{"id":29081,"date":"2023-10-14T11:46:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T18:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=29081"},"modified":"2023-10-14T11:46:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T18:46:38","slug":"mass-protests-erupt-across-middle-east-demanding-end-to-israels-assault-on-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/14\/mass-protests-erupt-across-middle-east-demanding-end-to-israels-assault-on-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Protests Erupt Across Middle East Demanding End to Israel’s Assault on Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jordanian protesters march demanding an end to Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip o October 13, 2023 in Amman, Jordan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Jordan Pix\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are here to support the Palestinian people in Gaza,” said one Jordanian demonstrator. “We are here because of our feelings for a people without weapons.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JAKE JOHNSON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct 13, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the Middle East on Friday to protest Israel’s assault on the occupied Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 1,500 people, displaced more than 330,000, devastated the enclave’s infrastructure, and pushed its healthcare system to the brink of collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demonstrators in Jordan, Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan, Malaysia, Bahrain, Iran, Egypt, and Lebanon expressed outrage over Israel’s ongoing attack and the decadeslong occupation of Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This rally is aimed at condemning what is happening in occupied Palestine, the bloodletting, and the violation of rights,” Abu Kayan, an organizer of a rally in Baghdad, told<\/a>Agence France-Presse<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outlet added that “in the Saudi capital Riyadh, where protests are prohibited, an AFP<\/em> journalist witnessed police cuffing a worshipper who interrupted Friday prayers by shouting at the imam: ‘Speak about Palestine! Gaza is under bombs!'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Massive protests have erupted in Jordan, Iraq, and some in Egypt. Arab countries & governments can normalize relations with Israel as much as they want, but their people remain firm in their support of Palestinian freedom & liberation. https:\/\/t.co\/U1dZvMCbar<\/a><\/p>— Yumna (@yumna_patel) October 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>