global march for rafah

Feb. 17 2024 – Thousands of protestors mobilized in different cities all over the world in solidarity with the Palestinian people in light of the U.S. funded Zionist occupation’s continued genocidal aerial bombardment and ground invasion targeting over 1 million besieged people in the city of Rafah which was designated as a “safe zone” for those displaced. The town of Rafah along the Egyptian border is now one of the most densely populated area in the world and is threatened with an even worse escalation of Israeli military violence.

The global protests demand an arms embargo on Israel and a reinstatement of funding to UNRWA, which was dropped by many Western powers in the midst of a looming Israeli imposed famine in Gaza. The agency provides crucial humanitarian aid to displaced refugees and has been the target of Zionist attacks for years. Protestors continue to call for a ceasefire and an end to the siege and occupation of Gaza as the number of martyrs has reached over 36,000 including over 14,00 children when accounting for those missing and trapped under the rubble.

At UC San Diego Medical Center, healthcare workers for Palestine also highlighted American health institutions double standards on the Ukraine/Russia war and their institutional silence and refusal to condemn the Zionist occupation’s genocidal targeting of Palestinian medical facilities and personnel in Gaza.

west coast national march for gaza