While the remaining boats in the Free Gaza Movement's flotilla are still trying to leave the Greek ports, activists from around the world organized a mass fly-in known as the Flytilla. The activists were invited by Palestinian groups in a campaign called Welcome to Palestine and intended to protest Israel's practice of frequently denying the entry of activists and Diaspora Palestinians into the occupied Territories. The Real News' Lia Tarachansky spoke with Laura Durkay, an American activist, while she was being held in the Ben Gurion airport and with Nadine Nasir, a Canadian of Palestinian origin who has been denied entry into Israel multiple times about the experience of Palestinians trying to enter Israel or the occupied Palestinian territories. Most of the hundreds of activists who participated in the Fly-in never left their countries. 124 spent the weekend in an Israeli jail and are being deported in stages. After extensive interrogation, four were allowed entry.
Report by Lia Tarachansky for The Real News.
Thousands of Israelis and Arabs march in Jerusalem to support Palestinian independence
Several MKs participate in the 'March for Independence,' the first such Jewish-Arab event in 20 years.
July 16th, 2010. Approximately 2,000 Palestinians and Israelis took part in the "March for Independence" Friday, calling for the recognition of a Palestinian state....Avner Inbar, Solidarity movement spokesman, said that the declaration of independence in September is "an act of people who crave freedom." He added that "Palestinian independence is not only the natural right of the Palestinian people. It is the only solution that can prevent another wave of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. This march proves that a joint, Jewish-Arab struggle is the way to end the occupation."
Click: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/thousands-of-israelis-and-...
Note: This is maybe why Israel is so afraid of letting in opposition voices...because the voices of opposition are growing daily inside Israel as well as globally...and, no wonder, Arab Spring revolts are knocking on the walls of occupation borders throughout Israel and Palestine.