Today, Monday 29 November 2021 is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. This event is observed by the United Nations on or around 29 November each year, in accordance with mandates given by the General Assembly in its resolutions 32/40 B of 2 December 1977, 34/65 D of 12 December 1979, and subsequent resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on the question of Palestine.

The date of 29 November was chosen because of its meaning and significance to the Palestinian people. On that day in 1947, the General Assembly adopted resolution 181 (II), which came to be known as the Partition Resolution. That resolution provided for the establishment in Palestine of a “Jewish State” and an “Arab State”, with Jerusalem as a corpus separatum under a special international regime.

You can read about the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and the scheduled UN activities commemorating the day at the UN website.

AFOPA's solidarity with the Palestinian People is ever visible in the streets of Adelaide, particularly in Adelaide's Mall. This is the AFOPA Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) group, who are there on a weekly basis, and have been since October 2011. This past Friday completed their 558th consecutive protest.