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<h1 id="reader-title">International Day of Solidarity with the
Palestinian People 2017</h1>
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<p><span class="date-display-single">28 November 2017</span></p>
<p><span class="date-display-single"></span>We, at
Addameer, have seen our fair share of International Days
of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. We have
celebrated them in Palestine; we have celebrated them in
New York; and we have celebrated them in Geneva.</p>
<p>The event that started as a diplomatic exercise, and is
celebrated on the day of the adoption of the 1947
Partition Plan, has become a day for empty platitudes.
Each year we are reminded of the international
community’s commitment to the Palestinian people, and
the will to hold the occupying accountable for its
crimes under international law. For a large portion of
countries, it’s not clear that there is even the will;
all we here are the promises and the concern.</p>
<p>That said, over the past decade, something has changed.
This day has become more about community organizing,
awareness raising, and engagement with solidarity
groups. The crucial events are no longer the ones being
held in the halls of the UN, rather they are the events
being held in the streets and in the universities. We
welcome this change. Seventy years after the Partition
Plan, it has become glaringly obvious that the
international community will not hold Israel accountable
without a strong push from civil society.</p>
<p>So, with the day itself tomorrow, we commend all the
people who are putting pressure on bigger institutions
to hold Israel accountable. We also want to thank you
for your support of the Palestinian cause over the past
year.</p>
<p>For the year to come, Addameer will be planning
campaigns and ways to further engage both Palestinian
society and our global supporters.</p>
<p> We are firmly of the belief that change will come from
the streets, and the community, not from the halls of
power. It is local and community pressure, whether in
the EU or Latin America, that will force countries to
treat the occupying power in accordance with its crimes.</p>
<p> International civil society will be what makes the
difference for the Palestinian people, not those who
shake hands with the occupier.</p>
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