Thousands of people demonstrated Friday across Iran and several Arab countries to mark Jerusalem Day in support of the Palestinian cause, amid a surge in violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ManilaBulletin
Recent weeks have seen deadly attacks and clashes in Israel, annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, as well as cross-border fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria.
Similar rallies took place in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, in Lebanon's capital Beirut and the city of Baalbek, and in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria and Lebanon, AFP correspondents said. "There has to be a strategic change in your path –- it is ending normalisation, closing the embassies and supporting the Palestinian people's resistance."
Afterwards, masked youths waved flags of Hamas and its armed wing the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, an AFP photographer reported, with Israeli police saying they had arrested eight people. "It shows we must act now with greater focus and try to eliminate our weak points," he added, pointing specifically to Iran's economy battered by years of sanctions.
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