Quranic Sessions Being Held in ‘Return Camps’ in Gaza
Palestinians have set up tent encampments along the Gaza side of the 25-mile border fence, for “The Great March of Return”.
Israeli army gunfire has killed tens of Palestinians on the frontier over the last month.
The attacks, however, have not deterred the protesters from holding Quranic sessions, according to Palestine Online.
Taha Saud, a Palestinian Quran memorizer, said the sound of Quran recitation is usually heard in mosques or Quranic centers.
“However, we wanted to have a different experience this time.”
He added that in coordination with the Dar-ol-Quran Center of Gaza, Quran recitation sessions are held in the encampments in the morning.
“Israeli bullets cannot break our resolve to recite the entire Quran before the eyes of the occupiers,” he went on to say.
Nearly 50 Palestinians have lost their lives in clashes with Israeli forces during protests along the Gaza border since March 30.
The Israeli regime has faced international criticism over its use of live fire.
The Palestinian rally, known as the “Great March of Return,” will last until May 15, which coincides with the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), when Israel was created. Every year on May 15, Palestinians all over the world hold demonstrations to commemorate the day, which marks the anniversary of the forcible eviction of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland by Israelis in 1948.
Since 1948, the Israeli regime has denied Palestinian refugees the right to return, despite UN resolutions and international law that uphold people’s right to return to their homelands.
Israel occupied the West Bank, East Jerusalem (al-Quds) and parts of Syria’s Golan Heights during the Six-Day War in 1967. It later annexed East Quds in a move not recognized by the international community.
Israel is required to withdraw from all the territories seized in the war under UN Security Council Resolution 242, adopted months after the Six-Day War, in November 1967, but the Tel Aviv regime has defied that piece of international law ever since.
