{"id":20448,"date":"2025-06-12T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=20448"},"modified":"2025-06-12T14:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:13:03","slug":"what-is-the-global-march-to-gaza-all-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=20448","title":{"rendered":"What is the Global March to Gaza all about?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Global March to Gaza aims to pressure world leaders to end Israel\u2019s genocidal war in the Palestinian enclave.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A child holds a Palestinian flag, as participants of a Tunisian-led land convoy aiming to reach Gaza gather before they board buses, in Tunis, Tunisia June 9, 2025 [Jihed Abidellaoui\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a>Thousands of activists from across the globe are marching to the Gaza Strip to try to break Israel\u2019s suffocating siege and draw international attention to the genocide it is perpetrating there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approximately 1,000 people participating in the Tunisian-led stretch of the Global March to Gaza, known as the Sumud Convoy, arrived in Libya on Tuesday morning, a day after they departed the Tunisian capital, Tunis. They are now resting in Libya after a full day of travel, but do not yet have permission to cross the eastern part of the North African country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group, which mostly comprises citizens of the Maghreb, the Northwest African region, is expected to grow as people join from countries it passes through as it makes its way towards the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How will they do it? When will they get there? What is this all about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s all you need to know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who\u2019s involved?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Coordination of Joint Action for Palestine is leading the Sumud Convoy, which is tied to the Global March for Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, there are about 1,000 people, travelling on a nine-bus convoy, with the aim of pressurising world leaders to take action on Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sumud is supported by the Tunisian General Labour Union, the National Bar Association, the Tunisian League for Human Rights, and the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is coordinating with activists and individuals from 50 countries who are flying into the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on June 12, so that they can all march to Rafah together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of those activists are affiliated with an umbrella of grassroots organisations, including the Palestinian Youth Movement, Codepink Women for Peace in the United States and Jewish Voice for Labour in the United KingdomSign up for Al Jazeera<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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