Gaza Invasion: Protests In Israeli Prisons, In Ramallah, In Countries
By Countercurrents.org
18 November, 2012
Countercurrents.org
The Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails started new escalatory steps to protest the continuous brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip, said the governmental Information Office in Gaza [1].
The office stated that the captives sent a message from inside their cells on November 16, 2012 evening in which they revealed that they have launched three escalatory steps inside the Israeli prisons.
The prisoners have refused to leave the prison cells for the daily stroll. They also refused to stand in line to be counted and refused the meals, in condemnation to the continuous Israeli occupation crimes in the Gaza Strip.
The office also quoted the prisoners as saying that the Israeli prison administration has been trying to hold negotiations with captives in order to dissuade them from these steps. However, the prisoners are determined to escalate their protests in condemnation of this brutal aggression, it added.
Outside of prisons, there is protest also. From Ramallah a news report [2] said:
Violent clashes erupted between hundreds of Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces near the Ofer prison south of Ramallah.
Local sources stated that a massive march had reached the main gate outside the Ofer prison to support the Gaza Strip on November 17, 2012 afternoon, where it was attacked by Israeli forces with live ammunition, tear gas, and rubber bullets.
Dozens of young Palestinians were wounded during the clashes; three of them were seriously injured.
Medical sources said that Red Crescent crews transported 11 Palestinians, wounded by rubber bullets and live ammunition, to the Palestine Medical Complex in the city, while other minor injuries were treated on the field.
Local sources indicated that the clashes continued for three hours following the march organized by students of Birzeit University to Ofer prison to protest the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, the National and Islamic forces have organized a sit-in in Ramallah, in which hundreds of young people have participated in solidarity with the Gaza Strip.
The participants called on the Palestinian factions to unite their forces against the Israeli occupation and to escalate their military operations against Israeli targets.
There are demonstrations in many countries. A news report [3] informed:
Tens of thousands around the world demonstrated on November 16, 2012 to protest against the continuous Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Arab and foreign media websites monitored more than fifty marches in cities around the world, including New York, Paris and Sydney, as well as in Egypt, Lebanon, Iran, Malaysia, Yemen, in solidarity with the Gaza Strip. The media sources expected that the number of global protests and the anti-Israel marches will be growing in case the aggression continued.
A mass rally condemning the aggression on Gaza was launched from Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo after Friday prayers as protesters demanded severing relations with Israel, and adopting a clear Arab and Islamic position that includes expelling Israeli ambassadors from Arab countries.
The demonstrators headed to the Tahrir Square in the capital while other marches were launched from many other mosques, as in Alexandria where demonstrators demanded the prosecution of Israeli leaders, the closure of the Embassy of Israel in Cairo and the cancellation of treaties and agreements signed with it.
Many demonstrations, also denouncing the Israeli aggression on Gaza, took place in a number of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, as the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon, where demonstrators roamed the streets, raising Palestinian flags and calling for confronting Israel.
Scores of people gathered outside the United Nations offices in the capital Beirut, to protest against the Israeli occupation’s attacks. They raised the Lebanese flag and the flags of Palestinian resistance factions, chanted anti-Israel slogans and called on Arab Spring countries to support the Palestinians.
In Yemen, massive protests started after Friday prayers in the capital Sana'a and other cities, as thousands gathered in an event they called "Together to support Palestine", denouncing the aggression, and calling for a unified Arab moves regarding the suffering of the Strip.
Al-Jazeera Net's correspondent in Malaysia reported that hundreds of Malaysians in the capital Kuala Lumpur participated in solidarity demonstration called for by charitable foundations and non-governmental organizations. The protestors gathered in front of the U.S. embassy and declared their protest to the "unlimited American support for the Zionist entity in its aggression on Gaza."
Thousands of people demonstrated throughout Turkey after Friday prayers in solidarity with Gaza. The official news agency Anatolia stated that Istanbul witnessed two demonstrations, as demonstrators raised Palestinian flags and chanted slogans condemning Israel.
Many states in Turkey witnessed several events and demonstrations, as protesters chanted against the attacks on Gaza, and called on the Turkish authorities to assume responsibilities towards the Palestinian cause and to boycott the Israeli goods.
According to Iranian media, tens of thousands of Iranians also staged demonstrations across the country after Friday prayers and chanted "Death to the Zionist entity" and "Death to America", and expressed their solidarity with the people of Gaza.
Meanwhile, Palestinians from the 1948-occupied territories marched yesterday after Friday prayers in support of the steadfastness and resistance of the citizens of Gaza and to condemn the Israeli aggression against them.
Hundreds of people, including men, women and children, took part in the marches which were launched from all the cities of the 1948 occupied territories. The members of different political parties and movements and a number of leaders also participated in the demonstrations.
Source:
[1] The Palestinian Information Center, “Palestinian prisoners launch escalatory steps protesting the aggression on Gaza”, Nov. 17, 2012,
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk
[2] The Palestinian Information Center, “Serious injuries during clashes near the Ofer prison”, Nov. 17, 2012,
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk
[3] The Palestinian Information Center, “Demonstrations in 50 countries around the world in solidarity with Gaza”, Nov. 17, 2012,
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/
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