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Protests Erupt Across the Middle East Over Israel’s Siege of Gaza [1]
['Vivian Nereim', 'Euan Ward', 'Nazeeha Saeed', 'More About Vivian Nereim', 'More About Euan Ward']
Date: 2023-10-13
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Iraq on Friday. Imams leading prayers in Lebanon denounced the state of Israel. And in the island nation of Bahrain, videos shared by activists showed protesters walking on Israeli and American flags.
Israel’s siege and bombardment of Gaza — which came in response to an operation by Palestinian attackers that killed more than 1,300 people in Israel — has ignited anger in the Middle East. Across the region, many people do not view Israel as the victim of an unprovoked terrorist attack — as many American officials have described it — but rather as a colonial-style occupier, buttressed by the United States, that continually violates the rights of the Palestinians.
“They were subjected to various types of injustice, and now they are being subjected to starvation, siege and killing,” said Ali Hassan, 60, who participated in demonstrations in Bahrain on Friday. “Every free person, every Muslim human being, and every honorable person stands with the Palestinians and with Gaza.”
“As for the so-called Israel,” he added, “They are usurping occupiers.”
At least 1,799 Gaza Palestinians have been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas began on Saturday, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said on Friday.
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