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Haifa Arabs find their voice in standing with Gaza

Haifa is witnessing a burgeoning Palestinian youth movement driven by solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Popular protests in the West Bank and Arab cities in Israel against the sanctions and siege imposed on Gaza have been ongoing in tandem with the Great Return March. On July 3, protests were held simultaneously in Gaza, Haifa and Maroun al-Ras in Lebanon, under the banner “Palestinian Women Call for Return and Breaking the Siege.”

Several demonstrations protesting the sanctions imposed on Gaza were held in June, including June 20 in Bethlehem and in Ramallah June 23 with the participation of youths from Israel. On June 13, activists from the West Bank and Israel, including from Haifa, participated in a large protest in central Ramallah that Palestinian security forces violently dispersed.

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