Protest „I am a Palestinian“

Skaitymo trukmė: 3 min.

If you do not agree that the parliament of Lithuania supports the actions of apartheid state of Israel and the occupation in the name of Lithuanian people – come along and say NO to them.

We use a phrase from a musical poem by Jonas Mekas “I am a Palestinian” as a protest slogan seeking in this way to express our solidarity with the people of the occupied Palestine and Palestinian refugees, who are not allowed to return to their homeland by Israel.

We encourage everyone to join the protest.

Event hashtag: #LaisvaPalestina

ATTENTION!

Racists, haters and supporters of violence are not welcome.

If you believe that human rights are universal and apply to all humanity,
If you condemn the killing of civilians – children!!!
If you do not sympathise with the military occupation,
If you do not like that the parliament of Lithuania supports the occupation and apartheid state of Israel in our name,
In this case, you are also a Palestinian.

Then come along to the Vincas Kudirka Square this Saturday and strongly express your position.
If not us, then who?

WE ARE NOT ALONE. There are millions of us in the whole wide world.

The weather forecast for Saturday is rain. Don’t mind getting a little wet – for we live in Lithuania – the land of rain 🙂

Come prepared

have a hoodie, an umbrella or a poncho protecting you from rain;
come wearing waterproof shoes or wellington boots;
bring a tea thermos bottle and be friendly to offer it to others;
remember that in the last week:
- the police stood with dogs against the protesters in Copenhagen – but the people still gathered;
- tear gas was fired at the protesters in Paris – but the people still gathered;
- thousands of people came to support Palestine in Sanaa the capital of Yemen regardless the ongoing famine, war and Saudi Arabia’s rocket attacks on the civilians.
- And yet the Palestinians face the Israeli weapons every day.
- Therefore, just a little bit of rain shouldn’t scare us.

Israel’s crimes

During the last two weeks, Israel has killed over 200 Palestinian people attacking them with bombs and rockets.

At least 60 of them were children of Gaza. Also several Palestinians were killed by the Israeli Defence Forces in West Bank. Israel is attacking and bombing the hospitals, roads, civilian houses in Gaza. Over 38 thousand people have lost their homes, the majority of whom are the displaced refugees in their own land.

Israel justifies their criminal actions as “defence”. However, what kind of excuse is “defence” if you are the occupier?

We say NO to apartheid. NO to occupation. NO to colonialism.

What you can do NOW

Come to the protest and publicly express that the freedom of people and their right to live is important to you

Sign the petition – the statement that responds to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania to stop supporting the criminal actions of Israel. (As of 2021-05-20 12:30 PM, there are 406 signatures already!)

Share the information with others, invite your friends, brothers and sisters, colleagues, neighbours to come to the protest.

Download the protest cover photo and add to your profile cover or share on your Instagram: