George Galloway in his program’The Real Deal’ on Press TV talked to Firouze Mithiborwalla about Global march to Jerusalem (which is planned for this coming spring). He makes a key question:xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> one of the organizers of the “Global march to Jerusalem” from India. with had made an interview the former member of parliament in Britain and the organizer and participant in Lifeline to Gaza convoys George Galloway
Could the ancient religious capital of Jerusalem be peacefully captured in a huge march this spring?
The transcript of the conversation follows;
Tell me the plans my friend. Feroze Mithiborwala. before attempting a peaceful march to Jerusalem. Joining me now from Mumbai India is one of the key organizers of the “Global march to Jerusalem “ activists , maybe even a million will mustered along the Palestinian borders with Jordan, Syria and Lebanon This coming March hundred of thousand of George Galloway:
to reach the Jerusalem. Then we started to plan and we spoke to the friends and people like you in Europe, America, Canada and Australia and with our friends in the Arab world and they loved the idea. Because even, at the time our friends in Gaza are bombed by the helicopters and gunships but at the same time you can see that we are loosing Jerusalem. but we need to start walking [toward Jerusalem]or to find another productive way started in the march of 2011 last year, after we got back from Gaza our convoy which was Asian convoy consisted of 17 Asian countries , the Arab spring broke out and we saw that the siege on Gaza will end ,and the Global march is far far beyond our imagination that As it comes this year, we all will walk in the “Global march to Jerusalem” Feroze Mithiborwala:
Well, what form are you going to take in all these countries with a border with what they call Israel, are you going to gather in the capital cities and march into borders or what?George Galloway:
Yes George, right now the consensus is like this and the plans are unfolding but at this time the first objective of the Global march to Jerusalem is to raise the global Feroze Mithiborwala :conscience and the political conscience on the centrality of Jerusalem and people will march from every nation in the world and from every country of the world so on the 30th of the March which is Palestine land day and also is Friday and Friday is a dangerous day for Arab dictators and immoral, so we plan to come from London to the Arab world from Delhi to Jordan from Morocco to Egypt. And all we want is very simple; we want to go to Jerusalem to pray. In Palestine as you know the Christian and Muslims who are living in Jerusalem can not go to Jerusalem to pray. That the Jerusalem is now actually the capital of Zionists Eretz that Netanyahu and Sharon always referred to. So our first objective is that Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine , and we the people of the world who stand in solidarity with Jerusalem who are committed to single state –I mean it’s debatical-but I am committed to single state of Palestine where the Muslims Jews and Christians live in one democratic state of Palestine. And the Jerusalem is the common heritage of all of humanity which does not mean that I am going to live in Jerusalem but while living in Bombay, Delhi or wherever, we are all committed to the safety an sanctity of a sacred place called Jerusalem.
George Galloway: Fantastic, Now you are organizing a big meeting coming up in Rome , I know next weekend , we must make sure Press TV covers that, and we must follow you every step of the way Feroze and of course I’ll be there with you and see you in March if not before my dear friend. I wish you God Speed , I wish safety on all those who are on this Global March to Jerusalem. It’s absolutely right what are you doing, placing Jerusalem at the center of this cause , and the right of Palestinians to return to Jerusalem and to their country their home, and you and I will working on that closely Feroze. Thank you.
