Hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians marched along the streets of Central Jerusalem in a joint peace rally Saturday evening. This was in response to all of the violence taking place between the two communities.
The marchers gathered at the Gan Hasus and marched through the streets calling for peace dialogue.
Organizers believe that Standing Together, a new group formed in response to the current violence, would offer Israelis and Palestinians an alternative to violence.
"It's really something quite big for Jerusalem, especially in these days when fear rules the streets. Everything we hear in the news, in the street, in politics, is one voice — a voice that says the answer to the situation is more arrests of young Palestinians, or more demolition of houses. We decided that is not the answer.... The answer is to stand together, Jews and Arabs," said Alon-Lee Green, a left-wing activist and one of the event's organizers, according to CNN.
In support of peace, about 150 Arab and Jewish activists in Beersheba formed a human chain.
"With the constant tension and volatile situation as the conflict is about to become a religious one, the government should take steps and back international initiatives to restore calm," said MK Zahava Gal-On, left wing Meretz party head, calling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the French proposal to deploy international observers to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, according to the Times of Israel.
Reporters estimated the number of people attending the march to be around 2,000. They called for an end to the series of attacks and signifying that they won't "surrender to despair," according to the International Business Times.
