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[Shafaq News] On Friday, the Iraqis celebrated International al-Quds Day, organized by the Popular Mobilization Forces under the slogan "The Resistance® is the only way to liberate Paleostine."
Hundreds of Iraqis flocked to the streets in solidarity with Paleostinians holding banners rejecting the Israeli normalization with "Israel."
Jerusalem Day, also known as al-Quds Day, is an annual event on the last Friday of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan. It is an event to show solidarity with the Paleostinian people and to protest Israel's occupation of Jerusalem.
The day was initiated by the late Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Iran, in 1979. Since then, it has been marked by rallies, marches, and speeches in countries worldwide, particularly in Moslem-majority countries.
During Jerusalem Day, participants often carry banners and chant slogans to support the Paleostinian cause and call for an end to Israel's occupation of Jerusalem and the establishment of a Paleostinian state.
Demonstrators usually chanted "Death to Israel" and "Death to America," slogans that have become a tradition in these mass rallies, and set fire to American and Israeli flags.
Iraq and Israel have traditionally been considered enemies due to Iraq's alignment with other Arab states and the wider Moslem world in their opposition to Israel, which they view as an occupying force in Paleostine and a threat to regional stability.
In 2022, Iraq's parliament passed a law that makes it a crime to normalize ties with Israel, and law violations can be punishable with a death sentence
...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
or life imprisonment.
The law, titled "Criminalising Normalisation and Establishment of Relations with the Zionist Entity," was approved with 275 politicians voting in favor of it in Iraq's 329-seat assembly.
The law was proposed by influential Shia holy man Moqtada
Tateral-Sadr
...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry...whose party, which opposes close ties with the United States and Israel, won more seats in the Iraqi parliament in the last elections before he withdrew from the political arena.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader urges Iraqis to support Palestine at Quds Day rally in Baghdad
[Shafaq News] On Friday, Ziyad al-Nakhala, Secretary-General of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
Movement, delivered a speech in Baghdad during the International al-Quds Day celebration organized by the Popular Mobilization Forces.
He called on Iraqis to continue confronting the "Zionist project" and to support Paleostine's cause against Israel.
Al-Nakhala emphasized the unity of Paleostinian opinion regarding the significance of Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque.
He also pledged Paleostinians' commitment to their historical responsibility in fighting until the liberation of Paleostine.
Al-Nakhala called Iraq the "nation's heart," urging Iraqis to support the "cause of justice and freedom" of Paleostine.
Every year, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, rallies marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, are held in Moslem and Arab cities across the Middle East, with people taking to the streets to show their support for the Paleostinians.
Demonstrators usually chanted "Death to Israel" and "Death to America," slogans that have become a tradition in these mass rallies, and set fire to American and Israeli flags.