Over ten thousand of you marched with us in London over the weekend to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their struggle for freedom and justice. The Palestinian people today mark the Nakba not just as an historical moment of trauma but as an ongoing process of dispossession and colonisation.
Today on Nakba day Palestinians wake up to the realities of military occupation. They continue to suffer conditions of apartheid and face ongoing attempts by Israel to remove them from their homes, villages, and neighbourhoods in Jenin, Jerusalem, Nablus and Masafer Yatta. In Gaza they continue to face a punishing blockade which makes living conditions unbearable and regular deadly airstrikes by Israel. 75 years later, the majority of the Palestinian people are still in exile, prevented by Israel from returning to their homeland.
We know that their resitance to this ongoing injustice is steadfast and that their will is unbreakable. Today we collectively renew our commitment to stand with them. We will never stop marching, will never stop boycotting, will never stop protesting until Palestine is free from the river to the sea.
As Jeremy Corbyn said at our rally, “For those that think we are going to go away, dream on! We will never give up on the rights of the Palestinian people.”
The Palestinian people will never stop resisting. But they need our support.
Palestinians have called on all people of conscience across the world to spread awareness of their struggle and the historic and ongoing Nakba. We must answer them and continue to put pressure on Israel and our governments to demand Palestinians rights are respected.
Here’s what you can do today. Share our Nakba stories videos on Twitter, to help spread knowledge about the Nakba and build international solidarity for Palestine. | 
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