OneVoice Palestine launches 'The Land is ours' campaign to support popular

OneVoice Palestine launched "The land is ours" Campaign. The campaign aims to promote the role of young Palestinians in popular non-violent resistance, through activities supporting the political and diplomatic efforts of the Palestinian leadership at all levels, especially in the United Nations, to end the occupation, implement the two-state solution and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the borders of 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The reality imposed by the Israeli occupation requires sincere efforts to motivate young Palestinians to take the initiative and implement activities against the settlement expansion in the West Bank and build encouraging positive Palestinian facts on the ground countering what is currently being built by the occupation and the Israeli settlers.
The campaign continues the work of OneVoice Palestine previous campaign "The Land is ours, leave us be" launched back in 2012, where hundreds of young Palestinian addressed the expansion of settlement and illegal confiscation of Palestinian lands by planting hundreds of trees in a number of areas threatened by confiscation. The youth were hoping to counter the Israeli arguments used to confiscate these lands. OneVoice volunteers will also encourage the public in Palestine to actively participate in Popular Resistance, as one of the most important ways to achieve independence, in addition to many activities, seminars and political events.
OneVoice Palestine Executive director, Samer Makhlouf, explained the importance of reviving this campaign. "The aftermath of the events that accompanied the Israeli attack on Gaza confirmed the importance of strengthening public participation", said Makhlouf, "It is very urgent to start dealing with the aftermath of the war on Gaza as there have been some serious consequences on the Palestinian road map and national agenda adopted by the Palestine Liberation Organization."
"The political effort of the Palestinian leadership must be matched by massive activities on the ground to protect Palestinians' national rights and unite all Palestinian behind one political agenda carried out by Palestine Liberation Organization", added Makhlouf. "There must be an agreement on a Palestinian strategy, based on popular resistance in all forms, to achieve independence and reach a just and comprehensive peace agreement that preserve our Palestinian rights."