New York, March 15, 2011—OneVoice Palestinian activists participated in massive West Bank unity rallies on Tuesday, demanding reconciliation between bitter rivals Fatah and Hamas as the first necessary step toward ending the occupation and resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Following demonstrations that began in Gaza on Monday, thousands gathered today in the West Bank cities of Bethlehem, Nablus, and Ramallah for peaceful unity rallies organized by Palestinian youth groups on simple pages of the social networking site Facebook. OneVoice Palestinian activists have been taking photographs throughout the day and tweeting on the rallies. Visit OneVoice’s blog to view the movement’s real-time Twitter stream.
OneVoice Palestine's Ezzeldin Masri addresses demonstrators at al-Manara Square in Ramallah.
OVP's Abdullah Hamarshe joins demonstrators in Ramallah's al-Manara Square.
Young Palesinians demonstrate in front of poster emblazoned with the words "Yes to reconciliation" in Ramallah's al-Manara Square.
Palestinians demonstrate in Ramallah, demanding national unity.
Thousands of Palestinians gathered in Ramallah's al-Manara Square to demand an end to the bitter rivalry between Fatah and Hamas.
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