turnout at the Malaysian gathering for the Global March to Jerusalem (MyGMJ) held here on March 30, said chairman Dr Mohd Tahir Abd Rahman.
Event organisers were gratified to see that the majority of the 15,000 people who took part in the event were youths, as MyGMJ had now identified youths as the target market to educate on the Palestinian issue, he told Bernama.
He said it was important that the youths were well educated on the Palestinian issue, as what was happening in Palestine was more than just about wars and poverty.
"It is the violation of human rights, ethnic cleansing, the apartheid wall and freedom in practising their religion," he said.
The Global March to Jerusalem is a worldwide movement which aims to free Jerusalem and Palestine without war. Malaysia is one of 131 countries supporting the movement.
March 30 was chosen for the GMJ as it commemorated Palestinian 'Land Day'. It was on this date in 1976 that the Palestinian masses declared a general strike against Israeli plans to take possession of Palestinian land, which was occupied since 1948.
They non-violently challenged Israeli authorities, who reacted in a brutal way by sending army troops backed by tanks to Palestinian villages to occupy their lands and attack Palestinian civilians, the Palestinian Embassy said in a statement issued in conjunction with 'Land Day'.
Mohd Tahir said he expected about 6,000 people to attend the event at Stadium Malawati here, but was pleasantly surprised when about 15,000 people arrived, the majority being youths.
"The youths are now becoming more aware and understand how significant the Palestine issue is to them. We will not stop educating the public about it," he added.
Furthermore, to boost awareness, AQSA SYARIF, the Welfare Association for Palestinian and Lebanese Families, is organising a programme for youths, 'Training of Palestinian Specialist' (TOPS), which focuses on building knowledge among volunteers on the Palestinian issue.
Participants in the programme will later deliver public lectures at schools, universities or any other future events, said Mohd Tahir, who is also AQSA SYARIF board of trustees member.
In his speech at the gathering, he urged participants to continue to support Palestinian efforts to reclaim their land, which was confiscated by the Zionist regime, 36 years ago, and stop the occupation which began in 1948.
"Today marks the official beginning of our fight to reclaim our lands and bring back Muslims, Christians and Jews to live in harmony in Palestine," he said.
AfiqFaizal Azman, a lecturer at UniKL, said he was amazed to see Malaysian youths so supportive (of the Palestinian issue), noting that "their level of awareness is much more than what I had when I was their age," he told Bernama at the rally.
Another participant, a student from Algeria who wanted to be known only as Aghiles, said it was his duty as a Muslim to come to the event and show his support since he could not be together with the Palestinian people to fight side by side against Israel.
The Palestinian Embassy, referring to the Global March to Jerusalem, said Jerusalem had always been and remained the political, administrative and spiritual heart of Palestine.
"Occupied East Jerusalem is the natural socio-economic and political centre for the Palestinian state, given its cultural importance, commercial vitality, historical significance, and geographical centrality that connect the northern and southern parts of Palestine."
-- BERNAMA
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