Mouin Rabbani writes for Al Jazeera: As the ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian organisations in the Gaza Strip entered into force in the early hours of May 21, celebrations erupted throughout the Palestinian world. From their towns in Israel and the occupied territories to refugee camps in the surrounding Arab states, Palestinians took to the streets not to express relief at the end of Israel’s latest rampage, but to affirm the recovered unity with which they had sabotaged Israel’s war machine.
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Palestinians protest in response to an Israeli ultranationalist march in occupied East Jerusalem on June 18, 2021 [AFP/Ahmad Gharabli]