لقد صبغوا سماء القدس بالسواد
THEY PAINTED THE SKY OF AL-QUDS
BLACK BLACK BLACK
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Yes 21,915 black baloons flew in the sky of Palestine as near to Jerusalem as can be.
Huaida Arraf's report below. for 46 more pictures go the the link in her report, the pictures are in face book.
Thanks for all of you who helped, and special thanks to Raad for his poster design.
It is not much, but atleast the young Palestinians did not forget. Remember that ben Gourion's bet that the old Palestinans will die, and the youg will forget.
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Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for your participation in the Justice is the Key to Tomorrow:
21,915 Black Balloons Over Jerusalem event on May 15, 2008, commemorating 60 years of our dispossession. Whether you are outside of Palestine and made a financial contribution to the action or sent a message of support, or whether you are in Palestine, wrote a letter, helped collect letters from children, spent hours blowing balloons, or were in one of the launch locations at lift off, your participation helped make this action a success. Balloons were launched from the Qalandia refugee camp (Ramallah / Jerusalem), from the Aida refugee camp (Bethlehem), and from various locations inside Jerusalem, including the Old City, the Hebrew University, and Shuafat / Sahel.
Many of the things that could go wrong when planning such a big action, did go wrong, including the first batches of balloons deflating as we worked through the night to inflate the many thousands, and the direction of the wind not carrying the balloons from the camps into Jerusalem as we hoped. Nevertheless, we feel that this symbolic action helped send a strong message to the world. We sent up messages of hopes and dreams from thousands of Palestinian youth. Some of these messages were politically sophisticated, and others were as simple as "I hope to someday be able to swim in the sea."
See pictures of the event here: http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=11892661164&view=all _search.php?oid=11892661164&view=all>
We wish that we could stop the count at 21,915, but the current situation on the ground in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is bleak. To us, this only means that we must intensify our efforts at fighting the occupation. We are encouraged by the wonderful local and international support for our action and we look forward to continuing to work together towards justice.
In solidarity & struggle,
Gaza 3ala Bali and the Black Balloons Launch Team
Thank you so much for your participation in the Justice is the Key to Tomorrow:
21,915 Black Balloons Over Jerusalem event on May 15, 2008, commemorating 60 years of our dispossession. Whether you are outside of Palestine and made a financial contribution to the action or sent a message of support, or whether you are in Palestine, wrote a letter, helped collect letters from children, spent hours blowing balloons, or were in one of the launch locations at lift off, your participation helped make this action a success. Balloons were launched from the Qalandia refugee camp (Ramallah / Jerusalem), from the Aida refugee camp (Bethlehem), and from various locations inside Jerusalem, including the Old City, the Hebrew University, and Shuafat / Sahel.
Many of the things that could go wrong when planning such a big action, did go wrong, including the first batches of balloons deflating as we worked through the night to inflate the many thousands, and the direction of the wind not carrying the balloons from the camps into Jerusalem as we hoped. Nevertheless, we feel that this symbolic action helped send a strong message to the world. We sent up messages of hopes and dreams from thousands of Palestinian youth. Some of these messages were politically sophisticated, and others were as simple as "I hope to someday be able to swim in the sea."
See pictures of the event here: http://www.facebook.com/photo
We wish that we could stop the count at 21,915, but the current situation on the ground in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is bleak. To us, this only means that we must intensify our efforts at fighting the occupation. We are encouraged by the wonderful local and international support for our action and we look forward to continuing to work together towards justice.
In solidarity & struggle,
Gaza 3ala Bali and the Black Balloons Launch Team
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