Simultaneous protests were held on Saturday in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv and the Palestinian city of Ramallah calling for an end of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza that began 39 years ago. In Ramallah demonstrators called for an end to the blockade on the Palestinian people. The Tel Aviv protest was organized by a series of Jewish peace and student groups.

• Israeli student organizer named Rami: “Yes, we have a similar sister demonstration in Ramallah right now going on with thousands of people marching there with the same massage of peace that we can cooperate, we can work together, we can destroy the occupation together, destroy the racism and do something together.”