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Middle East: Muslim protests against Israeli attacks
 (AKI) - Thousands of people held demonstrations around the world on Friday to protest against Israel's air attacks in Gaza. From the Australian city of Sydney to the West Bank city of Ramallah, protesters gathered to call for an immediate ceasefire.Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank city of Ramallah, after calls by Hamas for a "day of wrath". "We will sacrifice our soul and our blood for Gaza," chanted the demonstrators, who shouted pro-Hamas slogans and called on fighters to strike the city of Tel-Aviv. In Jerusalem, protesters clashed with police after Friday prayers. Israel closed the West Bank territory for the day as well as key parts of Jerusalem and men under the age of 50 were prohibited from entering the Al-Aqsa mosque. In the Jordanian capital Amman, riot police fired teargas to push back hundreds of protesters marching towards the Israeli embassy and demonstrators clashed with police in other cities across the country. Egypt's Islamist opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, claimed 300 protesters had been surrounded by security forces outside a mosque in central Cairo, while many others had been detained. Earlier in the day, around 10,000 demonstrators took to the streets of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and the Australian city of Sydney. Posted by: Fred 2009-01-04 |
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