Welcome to PalestineThe Palestinian Spring

ISM

• This activity came from successful Christmas 2010 week

• We believe transformation is possible

Creating a new working model• Working together

under the Palestinian flag, not a factional flag.

• Collective work of more than 40 Palestinian NGOs, Local Committees in Historical Palestine, and supported by political parties.

• Mobilized the international community

What we agreed to

-Theme of ending apartheid and ethnic cleansing-Unity of the Palestinian Struggle-Try to be inclusive -Develop collective and democratic mechanisms for

action-July 9 Chosen for date of World Court Ruling and

Palestinian Civil Society Call to Action-Use Palestinian flags and not factional flags at

events

July 8 BGU

July 8

Charles de Gaule Airport

Ministry of Interior, Tel Aviv

• Big media campaign at EU airports

>120 guests abducted at BGU kept in Ramle and Beer AlSabe’

Prevented welcome at

BGU

July 8- Press Conference in Peace Center, Bethlehem

Bil’in toNebi Saleh- July 9

Nebi Saleh

N Qalandia- July 9

N Qalandia

Qalandia- Regular demonstration

Beit Sahour- July 10

Aida to Checkpoint

July 10

Walaja-July 10

Rachel Corrie Press Conference July 11

Izbet Tabib- Qalqilya July 11

Hebron July 12

Beit Ommar July 12

JerusalemJuly 14-15

Important people interactions

Summary• 250,000 hits on the web and Over 1000 positive media stories

• Awareness of WB isolation - Great experience for visitors

• Huge cost to Israeli authorities

• Increased cooperation between local Palestinians and better organizational structures for future campaigns

• Lots of contacts of both internationals and of the media which we will leverage towards future campaigns

• Involvement of youth empowered them and we will build this movement (e.g. with Hirak Shababi and volunteers like those from Al-Walaja)

• Beginnings of joint plans between ISM, RTE, WTP campaigns

Future Directions

• New Campaign across the Jordan Bridge?

• Better collaboration with ISM and RTE campaigns

• Enhance local partnerships and mechanisms of collective work (we learned from many mistakes in these initial events)

• May, 14, 2012 and July 9, 2012 to become targets of mass mobilization.