More than 5,000 people gathered this Friday in Jerusalem to ask for the end of the war in Gaza and a political solution to the conflict, in an event that brought together Israeli soldiers, families of the hostages, public figures and to which leaders such as the French president, Emmanuel Macron, or that of the Palestinian authority, Mahmud Abbas were added.
“All of them joined in a collective call: it stops the war, now a political solution corresponds,” says the statement sent by Physicians for Human Rightsone of the event promoting organizations, The Peace Summit of the Peoples.
It is the Civil Population Congregation against the largest war since the beginning of the offensive in October 2023, according to the ‘It’s Time’ coalition, the alliance of more than 60 organizations that organized the meeting with The support of New Israel Fund (NIF), an NGO based in the US that finances Israeli progressive groups.
The thousands of participants gathered at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, where they heard videosage of international leaders such as the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who greeted the value of those present for working “for coexistence and peace.”
The president of the Palestinian authority, Mahmud Abás, who assured that “peace is possible.” “Through justice, we can guarantee security and a future for all people in the region,” he added.
-In the auditorium they were present soldiers against the war, relatives of the Israeli hostages who remain captive by Hamas and residents of the border with the Gaza Strip, as well as jurists, artists and diplomats favorable to reach a peaceful solution of the conflict.
Ilana Kamin-Kaminkka, who lost her son in Hamas’s attacks against Israel on October 7, 2023, He pointed out that this country is locked in a “circle of bloodshed for a century” and appealed to democracy. “We owe our children,” he added.
Arab and Jewish political leaders also participated, such as Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Israeli retired and politician Yair Golan, and Palestinian lawyer Ayman Odeh.
According to the local medium The Times of IsraelOlmert said that Gaza belongs to the Palestinians and must be part of a future Palestinian state, while defending the solution of two states based on borders prior to 1967.
