Thousands protest for Palestinian right of return

Saturday May 14, 2011 08:41:36 PM, Agencies

Amman (Jordan): Thousands rallied in support of Palestinians Friday, with demonstrators in Jordan's capital heeding a call by Facebook organisers to demand a sovereign Palestinian state, others near the Jordanian-Israeli border chanting "Death to Israel," and still more activists filling Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Palestinian youth groups called for protests in the West Bank and nearby Arab countries to mark the anniversary of the May 15, 1948, creation of the Jewish state.

Palestinians call the anniversary the "day of catastrophe" because of the refugee crisis and loss of land that accompanied the creation of Israel.

About 500 protesters marched in Amman's downtown market district, some wearing Palestinian black and white kefiyahs or head scarves and holding keys to family homes left behind. Demonstrators demanded that the Israeli ambassador be sent home.

Jordan and Egypt are the only two Arab countries to have signed peace treaties with the Jewish state.




 

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Vice President Mohd. Hamid Ansari addresses after releasing the special issue of “Think India” quarterly on Faiz Ahmad Faiz, in New Delhi on May 10, 2011. Also seen in the picture is Member Planning Commission Dr Syeda Hameed among others.

(Photo: Hansraj)