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Original Post Date: 2009-01-22 Time: 05:00:09 Posted By: Jan
By Poloko Tau
As Israel announced its troop withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, pupils from the Johannesburg Muslim School embarked on a march to express solidarity with Palestinians.
More than 1 000 boys and girls from grades 1 to 12 marched through the streets of Fordsburg yesterday morning, calling for peace in Gaza following a three-week war in which about 1 300 Palestinians died.
Chanting “Free Palestine, free Palestine”, the pupils expressed their disapproval of the war in Gaza.
They carried placards, some of which read “Free Palestine, end Israeli occupation” and “Stop killing innocent children”.
Some marched quietly, their hands making a peace sign above their heads.
This was as many displaced Palestinians returned to their homes, which had been reduced to rubble, following Israel’s ceasefire declaration on Sunday.
Grade 12 pupil Somayya Randeree, 17, likened the attack on Gaza to a genocide, saying innocent people were paying with their lives.
“The women and children suffer a lot and we could not stand back and watch from the sidelines. What is going on there is inhumane and must come to a complete stop,” she said.
The march, which was initiated by the pupils themselves, marked the start of a series of programmes aimed at helping war victims.
Somayya said the idea was to raise awareness for the world to sympathise with Palestinians.
Pupils have pledged to donate R1 for every day of the war in Gaza, which will be used to help people in the troubled territory.
They agreed on R23, which will symbolise the 23 days of war during which many Palestinians were killed, while others were forced to flee their homes.
Other initiatives aimed at raising funds to help war victims include an exhibition of paintings by pupils in which they will express their feelings about the war in Gaza.
The paintings, as well as T-shirts carrying messages of peace in Gaza, will be sold, with all proceeds going to the victims.
Addressing the pupils, teacher Abdullah Sujee pointed out that “about $40-billion is needed to get things right” in the area devastated by the war.
He said the school’s management was behind the pupils’ idea to do something for Palestine.
“This will be a sustained programme, called Operation Gaza Awareness, which will also include prayers.”