gelatik
07.04.02, 13:32
Protests have been held across the world demanding the withdrawal of Israeli
troops from the West Bank and pledging support to the Palestinian people.
Thousands took to the streets of their respective nations as Israel said it
planned to speed up its military efforts ahead of a visit by US Secretary of
State Colin Powell.
In Morocco, an estimated one million people gathered in the capital Rabat in an
officially-sanctioned demonstraion on Sunday.
Anger has erupted into violence in several instances, with at least one death
reported.
In Cairo, dozens of demonstrators held a protest outside the emergency meeting
of Arab foreign ministers, many shouting "the liberation of the territories
will happen with weapons and not with the peace initiative".
The largest protests in Europe took place in Rome on Saturday where about
20,000 protesters marched through the centre of the city before swelling their
ranks to around 50,000 in the Piazza del Popolo, the Associated Press news
agency reported.
A protester died in Bahrain on Sunday two days after sustaining a rubber-bullet
wound during a mass demonstration outside the US embassy.
The demonstration turned into a riot with protesters hurling rocks and Molotov
cocktails into the embassy grounds.
Jordanian officials have denied reports that the death of 10-year-old boy in a
Palestinian refugee camp near Amman on Sunday was linked to earlier anti-Israel
demonstrations there.
