National March on Washington called for Saturday, April 5

On Saturday, April 5th, thousands will gather in Washington, DC to demand an end to the U.S.-Israeli genocide in Gaza.   

Trump and Netanyahu are unleashing a new chapter in the massacre in their effort to expel al Palestinians from Gaza, but the people in the United States and around the world can stop them and win a ceasefire and an arms embargo against the Israeli regime. 

The statement issued by "marchforpalestine.org" reads:

For over 16 months, Gaza has endured a brutal, ongoing genocide carried out by Israel with the full backing and support of the U.S. government.  Israel continued to violate the terms of the ceasefire reached on January 19th, breaking it over 980 times, and culminating in a complete blockade of the Gaza strip which began on March 1st and a return to all out war on March 17th.  In the past week alone, Israel has intensified the bombing of Gaza, began a ground invasion and killed over 500 Palestinians within 48 hours.

The movement against genocide in North America has risen time and time again in support of Gaza and will not rest now.  The Trump administration, building on the tactics of the Biden administration, is now increasing its attempts to silence pro-Palestine, anti-genocide voices. 

This movement is made of students, workers, teachers, artists, activists, healthcare workers, tech workers and people of conscience all over the world who will not back down in the face of repression and intimidation, and will never back down so long as Gaza is under attack.  That’s why on April 5th we are standing up to Trump and his ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza, we are standing up to repression, and we are standing up to the U.S.’s continued facilitation of the genocide in Gaza.   We demand a permanent ceasefire and an arms embargo now!