Millions demonstrated on Friday against the "Israeli" holocaust in Gaza
Source: PIC, 10-01-2009
Occupied al-Quds - Millions of people around the world demonstrated on Friday against the "Israeli" holocaust in Gaza, expressed support for the Gaza people and called on world leaders to stop the ongoing genocide.
Occupied Palestinian Territories
Jerusalem (al-Quds)
Despite the fact that the "Israeli" occupation police banned 'Jerusalem' citizens under the age of 50 from reaching the Aqsa Mosque for prayers, thousands of Palestinians demonstrated in support of Gaza and clashed with the "Israeli" occupation police.
1948 occupied Palestine
More than a hundred thousand Palestinians demonstrated in Baqa al-Gharbeyya condemning the "Israeli" occupation genocide in Gaza and expressing support for the people of Gaza.
Ramallah
Thousands demonstrated in support of Gaza, but these demonstrations were marred by PA police preventing a demonstration from one of the mosques in Ramallah. Demonstrators raised the Palestinian flags along with the Venezuelan flag in appreciation of Venezuela's expulsion of the "Israeli" ambassador.
Bili'n
Demonstrators wore uniforms similar to those Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany, on their way to the concentration camps. The IOF troops fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets at the demonstrators.
In al-Khalil in the southern West Bank, thousands demonstrated after the Friday prayers and clashed with the IOF troops.
Northern West Bank
Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated in Nablus and Tulkarem cities. The PA police intensified presence to ensure non-participation of Hamas supporters or raising the flags of Hamas.
Demonstrators in the West Bank chanted in support of Gaza and in support of unity amongst Palestinian factions.
25 Palestinians were wounded in West Bank demonstrations in confrontations with IOF troops.
Khan Yunis
Protesters in Khan Yunis demonstrated to show solidarity with Gazans. The demonstrators threw stones at "Israeli" soldiers who in return fired rubber bullets.
Jordan
About 250,000 people demonstrated in the capital Amman expressing support for Gazans and calling for the closure of the "Israeli" embassy in Amman. Riot police stopped demonstrators from reaching the "Israeli" embassy.
Wearing checkered Palestinian keffiyehs and carrying Palestinian and Jordanian flags - chanted "No ‘Israeli' embassy on Arab territory" and "Arab rulers are cowards in the capital Amman."
The protestors had set off from Friday prayers at the Kaloti mosque towards "Israeli" embassy, nearly a kilometer (half a mile) away. Police however stopped the crowd. The marchers instead set up a symbolic cemetery with the word 'Gazan' written on each mock coffin.
Syria
Syria also witnessed massive demonstrations in Damascus and various districts of the country.
There were also demonstrations after the Friday prayers in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities.
There was a huge demonstration in Doha, Qatar calling for a halt of the ongoing "Israeli" occupation genocide in Gaza and for lifting the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip.
In Kuwait, a huge demonstration took place after the Friday prayers during which demonstrators called for stopping the massacre of Palestinians, severing ties with "Israel" and opening the Rafah crossing.
Egypt
After the Friday prayers, more than 50,000 Egyptians rallied across the country to condemn atrocities committed by "Israel" against civilians in besieged Gaza.
In the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, participants expressed their anger at the Zionist entity and at Arab regimes believed to have assisted the crippling "Israeli" blockade on the enclave that has barred the residents from getting out and humanitarian aid from getting in. The demonstration had been organized and led by lawmakers linked to the opposition Muslim Brotherhood.
The marchers echoed slogans such as "Down with ‘Israel' and with every collaborator" as well as "Gaza, excuse us -- opening Rafah is not in our hands." The latter made a reference to the Gaza-Egyptian border crossing that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's government is refusing to open.
In the Egyptian capital, Cairo, riot police sought to foil protests outside a number of mosques. At least 35 opposition activists were held as ministry of religious affairs had earlier warned imams against addressing the Gaza crisis.
Sudan
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated around the country condemning the "Israeli" genocide in Gaza and condemning the Arab official impotence in the face of the "Israeli" aggression.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated across Libya. Demonstrators called for opening the doors for volunteers to go and fight alongside their Palestinian brothers in Gaza.
Algeria
Thousands of Algerians, wearing Palestinian headscarves and chanting "USA Terrorists" marched downtown streets of Algiers on Thursday in a show of support for Gazans and an attempt to denounce "Israeli" onslaught on the Gaza Strip. Police made several arrests.
There were demonstrations in 48 districts of Algeria breaking a ban on demonstrations imposed since 2001. Hundreds of thousands demonstrated in the capital Algiers calling for an end to the "Israeli" genocide and expressing support for the Gaza people.
Morroco
250 different demonstrations and pickets were held in support of Gaza and the Palestinians in the face of "Israeli" occupation massacres.
Kuwait
About 3,000 gathered outside Kuwaiti parliament and shouted 'shame, shame against Arab inaction vis-à-vis Gaza.'
Yemen
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated across Yemen, the largest of those demonstrations was in the capital Sana.
Malaysia & Turkey
Islamic groups urged a boycott of US brands such as Coca-Cola and Malaysians working for Starbucks or McDonald's were demanded to give up their jobs.
Istanbul and other cities in Turkey also witnessed huge demonstrations in support of Gaza and against the barbaric "Israeli" occupation onslaught on Gaza. Demonstrators, who burned the "Israeli" and American flags called for severing ties with "Israel".
Somalia
Hundreds of Somali demonstrators protested after Friday prayers in Mogadishu, and a number of other towns in Somalia, against the "Israeli" raids on Gaza Strip. People chanted slogans against Gaza bombing and called for an immediate halt to the bombing which has so far claimed many innocent children, women and the elderly.
Indonesia
Protesters, mostly women holding posters of dead and wounded Palestinian children, demonstrated outside the Egyptian embassy in Jakarta, and call on Egyptian government to open Rafah border with Gaza.
Greece
Also, over 2,000 people took to the streets in Athens and Thessaloniki, setting fire to US and EU flags outside the US embassy and the "Israeli" flag outside the "Israeli" mission.
Kashmir, India
Hundreds of Muslims staged a demonstration in the city of Srinagar in protest to "Israel's" continued military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Protesters set fire to "Israeli" flags and chanted "Death to ‘Israel'" and "Long live Palestine".
Italy
A group of Roman merchants urged a boycott of Jewish companies as a sign of protest at continuing carnage in Gaza.
Norway
Around 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters engaged in fight with a pro-"Israeli" demonstration in Oslo on Thursday. Six people sustained injuries and 31 were arrested in the incident.
USA
Demonstration in many states against the "Israeli" genocide in Gaza and the US administration's unconditional support for those war crimes.
Venezuela
Thousands also demonstrated in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, the demonstrators threw shoes at the building of the "Israeli" embassy and called on Arab States that have relations with "Israel" to learn from their president and sever those relations.
