On March 30, 2022, several pro-Palestinian organizations held a Land Day march in New York City. In video footage posted on DataInput on Twitter, protesters chanted "We don't want no two states, we want all of it," and "No justice, no peace." Fatima Mohammed of the CUNY Law Students for Justice in Palestine said that the same forces who are bombing people in Yemen and incarcerating black people in America are killing Palestinians. She urged the crowd to demand that "Zionist" professors be banned from college campuses and that "Zionist" students not be allowed in the same "spaces" as Palestinians. Mohammed also explained that this is because Zionism is a "genocidal threat to us." In addition, she said that the Ukraine crisis has taught Americans the meaning of occupation and genocide and the meaning of defending one's land "by any means necessary." However, Mohammed added, "we are the ones who can't defend our lands," and she said that in "this Islamophobic and genocidal country" people cannot rely on the media or government to find their will to fight.
Nerdeen Kiswani of Within Our Lifetime led the crowd in chants of "From the River to the Sea Palestine, will be free." For more information about Nerdeen Kiswani and Within Our Lifetime, one of the organizations that sponsored the event, see MEMRI TV Clips Nos. 9014, 8932, 8113, 7628, 6311, 6100, and 5560. For more information about Samidoun, another organization that sponsored the event, see MEMRI TV Clip Nos. 9291, 9290, 9110, 7276, and 6100.
To view the clip of the NYC pro-Palestinian rally on MEMRI TV, click here or below.
Protesters: "We Don't Want No Two States! We Want All Of It"
Leader: "We don't want no two states!"
Protesters: "We don't want no two states!"
Leader: "We want all of it!"
Protesters: "We want all of it!"
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Nerdeen Kiswani: "Free free Palestine!"
Protesters: "Free free Palestine!"
Kiswani: "From the river to the sea..."
Protesters: "From the river to the sea..."
Kiswani: "Palestine will be free!"
Protesters: "Palestine will be free!"
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Fatima Mohammed, CUNY Law Students For Justice In Palestine: "The Same Forces Bombing My People In Yemen And Incarcerating Black People In This Country... Are Killing Palestinians"
Fatima Mohammed: "You must understand that the same forces bombing my people in Yemen and incarcerating black people in this country, are the same forces that are killing Palestinians.
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"Demand that Zionist professors are not welcomed on your campus. Demand that Zionist students are not in spaces where Palestinian students are, because Zionism is a threat.
"Zionism is a genocidal threat to us.
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"And if Ukraine taught us anything, it taught us that they have the language, that they understand this very clearly, that they understand what occupation is, that they understand what genocide is, that they understand what it means to defend your land by any means necessary.
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"Yet, we are the ones who can't defend our lands. In this Islamophobic, genocidal country, you must not rely on the media or the government to find your will to fight."
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Leader: "If we don’t get no justice..."
Protesters: "...then they don't get no peace!"
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Leader: "From the water of [the Jordan River] to the water [of the Mediterranean Sea]...
Protesters: "From the water of [the Jordan River] to the water [of the Mediterranean Sea]...
Leader: "Palestine is Arab!"
Protesters: "Palestine is Arab!"
