Gaza rebrands border protests to resist US peace plan
Palestinians are preparing to resume the march of return along the Gaza border with Israel under a new name and expanded to include resistance to the US peace plan.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are preparing to hold regular demonstrations on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip to protest US President Donald Trump’s Mideast plan.
In a Feb. 19 conference organized by the Islamic Jihad in Gaza City, senior Hamas official in Gaza Khalil al-Haya announced that the Palestinian march of return on the borders with Israel with resume March 30 in rejection of the peace plan.
“Facing this deal requires real national work,” local Raya network reported Haya as saying.
The Higher National Commission for the Great Marches of Return, which includes representatives of all Palestinian factions but Fatah, suspended the marches for three months in December.
