A three-day global campaign in solidarity with the Palestinian people begins today, Friday, to mark the third anniversary of the war on the Gaza Strip, with coordinated actions and activities at hundreds of locations worldwide from 9 to 11 October.
Global alliance sets out campaign demands
In a statement published on Thursday, the Global Alliance for Palestine called on people around the world, grassroots movements, rights organisations, trade unions, civil society bodies and all forces in solidarity with Palestine to participate strongly in activities planned for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It said the actions were calling for "an end to the genocide perpetrated by Israel, protection of the land and an end to Israeli control".
The alliance urged participants to expand the scope of protests and solidarity, saying: "Make the streets and squares of your cities, your parliaments and your media and digital platforms spaces for solidarity with Palestine, and for demanding justice, accountability and an end to Israeli control."
The statement also called for the consequences of the war not to be treated as an ordinary reality, adding: "Do not allow three years of killing, destruction, forced displacement policies and military blockade to turn into a normalisation of crime."
Alliance founded and calls for an end to complicity
The alliance called for an end to what it described as political, military and economic complicity that allows these crimes to continue, and for an end to the political immunity it said Israel enjoys in international forums as a result of official support from Western governments, foremost among them the United States. The Global Alliance for Palestine is a grassroots coalition founded in the British capital, London, on 26 July 2025, with the participation of prominent parliamentary, trade union and rights figures.
The alliance said that despite the official announcement of a ceasefire on 10 October 2025, "the genocide perpetrated by Israel has never stopped; through daily bombardments and targeted strikes, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,460 Palestinians since the agreement took effect".
The statement added: "A ceasefire that allows hundreds of civilian lives to continue being lost every month is not peace; it is blockade and killing by other means." According to the latest data from the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip, Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement had killed 1,467 Palestinians and injured 5,161 others by Wednesday.
Since the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip began in October 2023, more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 175,000 injured, while about 90% of the infrastructure in the Strip has been destroyed.
